A bill to transfer certain real property to the City of Mesquite, Nevada.
PL 99-548 (H.R.3352), enacted 10/27/1986

PUBLIC LAW 99-548-OCT. 27, 1986 
100 STAT. 3061 
Public Law 99-548 
99th Congress 
An Act 
To transfer certain real property to the City of Mesquite, Nevada. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND MAPS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this Act: 
(1) The term "public lands" has the same meaning as such 
term hgis in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976. 
(2) The term "city limits" means the corporate limits of the 
City of Mesquite, in Clark County, Nevada, as such limits were 
established on September 15,1986. 
(3) The term "the Secretary" means the Secretary of the 
Interior. 
(4) The term "the map" means the map entitled "Mesquite, 
Nevada Lands Transfer Plan" dated September 1986. 
(b) MAPS.—All maps referred to in this Act shall be on file with 
the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate and also on file and available for inspection in 
the offices of the Director and Nevada State Director of the Bureau 
of Land Management. 
SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL. 
Subject to valid existing rights, all public lands within the city 
limits are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry and appropria-
tion under the public land laws, including the mining laws, and 
from operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws. 
This withdrawal will terminate on the date ten years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, except with regard to those lands identified 
on the map as "Public Lands Retention Area". The withdrawal of 
the lands so identified shall continue in effect until otherwise 
provided by law. 
SEC. 3. NOTIFICATION AND SALE PERIODS. 
(a) FIRST AREA.—(1) No later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the City of Mesquite shall notify the Sec-
retary as to which if any of the public lands within the area 
specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection the city wishes to 
purchase. 
(2) For the period of one year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the city shall have the exclusive right to purchase public lands 
within the area identified on the map as "Area One". 
(b) SECOND AREA.—(1) No later than three years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the City of Mesquite shall notify the Sec-
retary as to which if any of the public lands within the area 
specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection the city wishes to 
purchase. 
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(2) For a period of four years after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the city shall have the exclusive right to purchase public lands 
within the area identified on the map as "Area Two". 
(c) THIRD AREA.—(1) No later than five years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the City of Mesquite shall notify the Sec-
retary as to which if any of the public lands within the area 
specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection the city wishes to 
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purchase. 
(2) For a period of six years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the city shall have the exclusive right to purchase public lands 
within the area identified on the map as "Area Three". 
SEC. 4. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALES. 
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(a) The City of Mesquite shall seek lands in compact and contig-
uous parcels and shall be subject to a determination by the Sec-
retary that disposition of the lands sought is compatible with proper 
management by the Bureau of Land Management of public lands 
within the city limits which will remain in Federal ownership. 
Subject to such determination, and to the provisions of this Act, the 
Secretary shall provide to the city the opportunity to purchase 
public lands within the city limits. 
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(b) After the expiration of the time of the exclusive right provided 
for in section 3, the Secretary may offer the public lands within the 
city limits (except within the Public Lands Retention Area) for sale 
under appropriate provisions of the Federal Land Policy and 
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Management Act of 1976. The City of Mesquite will be given an 
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opportunity to meet the high bid. If the City of Mesquite matches 
the highest bid at the sale, it shall be declared the high bidder and 
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allowed to purchase the property. 
(c) The Secretary shall retain in Federal ownership the public 
lands in the Public Lands Retention Area, and is authorized to 
retain such other public lands within the city limits as which the 
Secretary determines it would best serve the public interest to 
retain in Federal ownership. 
(d) The Secretary is hereby authorized to attach such conditions 
to any sale under this Act and patent issued pursuant to it, as 
the Secretary of the Interior determines to be reasonable and 
appropriate. 
(e) AH disposals of public lands within the city limits shall be 
subject to valid existing rights and for fair market value. 
Approved October 27, 1986. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3352: 
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 99-897 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 132 (1986): 
Sept. 30, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 9, considered and passed Senate.