[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4657 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4657

   To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to 
        Eureka County, Nevada, for continued use as a cemetery.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 14, 2000

 Mr. Gibbons 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 certain land to 
        Eureka County, Nevada, for continued use as a cemetery.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the historical use by settlers and travelers since the 
        late 1800's of the cemetery known as ``Maiden's Grave 
        Cemetery'' in Beowawe, Nevada, predates incorporation of the 
        land on which the cemetery is situated within the jurisdiction 
        of the Bureau of Land Management; and
            (2) it is appropriate that the use of the parcel as a 
        cemetery be continued through local public ownership of the 
        parcel rather than through the permitting process of the 
        Federal agency.

SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF CEMETERY ON PUBLIC LANDS TO EUREKA COUNTY, 
              NEVADA.

    (a) Conveyance.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Director of the Bureau of Land Management (referred to in this section 
as the ``Secretary''), shall convey, without consideration, subject to 
valid existing rights, to Eureka County, Nevada (referred to in this 
section as the ``county''), all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the parcel of land described in subsection (b).
    (b) Description of Land.--The parcel of land referred to in 
subsection (a) is the parcel of public land (including any improvements 
on the land) known as ``Maiden's Grave Cemetery'', consisting of 
approximately 10 acres and more particularly described as S1/2NE1/4SW1/
4SW1/4, N1/2SE1/4SW1/4SW1/4 of section 10, T.31N., R.49E., Mount Diablo 
Meridian.
    (c) Use of Land.--
            (1) In general.--The county shall continue the use of the 
        parcel conveyed under subsection (a) as a cemetery.
            (2) Reversion.--If the Secretary, after notice to the 
        county and an opportunity for a hearing, makes a finding that 
        the county has discontinued the use of the parcel conveyed 
        under subsection (a) as a cemetery, title to the parcel shall 
        revert to the Secretary.
    (d) Right-of-Way.--At the time of the conveyance under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall grant the county a right-of-way allowing 
access for persons desiring to visit the cemetery and for other 
cemetery purposes over an appropriate access route.
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