[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1402 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1402

To convey a certain parcel of public land to the county of Twin Falls, 
         Idaho, for use as a landfill, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               August 6 (legislative day, June 30), 1993

  Mr. Craig (for himself and Mr. Kempthorne) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To convey a certain parcel of public land to the county of Twin Falls, 
         Idaho, for use as a landfill, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Twin Falls County Landfill Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE.

    (a) In General.--Subject to the provisions of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall convey all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in the lands located in Twin Falls County, Idaho, 
as described in subsection (d) for use as a public landfill, to the 
County of Twin Falls in exchange for payment of fair market value for 
the land by the grantee to the Secretary of the Interior.
    (b) Reservation of Mineral Rights.--The Secretary shall include in 
any deed or other instrument of conveyance conveying the land pursuant 
to subsection (a), a reservation to the United States of--
            (1) all mineral rights underlying the lands conveyed under 
        subsection (a); and
            (2) the right to enter the land conveyed under subsection 
        (a) for the purpose of removing minerals, in accordance with 
        applicable mining laws.
    (c) Reversionary Interest.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), if the lands 
        conveyed pursuant to subsection (a) are not used for the 
        establishment or operation of a landfill within 12 months after 
        the date on which the conveyance is made, all right, title, and 
        interest in such land shall revert to the United States on the 
        day following the end of such 12-month period.
            (2) Exception.--No reversion shall be effective under 
        paragraph (1) if the lands conveyed pursuant to subsection (a) 
        are contaminated with a hazardous substance (as defined in 
        section 101(14) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
        Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601(14))) 
        on the date on which the reversion would otherwise take effect.
    (d) Description of Land.--The lands to be conveyed pursuant to 
section 2 of this Act comprise approximately 1083.77 acres of Federal 
lands described as the SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\ of 
section 31; W\1/2\, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\ of section 32; Township 11 
South, Range 17 East, Boise Meridian and the West Half of Lot 2, Lot 3, 
Lot 4, W\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\ and the W\1/2\W\1/
2\SE\1/4\ of section 5; Lot 1, East Half of Lot 2, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/
4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and the E\1/2\SE\1/4\ of 
section 6; N\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ of section 7; 
NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\N\1/2\NW\1/4\ of section 8; of Township 12 
South, Range 17 East, Boise Meridian.

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