An Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public lands in the State of Nevada to the Colorado River Commission of Nevada acting for the State of Nevada
PL 86-433 (H.R.7359), enacted 04/22/1960

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April 22, 1960 
[H. R. 7359] 
Public Law 86-433 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public lands in the 
State of Nevada to the Colorado River Commission of Nevada acting for the 
State of Nevada. 
Colorado R i v e r 
Commission, Nev. 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, as used in this 
Act— 
(a) The term "Secretary" shall mean the Secretary of the Interior. 
(b) The term "Commission" shall mean the Colorado River Com-
mission of the State of Nevada. 
(c) The term "State" shall mean the State of Nevada. 
(d) The term "transfer area" shall mean all of the lands and 
interests in land owned bv the United States and described in section 
2 of this Act, except (l) lands in which the Fort Mohave Indian 
Tribe holds an interest, (2) lands excluded at the request of the 
Commission because of conflict with a mining claim or claims, and 
(8) lands or interests in land reserved to the United States pursuant 
to section 7 of this Act. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to segregate 
from all forms of entry under the public land laws of the United 
States, during a period of five years from and after the effective date 
of this Act, the following described lands, situated in the State of 
Nevada and comprising approximately 15,000 acres: 
(1) All of sections 1, 12, and 13 and fractional sections 24 and 25, 
township 33 south, range 65 east. 
(2) All of sections 6, 7, and 8, fractional sections 4, 5, 9, 10, and 15, 
east half, east half northwest quarter, and southwest quarter section 
16, west half northeast quarter, west half, and southeast quarter frac-
tional section 17, all of section 18, fractional sections 19, 20, 21, and 30, 
township 33 south, range 66 east. 
(3) East half section 20, all of sections 21, 22, and 23, fractional sec-
tions 24 and 26, all of sections 27 and 28, east half section 29, southeast 
quarter section 31, fractional sections 32, 34, and 35, township 32 
south, range 66 east. 
(4) Notwithstanding the specific land descriptions in items 1 
through 3, the eastern boundary of the transfer area is the centerline 
of the Colorado River as it exists on the date of approval of this Act, 
and all range references contained in the foregoing refer to the Mount 
Diablo base and meridian. 
SEC. 3. The Commission, acting on behalf of the" State, is hereby 
given the option, after compliance with all of the provisions of this 
Act and any regulations promulgated hereunder, of having patented 
to the State by the Secretary all of the lands within the transfer area. 
Such option may be exercised at any time during the five-year period 
of segregation established in section 2, but the filing of any application 
for the conveyance of title to the lands within the transfer area, if 
received by the Secretary from the Commission prior to the expiration 
of such period, shall have the effect of extending the period of segre-
gation of such lands from all forms of entry under the public land 
laws until such application is finally disposed of by the Secretary. 
SEC. 4. Prior to conveying any lands or interests in lands of the 
United States to the State, the Commission and the Secretary shall 
comply with the requirements set out following: 
(a) The Commission, within three years after the effective date of 
this Act, shall submit to the Secretary a proposed plan of develop-
ment for the entire transfer area, which plan shall include but need 
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not be limited to the general terms and conditions under which indi-
viduals, governmental agencies or subdivisions, corporations, associa-
tions or other legal entities may acquire rights, title, or interests in 
and to lands within the transfer area. 
(b) At any time after submission of a proposed plan, as required by 
the preceding subsection, the Commission may select for transfer from 
Federal to State ownership the entire transfer area. 
The application 
for transfer of title to the transfer area shall be made to the Secretary 
and shall be accompanied by a development and acquisition planning 
report containing such information relative to any proposed develop-
ment and acquisition payment plan as may by regulation be required 
by the Secretary. No acquisition payment plan shall be considered by 
the Secretar}^ unless such plan provides for payment by the State into 
the Treasury of the United States, within five years of the delivery of 
patent to the Commission, of an amount equal to the appraised fair 
market value of the lands conveyed. 
(c) At the earliest practicable date following the effective date of 
this Act, the Secretary shall cause an appraisal to be made of the fair 
market value of the lands within the entire transfer area, including 
mineral and material values, if any; such appraisal when completed 
sliall constitute the only basis, except for such adjustment as may be 
required by virtue of the provisions of sections 1 and 6 of this Act, for 
determining the compensation to be paid to the United States by the 
Commission for the transfer of the lands to which this Act is 
applicable. 
