3.0.0 3408 2023-01-11T13:19:58Z 2023-01-11T13:19:58Z Senate S S 2010-05-25 111 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-05-25T14:48:13Z Nevada Mining Townsite Conveyance Act 111 5370 HR 2010-05-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. Identical bill CRS 2010-05-25 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4214) IntroReferral 2010-05-25 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4213-4214) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2010-05-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. N E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 2010-05-25 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Land transfers Mining Nevada Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2010-05-25 Introduced in Senate 2010-06-03T21:06:55Z Nevada Mining Townsite Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to carry out an expedited program to examine and determine the validity of each unpatented mining claim (including each claim for which a patent application has been filed) within specified mining townsites (federally owned real property in the Gold Point and Ione townsites within Esmeralda and Nye Counties, Nevada, on which improvements were constructed based on the belief that: (1) the property had been or would be acquired from the federal government by the entity that operated the mine; or (2) the individual or entity that made the improvement had a valid claim for acquiring the property from the federal government).

Directs the Secretary of the Interior, after completing the validity review, to convey to the appropriate county, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to any such mining townsites (including improvements) which are not subject to valid mining claims. Requires the Secretary to reserve the mineral rights in each parcel of land subject to a valid mining claim, but convey, without consideration, the remaining U.S. right, title, and interest.

Requires the county receiving such a site, if one or more individuals (occupants, for instance) prove a valid interest under Nevada law, to reconvey the property to such individual or individuals.

Withdraws the mining townsites from: (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.

Requires withdrawal and conveyance to the owner of the surface rights of any mining claim determined valid which is abandoned, invalidated, or otherwise returned to the BLM.


]]> Nevada Mining Townsite Conveyance Act Display Title Nevada Mining Townsite Conveyance Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain public land in and around historic mining townsites located in the State of Nevada, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Nevada Mining Townsite Conveyance Act Introduced in Senate 2010-05-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3408is/xml/BILLS-111s3408is.xml 2010-05-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4214) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.