[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2989 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2989

  To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the St. Jude's 
   Ranch for Children, Nevada, approximately 40 acres of land in Las 
  Vegas, Nevada, to be used for the development of facilities for the 
          residential care and treatment of adjudicated girls.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 9, 1997

 Mr. Ensign  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the St. Jude's 
   Ranch for Children, Nevada, approximately 40 acres of land in Las 
  Vegas, Nevada, to be used for the development of facilities for the 
          residential care and treatment of adjudicated girls.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that:
            (1) St. Jude's Ranch for children is a nonprofit, 
        nonsectarian organization.
            (2) The St. Jude's Ranch for Children has been a proven 
        success for over 25 years.
            (3) St. Jude's Ranch for Children has provided residential 
        care for abused, abandoned, neglected, and troubled children.
            (4) St. Jude's is now prepared to embark on the development 
        of a Good Shepherd Campus for adjudicated girls.
            (5) Roughly 40 acres is needed to develop the facility that 
        will house 102 adjudicated girls with 24 hour, seven days a 
        week adult supervision.
            (6) The facility also contains on-campus education 
        facilities, dining hall, library, chapel, child care offices, 
        administration offices, and recreation center.

SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF 40 ACRES TO ST. JUDE'S RANCH FOR CHILDREN.

    (a) Conveyance.--Within 30 days after a request by the St. Jude's 
Ranch for Children, the Secretary shall offer to convey, without 
consideration, to the St. Jude's Ranch for Children all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in the surface estate of the land 
depicted on the map entitled ``--------------'', dated -------- and 
described in subsection (b), for the construction of a Good Shepard 
campus for adjudicated girls. Such map shall be on file and available 
for public inspection in the offices of the Bureau of Land Management, 
Department of the Interior, in Washington, D.C. and Las Vegas, Nevada.
    (b) Land Description.--The land referred to in subsection (a) is a 
parcel containing 39.87 acres described as follows:
            Government Lot 1 in the Southwest Quarter (SW\1/4\) of 
        Section 12, Township 19 South, Range 60 East, M.D.M., the City 
        of Las Vegas, County of Clark, State of Nevada. Said Government 
        Lot 1 more commonly referred to as the Northeast Quarter (NE\1/
        4\) of the Southwest Quarter (SW\1/4\) of said Section 12.
    (c) Additional Environmental Studies.--Prior to the conveyance 
under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct such 
environmental studies as may be necessary, including an assessment of 
the presence of any hazardous substances, pollutants, and contaminants 
(within the meaning of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980) to determine if the 
development of facilities for adjudicated girls is a compatible use of 
the land described in subsection (b).
    (d) Reversionary Interest.--If the land conveyed under subsection 
(a) ceases to be used for residential care for adjudicated girls, all 
right, title, and interest in such land shall revert to the Government 
of the United States.
    (e) Subsurface Estate.--The subsurface estate in the lands 
described in subsection (b) shall be reserved to the United States.
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