(d) As soon as a proposed unit development and acquisition plan-
ning report is found by the Secretary to comply with the provisions of 
this Act and with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe as 
to the contents thereof, the Secretary is hereby authorized and directed 
to negotiate a contract of sale with the Commission and to prepare 
appropriate conveyancing instruments for the lands involved. 
Thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress, for reference 
to the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, copies of the Commission application, proposed development 
and acquisition planning report, and proposed contract of sale and 
conveyancing instruments, together with his comments and recom-
mendations, if any. 
(e) No contract of sale or instrument of conveyance shall be executed 
by the Secretary with respect to any lands applied for by the Com-
mission prior to sixty calendar days (w^hich sixty days, however, shall 
not include days on which either the House of Representatives or the 
Senate is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three 
calendar days to a day certain) from the day on which the Secretary 
makes the submissions required by the preceding subsection, unless 
the Congress, prior to the expiration of said sixty days, approves the 
execution of such contract of sale and instrument of conveyance. 
SEC. 5. Any conveyance authorized by this Act shall be made subject 
to any existing valid rights pertaining to the lands included within 
the transfer area. 
SEC. 6. If any of the lands described in section 2 of this Act are 
subject to a lease, permit, license, or contract issued under the Mineral 
Leasing Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437), as amended (39 
U.S.C. 181 and the following), the patenting of such lands to the 
State shall neither affect the validity nor modify the terms of such 
lease, permit, license, or contract in any way, or affect any rights there-
under, except that the patent, unless it contains a mineral reservation 
made pursuant to a request of the State, shall include the transfer to 
the State of all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
such lease, permit, license, or contract so far as it pertains to such 
lands, including any right to rents, royalties, and other payments 
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accruing on or after the date on which the patent is issued, and any 
right to modify the terms or conditions of such lease, permit, license, 
or contract so far as it pertains to such lands. 
SEC. 7. The Secretary is hereby authorized to perform any and all 
acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary or 
proper in carrying out the provisions of this Act. 
He shall give par-
ticular attention in so doing to including in any conveyancing instru-
ments executed under the authority of this Act such provisions as 
will in his judgment protect existing or future uses by the United 
States of lands within the transfer area, including, but not limited 
to, provision for reversion of title therein to the United States upon 
failure of the State or its successors in interest to strictly comply 
with the terms and conditions of any such conveyancing instrument: 
Provided, That the Secretary, after consultation with the Commis-
sion, shall determine the amount and location of all lands within the 
transfer area which may be required for future use by the United 
States, and, except for such adjustment as may be required by virtue 
of the provisions of section 1 of this Act, he shall have until the filing 
by the Commission of the proposed plan of development provided by 
section 4(a), to define and describe all such lands. 
Approved April 22, 1960. 
April 22, 1960 
[H. R. 725] 
Public Law 86-434 
AN ACT 
To provide for the establishment of the Wilson's Creek Battlefield National Park, 
in the State of Missouri. 
Wilson's C r e e k 
B a t t l e f i e l d Na-
tional Park, Mo. 
16 U S C 1,2-4, 
22, 43. 
Appro p r i a t i o n 
authorized. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre-
tary of the Interior shall acquire, by gift, purchase, condemnation, or 
otherwise, the lands (together with any improvements thereon) com-
prising the Wilson's Creek Battlefield site near Springfield, Missouri, 
and any other lands adjacent to such site which in his opinion are 
necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
SEC. 2 (a) The lands acquired under the first section of this Act 
shall be set aside as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of 
the people of the United States, and shall be designated as the Wilson's 
Creek Battlefield National Park. The National Park Service, under 
the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall administer, protect, 
and develop the park, subject to the provisions of the Act entitled 
"An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes", 
approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535). 
(b) In order to provide for the proper development and maintenance 
of the park, the Secretary of the Interior shall construct and maintain 
therein such roads, trails, markers, buildings, and other improvements, 
and such facilities for the care and accommodation of visitors, as he 
may deem necessary. 
SEC. 3. There 
but not more 
lands and interests in lands and for the development of the Wilson's 
Creek Battlefield National Park, of which not more than $20,000 shall 
be used for acquisition purposes, and in addition thereto, such sums 
as may be needled for its administration and maintenance. 
Approved April 22, 1960. 
re are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, 
than $120,000, as may be needed for the acquisition of