[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1535 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1535

     To amend Public Law 99-548 to expand the right of the City of 
 Mesquite, Nevada, to purchase certain public lands in the vicinity of 
                               the City.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                               May 6, 1997

 Mr. Gibbons introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Recources

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend Public Law 99-548 to expand the right of the City of 
 Mesquite, Nevada, to purchase certain public lands in the vicinity of 
                               the City.

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

SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL PURCHASE AUTHORITY.

    (a) Additional Authority.--Section 3 of Public Law 99-548 (100 
Stat. 3061) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(e) Fifth Area.--(1) No later than 25 years after the date of 
enactment of this subsection, the City of Mesquite shall notify the 
Secretary as to which if any of the public lands identified in 
paragraph (2) of this subsection the city wishes to purchase.
    ``(2) For a period of 25 years after the date of enactment of this 
subsection, the city shall have the exclusive right to purchase the 
following parcel of public lands:
            Sec. 34, T. 12 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo Meridian; Sec. 
        35, T. 12 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo Meridian; South \1/2\ Sec. 
        26, T. 12 S., R. 70 E. Mount Diablo Meridian; W \1/2\, Sec. 25, 
        T. 12 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo Meridian; NW \1/4\ Sec. 36, T. 
        12 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo Meridian; Sec. 3, T. 13 S., R. 70 
        E., Mount Diablo Meridian; Sec. 2, T. 13 S., R 70 E., Mount 
        Diablo Meridian; Sec. 10, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo 
        Meridian; W. \1/2\ Sec. 11, T. 13 S., R. 70E., Mount Diablo 
        Meridian; W. \1/2\, SE \1/4\ Sec. 11, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount 
        Diablo Meridian; NE \1/4\ Sec. 11, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount 
        Diablo Meridian; E. \1/2\ Sec. 16, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount 
        Diablo Meridian; E. \1/2\ Sec. 21, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount 
        Diablo Meridian; Portion of Sec. 28, North of Interstate 15, T. 
        13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo Meridian; Portion of N \1/2\ Sec. 
        33, North of Interstate 15, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo 
        Meridian; Portion of Sec. 27, North of Interstate 15, T. 13 S., 
        R. 70 E., Mount Diablo Meridian; Sec. 22, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., 
        Mount Diablo Meridian; Sec. 15, T. 13 S. R. 70 E., Mount Diablo 
        Meridian; NW \1/4\ Sec. 14, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo 
        Meridian; W \1/2\, NE \1/4\ Sec. 14, T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount 
        Diablo Meridian.
    ``(3) In the event that the Department of Aviation for Clark 
County, Nevada, in conjunction with the Federal Aviation 
Administration, identifies public lands in Nevada other than the parcel 
identified in paragraph (2) as better suited for the development of a 
commercial airport to serve the City of Mesquite, the city shall have 
the exclusive right to purchase such other lands for a period of 25 
years after date of the enactment of this subsection.''.
    (b) Technical Corrections.--(1) Section 121 of the Department of 
the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (as 
contained in section 101(d) of division A of Public Law 104-208; 110 
Stat. 3009-202), is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The Mesquite Lands Act of 1988'' and 
        inserting ``Public Law 99-548 (100 Stat. 3061; commonly known 
        as the Mesquite Lands Act of 1986)''; and
            (2) by striking ``this Act'' both places it appears and 
        inserting ``this subsection''.
    (2) The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect as of 
September 30, 1996.
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