[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1195 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1195

To provide for the transfer of certain Department of the Interior land 
 located in Grant County, New Mexico, to St. Vincent DePaul Parish in 
            Silver City, New Mexico, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               August 11 (legislative day, July 10), 1995

 Mr. Domenici 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 provide for the transfer of certain Department of the Interior land 
 located in Grant County, New Mexico, to St. Vincent DePaul Parish in 
            Silver City, New Mexico, 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 ``Father Aull Site Transfer Act of 
1995''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the buildings and grounds developed by Father Roger 
        Aull located on public domain land near Silver City, New 
        Mexico, are historically significant to the citizens of the 
        community;
            (2) vandalism at the site has become increasingly 
        destructive and frequent in recent years;
            (3) because of the isolated location and the distance from 
        other significant resources and agency facilities, the Bureau 
        of Land Management has been unable to devote sufficient 
        resources to restore and protect the site from further damage; 
        and
            (4) St. Vincent DePaul Parish in Silver City, New Mexico, 
        has indicated an interest in, and developed a sound proposal 
        for the restoration of, the site, such that the site could be 
        permanently occupied and used by the community.

SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY.

    As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
convey by patent to St. Vincent DePaul Parish in Silver City, New 
Mexico, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the land (including improvements on the land) 
consisting of approximately 43.06 acres, located approximately 10 miles 
east of Silver City, New Mexico, and described as follows: T. 17 S., R. 
12 W., Section 30: Lot 13, and Section 31: Lot 27 (as generally 
depicted on the map dated July 1995).

SEC. 4. RELEASES.

    (a) In General.--Upon the conveyance of any land or interest in 
land identified in section 3 to St. Vincent DePaul Parish, St. Vincent 
DePaul Parish shall assume any liability for any claim relating to the 
land or interest in the land arising after the date of the conveyance.
    (b) NEPA.--The conveyance described in section 3--
            (1) is deemed to have no significant impact on the 
        environment; and
            (2) shall not be subject to the National Environmental 
        Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).

SEC. 5. MAP.

    The map referred to in this Act shall be on file and available for 
public inspection in--
            (1) the State of New Mexico Office of the Bureau of Land 
        Management, Santa Fe, New Mexico; and
            (2) the Las Cruces District Office of the Bureau of Land 
        Management, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
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