An Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Henderson, Nev., at fair market value, certain public lands in the State of Nevada
PL 88-73 (H.R.2461), enacted 07/22/1963

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PUBLIC LAW 88-73-JULY 22, 1963 
[77 STAT. 
71 Stat. 274. 
42 u s e 2017. 
ment of the United States of America and the Government of the 
Federal Republic of Germany signed on the 4th day of July 1957 
as now or hereafter modified, or the additional agreement between 
the United States of America and the European Atomic Energy Com-
munity signed on the 11th day of June 1960 as now or hereafter 
modified. 
SEC. 107. 
Section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is 
amended to read as follows effective January 1, 1964: 
"SEC. 261. APPROPRIATIONS.— 
"a. No appropriation sliall be made to the Commission, nor shall 
the Commission waive charges for the use of materials under the 
Cooperative Power Reactor Demonstration Program, unless 
previously authorized by legislation enacted by the Congress. 
"b. Any Act appropriating funds to the Commission may appro-
priate specified portions thereof to be accounted for upon tlie 
certification of the Commission only. 
"c. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a., funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for the restoration or 
replacement of any plant or facility destroyed or otherwise seri-
ously damaged, and the Commission is authorized to use available 
funds for such purposes. 
"d. Funds authorized to be appropriated for any construction 
project to be used in connection with the development or produc-
tion of special nuclear material or atomic weapons may be used 
to start another construction project not otherwise authorized if 
the substituted construction project is within the limit of cost of 
the construction project for which substitution is to be made, and 
tlie Commission certifies that— 
"(1) the substituted project is essential to the common 
defense and security; 
"(2) the substituted project is required by changes in 
weapon characteristics or weapon logistic operations; and 
" (3) the Commission is unable to enter into a contract with 
any person on terms satisfactory to it to furnish from a pri-
vately owned plant or facilitv the product or services to be 
provided by the new project. 
Approved July 22, 1963. 
July 22, 1963 
[H. R. 2461] 
Public Law 88-73 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Henderson, 
Nevada, at fair market value, certain public lands In the State of Nevada. 
Nevada. 
Public lands, 
conveyance. 
Publication in 
F. R. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representathies 
of the. 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That within five 
years after he has advised, by certified mail, the mayor of the city of 
Henderson, Nevada, of the appraised fair market value of the lands 
involved, the Secretary of the Interior shall convey to said city the 
fifteen thousand acres of public lands described in section 2 hereof. 
SEC. 2. The lands to be conveyed under section 1 of this Act are 
hereby segregated from all forms of appropriation under the public 
land laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws, until said 
Secretary shall provide otherwise by publication of an order in the 
Federal Register, and comprise those fifteen thousand acres situated 
in the State of Nevada more particularly described as follows (all 
range references are to the Mount Diablo base and meridian) : 
77 STAT.] 
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(1) The east one-half and southwest quarter of section 21; all of 
section 27; the southwest quarter of section 28; and all of sections 29, 
33, and 34 in township 22 south, range 63 east; 
(2) all of sections 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 
33, township 22 south, range 62 east; 
(3) the south half of section 24; and all of sections 25, 35, and 36, 
township 22 south, range 61 east; 
(4) all of sections 1, 2, and 3, township 23 south, range 61 east; 
(5) all of section 32, lots 8 and 9, the south half of the southwest 
quarter, southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 35, town-
ship 21 south, range 63 east; and 
(6) the southwest quarter, the west half of the southeast quarter, 
and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter, and the south half 
of the northwest quarter of section 34, township 21 south, range 62 east. 
SEC. 3. The conveyance authorized by this Act shall be made upon 
payment of the sum of the fair market value of the lands on the effec-
tive date of this Act, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, 
plus reimbursement for the cost of appraisal, if accomplished by con-
tract, minus any adjustment in the purchase price made by the Secre-
tary of the Interior pursuant to section 5 of this Act, and subject to 
any existing valid claims against the lands described in section 2 of 
this Act, and to any reservations, restrictions, or conditions considered 
necessary by the Secretary of the Interior to protect continuing uses 
of those lands by the United States, its permittees, lessees, or licensees. 
Any conveyance under this Act of section 32, the south half of the 
southwest quarter, the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter, lots 
8 and 9, section 35, township 21 south, range 63 east; the east half 
of section 21, and sections 27 and 34, township 22 south, range 63 east, 
Mount Diablo base and meridian, Nevada, or of any portion of such 
lands, shall specifically reserve to the United States the right to use 
any of such lands so conveyed for reclamation purposes and for any 
purpose reasonably incident to the proposed southern Nevada water 
supply project. 
