To authorize the Forest Service to convey certain lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin to the Washoe County School District for use as an elementary school site.
PL 106-575 (H.R.4656), enacted 12/28/2000

PUBLIC LAW 106-575—DEC. 28, 2000 
114 STAT. 3063 
Public Law 106-575 
106th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize the Forest Service to convey certain lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin 
to the Washoe County School District for use as an elementary school site. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN FOREST SERVICE LAND IN THE 
LAKE TAHOE BASIN. 
(a) CONVEYANCE.—Upon application, the Secretary of Agri-
culture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, may convey 
to the Washoe County School District all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in the property described as a portion of 
the Northwest quarter of Section 15, Township 16 North, Range 
18 East, M.D.B. & M., more particularly described as Parcel 1 
of Parcel Map No. 426 for Boise Cascade, filed in the office of 
the Washoe County Recorder, State of Nevada, on May 19, 1977, 
as file No. 465601, Official Records. 
(b) REVIEW OF APPLICATION.—When the Secretary receives an 
application to convey the property under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall make a final determination whether or not to convey 
such property before the end of the 180-day period beginning on 
the date of the receipt of the application. 
(c) USE; REVERSION.—^The conveyance of the property under 
subsection (a) shall be for the sole purpose of the construction 
of an elementary school on the property. The property conveyed 
shall revert to the United States if the property is used for a 
purpose other than as an elementary school site. 
(d) CONSIDERATION BASED ON REQUIREMENT TO USE FOR LIM-
ITED PUBLIC PURPOSES.—^The Secretary shall determine the amount 
of any consideration required for the conveyance of property under 
this section based on the fair market value of the property when 
it is subject to the restriction on use under subsection (c). 
(e) PROCEEDS.—^The proceeds from the conveyance of the prop-
erty under subsection (a) shall be available to the Secretary without 
further appropriation and shall remain available until expended 
for the purpose of acquiring environmentally sensitive land in the 
Lake Tahoe Basin pursuant to section 3 of the Act entitled "An 
Act to provide for the orderly disposal of certain Federal lands 
in Nevada and for the acquisition of certain other lands in the 
Lake Tahoe Basin, and for other purposes", approved December 
23, 1980 (94 Stat. 3381; commonly known as the "Santini-Burton 
Act"). 
(f) APPLICABLE LAW.—Except as otherwise provided in this 
section, any sale of National Forest System land under this section 
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114 STAT. 3064 
PUBLIC LAW 106-575—DEC. 28, 2000 
shall be subject to the laws (including regulations) applicable to 
the conveyance of National Forest System lands. 
Approved December 28, 2000. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4656: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106-885 (Comm. on Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000): 
Oct. 10, 12, considered and rejected in House. 
Oct. 24, considered and passed House. 
Dec. 15, considered and passed Senate.