[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1596 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1596

      To direct a property conveyance in the State of California.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                March 7 (legislative day, March 6), 1996

 Mr. Murkowski (for himself and Mr. Johnston) 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 direct a property conveyance in the State of California.

    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 ``Ward Valley Land Transfer Act''.

SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY.

    Effective upon the tendering to the Secretary of the Treasury of 
$500,100 on behalf of the State of California and the tendering to the 
Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of a written commitment 
by the State to carry out environmental monitoring and protection 
measures based on recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences 
subject to Federal oversight by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2021, as amended, all right, title and interest 
of the United States in the property depicted on a map designated USGS 
7.5 minute quadrangle, west of Flattop Mountain, CA 1984, entitled 
``Location Map for Ward Valley Site'', located in San Bernardino 
Meridian, Township 9 North, Range 19 East, and improvements thereon, 
together with all necessary easements for utilities and ingress and 
egress to such property, including, but not limited to, the right to 
improve those easements, are conveyed by operation of law to the 
Department of Health Services of the State of California. Upon the 
request of the State of California, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
provide evidence of title transfer.
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