SEC. 4. The city of Henderson, State of Nevada, may purchase, in 
accordance with this Act, such portion or portions, by legal subdivision 
of the public land surveys, of the above-described lands as such city 
elects; and the purchase by the city of only a portion or portions of 
such lands shall not constitute a waiver or relinquishment of its right 
to purchase, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, by legal 
subdivisions of the public land surveys, the remainder of such lands 
or any portion thereof. 
SEC. 5, The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, notwithstanding 
any other provision of this Act, to negotiate and enter into an agree-
ment with the city of Henderson providing for adjustment of the pur-
chase price determined by appraisal to reflect any expenditures 
incurred by the city of Henderson in facilitating transfer of the lands 
during the period between enactment of this Act and notice to the city 
of Henderson of the appraised fair market value. 
SEC. 6. This Act shall not preclude the city of Henderson from 
acquiring title or leases to any lands described in this Act for public 
or recreational purposes under the Act of June 14,1926 (44 Stat. 741), 
as amended (43 V.S.C. 869, et seq.). 
SEC. 7. Any patent issued under this Act shall contain a reservation 
to the United States of any of the following named minerals for which HghtT. °' ""'"""^^ 
the land as of the date of issuance of patent is deemed by the Secre-
lary of the Interior to be valuable or prospectively valuable: coal, 
native asphalt, solid and semisolid bitumen, and bituminous rock 
Purchase price, 
adjustment. 
68 Stat. 173. 
Patents, reser-
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Rights-of-way. 
(including oil-impregnated rock or sands from which oil is recoverable 
only b^ special treatment after the deposit is mined or quarried), oil, 
gas, oil shale, phosphate, sodium, and potassium, together with the 
right of the TTnited States, its lessees, permittees, or licensees to 
prospect for, mine, and remove them under applicable provisions of 
law. 
SEC. 8. With respect to the conveyance of any land under this Act, 
which land is, at the time of issuance of patent therefor, subject to a 
mineral lease, permit, or license, for which mineral the land is deemed 
at that time by the Secretary of the Interior to be not valuable or 
prospectively valuable, the patent shall not convey such mineral rights 
m such lands until the mineral lease, permit, or license, or any exten-
sions or renewals thereof, shall terminate or be relinquished, but upon 
such termination or relinquishment all the right, title, and interest of 
the United States to such mineral deposits shall automatically vest in 
the patentee. 
SEC. 9. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the 
contrary, the Secretary of the Interior, with the concurrence of the 
city of Henderson, may, prior to the transfer of title to the city of 
Henderson, grant rights-of-way in, over, upon, through, or under any 
of the lands described in section 2 of this Act. 
Approved July 22, 1963. 
July 22, 1963 
[H. R. 40] 
Public Law 88-74 
AN ACT 
T(» assist the States to provide additional facilities for research at the State 
agricultural experiment stations. 
Agricultural ex-
periment stations. 
Research facil-
ities. 
Definitions. 
12 Stat. 503. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of RepresentativeH of the 
United States of America in Congress assernhled, That it is hereby 
declared to be the policy of the Congress to continue its support of 
agricultural research at the State agricultural experiment stations 
through Federal-grant funds, on a matching basis, to help finance 
physical facilities as required for the effective conduct of an adequate 
research program. 
SEC. 2. The purpose of this Act is to assist the State agricultural 
experiment stations in the construction, acquisition, and remodeling 
of buildings, laboratories, and other capital facilities (including the 
acquisition of jfixtures and equipment which are to become a part of 
such buildings) w^hich are necessary to more eft'ectively conduct 
reseai'ch in agriculture and sciences related thereto through means of 
grants from the Federal Government. 
SEC. 3. As used in sections 2 to 11, inclusive, of this Act— 
(1) the term "State" shall include Puerto Rico; 
(2) the term "State agricultural experiment station" means a 
department established under the direction of a college or univer-
sity in any State in accordance with the Act entitled "An Act 
donating public lands to the several States and Territories which 
may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic 
arts", approved July 2, 1862 (7 U.S.C. 301) ; or a department 
otherwise established pursuant to standards prescribed by the 
State the purpose of which is to conduct agricultural research; 
and 
(3) the term "Secretary" shall mean the Secretary of Agri-
culture.