[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4929 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4929

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 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 Agriculture to convey certain land to Lander 
            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 ``Kingston Cemetery'' in 
        Kingston, Nevada, predates incorporation of the land on which 
        the cemetery is situated within the jurisdiction of the Forest 
        Service;
            (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; and
            (3) to ensure that all areas that may have unmarked 
        gravesites are included and to ensure the availability of 
        adequate gravesite space in future years, a parcel of 
        approximately 10 acres, the acreage included in the original 
        permit issued by the Forest Service for the cemetery, should be 
        conveyed for that purpose.

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

    (a) Conveyance.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest 
Service (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary''), 
simultaneously with or as soon as practicable after the conveyance of 
the core parcel under subsection (b), shall convey, without 
consideration, subject to valid existing rights, to Lander County, 
Nevada (referred to in this section as the ``county''), all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the remaining parcel 
of the land described in subsection (c).
    (b) Conveyance of Core Parcel.--The making of the conveyance under 
subsection (a) is contingent on the making of a conveyance, under 
Public Law 85-569 (commonly known as the ``Townsite Act''; 7 U.S.C. 
1012a; 16 U.S.C. 478a), of 1.25 acres of the land described in 
subsection (c) in which gravesites have been identified.
    (c) Description of Land.--The parcel of land referred to in 
subsection (a) is the parcel of National Forest System land (including 
any improvements on the land) known as ``Kingston Cemetery,'' 
consisting of approximately 10 acres and more particularly described as 
SW1/4SE1/4SE1/4 of section 36, T. 16N., R. 43E., Mount Diablo Meridian.
    (d) Use of Land.--
            (1) In general.--The county (including its successors) 
        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.
    (e) Access.--At the time of the conveyance under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall grant the county an easement granting access for 
persons desiring to visit the cemetery and other cemetery purposes over 
Forest Development Road #20307B, notwithstanding any future closing of 
the road for other use.
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