A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain interests in lands in Socorro County, New Mexico, to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
PL 99-427 (S.1963), enacted 09/30/1986

100 STAT. 980 
PUBLIC LAW 99-427—SEPT. 30, 1986 
Public Law 99-427 
99th Congress 
An Act 
Sept. 30, 1986 
[S. 1963] 
Public lands. 
Research and 
development. 
Education. 
Public 
information. 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain interests in lands in Socorro 
County, New Mexico, to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF LANDS. 
(a) CONVEYANCE.—Subject to valid existing rights and except as 
provided in section 3, the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this 
Act referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized and directed to 
convey to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology 
(hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Institute"), Socorro, New 
Mexico, at fair market value, as determined by the Secretary, all 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the public 
lands aggregating approximately 8,501.55 acres in Socorro County, 
New Mexico, as generally depicted on a map entitled "New Mexico 
Institute of Mining and Technology Land Transfer, Socorro, New 
Mexico" dated 1985, to be used for research and education. 
(b) SURVEY.—The conveyance required by subsection (a) shall 
occur only after the Institute performs and provides to the Secretary 
a survey of the archeological resources of the area which identifies 
the mitigation measures, if any, that the Institute, in coordination 
with the State of New Mexico Historic Preservation Office, will 
implement following the conveyance and shall be conditioned on the 
implementation of such mitigation measures. 
SEC. 2. MAPS AND DESCRIPTION OF LANDS. 
As soon as practicable after enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall submit a map and legal description of the public 
lands designated in the first section of this Act to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on 
Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives. Such 
map and legal description shall have the same force and effect as if 
included in this Act, except that any clerical or typographical errors 
in such map or legal description may be corrected. The Secretary 
shall place such map and legal description on file, and make them 
available for public inspection, in the Office of the Director, New 
Mexico State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico. 
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PUBLIC LAW 99-427—SEPT. 30, 1986 
100 STAT. 981 
SEC. 3. RESERVATION OF RIGHTS. 
Minerals and 
There are reserved to the United States all minerals that may be Patents and 
found in the lands described in the first section: Provided, however, trademarks. 
That such lands, except for valid existing rights, shall not be 
available for location and patent under the United States Mining 
Law, Act of May 10, 1872, 17 Stat. 91, 30 U.S.C. 22, 28, 28b. 
Approved September 30, 1986. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1963 (H.R. 4971): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 99-76 accompanying H.R. 4971 (Comm. on Interior and 
Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 99-341 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 132 (1986): 
Aug. 1, considered and passed Senate. 
Aug. 11, considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 4971. 
Sept. 17, Senate concurred in House amendment.