[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1515 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1515

      To authorize the exchange of certain public lands in Nevada.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 1993

Mrs. Vucanovich (for herself and Mr. Bilbray) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
      To authorize the exchange of certain public lands in Nevada.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF EXCHANGE.

    (a) Authorization and Withdrawal.--(1) If no later than one year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the owner of the Primadonna 
lands (as defined in subsection (c)) offers to convey such lands to the 
United States in exchange for the exchangeable public lands (as such 
term is defined in subsection (c)), the Secretary of the Interior is 
authorized to carry out such exchange, pursuant to the requirements of 
subsection (b).
    (2) Subject to valid existing rights, the exchangeable lands are 
hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, and patent 
under the public land laws and the mining and mineral and geothermal 
leasing laws. This withdrawal shall terminate one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary acts to continue it in 
effect thereafter.
    (b) Requirements.--(1) Any exchange of lands pursuant to this 
section shall be on the basis of equal value, except that the United 
States shall not be liable for any cash payment to the owner of the 
Primadonna lands, while such owner shall pay to the United States the 
difference, if any, between the fair market value of the Primadonna 
lands and the exchangeable public lands, without regard to any 
limitations on such payments to the United States under section 206(b) 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 or other 
applicable law.
    (2) The Secretary of the Interior shall not be required to review 
or revise any land use plans prepared pursuant to the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 in order to carry out an exchange 
under this section, but nothing in this section shall be construed as 
requiring the Secretary to carry out such an exchange or except as 
specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection with regard to 
equalization payments as relieving the Secretary from compliance with 
any other provision of that Act or other law applicable to any proposal 
for disposal of public lands through exchange.
    (c) Lands.--(1) The term ``Primadonna lands'' means that parcel, 
amounting to approximately one hundred and sixty-six acres, designated 
as ``Parcel 2'' on the map entitled ``Primm South Real Estate Company--
Bureau of Land Management Land Exchange'' numbered        and dated     
    (2) The term ``exchangeable public lands'' means the tract of 
public lands, amounting to approximately two hundred and fourteen 
acres, designated as ``Parcel 1'' on the map referred to in paragraph 
(1) of this subsection.

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