Opportunity Village Conveyance and Expansion Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4891
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
Introduced: 2014-06-18
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Disability and paralysis

Employment and training programs

Housing for the elderly and disabled

Housing supply and affordability

Land transfers

Nevada
Latest action: action_date: 2014-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-06-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Opportunity Village Conveyance and Expansion Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to accept the relinquishment by the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, of all or part of the Deer Springs/Thom/Rome/North Decatur site for conveyance to Opportunity Village, if Las Vegas prepares a survey and legal description of such site, and the survey conforms to BLM cadastral survey standards and meets the approval of Interior. </p> <p>Directs Interior to convey the relinquished site to Opportunity Village upon request. Requires the land to be used only for: (1) the development of a nonprofit work center and affordable housing for people with intellectual disabilities, and (2) ancillary use compatible with the mission of Opportunity Village.</p> <p>States that all land conveyed by Interior under this Act shall be at no cost, except that Interior may require the recipient to bear any costs associated with the transfer of title and any necessary land surveys. </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4891 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 18, 2014 Mr. Horsford (for himself and Ms. Titus ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To provide for the conveyance of certain lands in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the development of a nonprofit work center and affordable housing for people with intellectual disabilities, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Opportunity Village Conveyance and Expansion Act of 2014 . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Site The term Deer Springs/Thom/Rome/North Decatur Site means the approximately 17.49 acres leased to the City under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and approximately 9.45 acres patented to the City under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act generally depicted as the Deer Springs/Thom/Rome/North Decatur Site on the map titled Opportunity Village Conveyance and Expansion Act and dated _____. (2) City The term City means the city of Las Vegas, Nevada. (3) Opportunity village The term Opportunity Village means Opportunity Village, a nonprofit organization described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the principal place of business of which is at 6050 South Buffalo Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada. (4) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management. 3. Land conveyance (a) Acceptance The Secretary may accept the relinquishment by the City of all or part of the Deer Springs/Thom/Rome/North Decatur Site for conveyance to Opportunity Village, if the City— (1) prepares a survey and legal description of the Deer Springs/Thom/Rome/North Decatur Site; and (2) the survey prepared under paragraph (1) conforms to the Bureau of Land Management cadastral survey standards and meets the approval of the Secretary. (b) Conveyance for certain uses Not later than 180 days after a request by Opportunity Village, the Secretary shall convey to Opportunity Village, subject to valid existing rights, all portions of the Deer Springs/Thom/Rome/North Decatur Site relinquished to the Secretary by the City under subsection (a). Land conveyed to Opportunity Village under this subsection shall be used only for the following: (1) The development of a nonprofit work center and affordable housing for people with intellectual disabilities. (2) Ancillary use compatible with the mission of Opportunity Village. (c) Transaction costs All land conveyed by the Secretary under this Act shall be at no cost, except that the Secretary may require the recipient to bear any costs associated with transfer of title and any necessary land surveys. (d) Reversion Any portion of the land conveyed pursuant to this Act that ceases to be used for the purposes specified in subsection (b) shall, at the discretion of the Secretary, revert to the United States, along with any improvements thereon or thereto.