[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1695 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

                  In the Senate of the United States,

                       October 5 (legislative day, September 22), 2000.
    Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
1695) entitled ``An Act to provide for the conveyance of certain 
Federal public lands in the Ivanpah Valley, Nevada, to Clark County, 
Nevada, for the development of an airport facility, and for other 
purposes.'', do pass with the following

                              AMENDMENTS:

 (1)Page 2, lines 24 and 25, strike out [assessment] and insert: 
assessment, using the airspace management plan required by section 
4(a),

 (2)Page 3, strike out lines 15 through 22 and insert:
            (2) Deposit in special account.--(A) The Secretary shall 
        deposit the payments received under paragraph (1) into the 
        special account described in section 4(e)(1)(C) of the Southern 
        Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2345). 
        Such funds may be expended only for the acquisition of private 
        inholdings in the Mojave National Preserve and for the 
        protection and management of the petroglyph resources in Clark 
        County, Nevada. The second sentence of section 4(f) of such Act 
        (112 Stat. 2346) shall not apply to interest earned on amounts 
        deposited under this paragraph.
            (B) The Secretary may not expend funds pursuant to this 
        section until--
                    (i) the provisions of section 5 of this Act have 
                been completed; and
                    (ii) a final Record of Decision pursuant to the 
                National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
                4321 et seq.) has been issued which permits development 
                of an airport at the Ivanpah site.

 (3)Page 3, strike out all after line 22 over to and including line 2 
on page 4 and insert:
    (d) Reversion and Reentry.--If, following completion of compliance 
with section 5 of this Act and in accordance with the findings made by 
the actions taken in compliance with such section, the Federal Aviation 
Administration and the County determine that an airport should not be 
constructed on the conveyed lands--

 (4)Page 4, line 23, strike out [Secretary,] and insert: Secretary, 
prior to the conveyance of the land referred to in section 2(a),

 (5)Page 5, line 18, after ``agencies.'' insert: Any actions conducted 
in accordance with this section shall specifically address any impacts 
on the purposes for which the Mojave National Preserve was created.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
106th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1695

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                               AMENDMENTS