[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5428 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5428

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to exercise authority under the 
   Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 to acquire by 
 exchange certain environmentally sensitive lands for inclusion in the 
              Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 10, 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 exercise authority under the 
   Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 to acquire by 
 exchange certain environmentally sensitive lands for inclusion in the 
              Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Red Rock Canyon National 
Conservation Area Expansion Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR RED ROCK CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION 
              AREA.

    (a) Acquisition Requirement.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
        exercise authority under the Southern Nevada Public Land 
        Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-263) to acquire for 
        inclusion in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area 
        certain environmentally sensitive lands and interests described 
        in subsection (b)(1), by exchange (subject to any valid 
        existing rights) for the lands and interests described in 
        subsection (b)(2).
            (2) Exchange agreement.--The Secretary shall, by not later 
        than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act--
                    (A) enter with the Corporation into an agreement to 
                initiate an exchange under this section, in accordance 
                with section 2201.1 of title 43, Code of Federal 
                Regulations, as in effect on the date of the enactment 
                of this Act); or
                    (B) report to the congressional committees the 
                reasons why the Secretary and the Corporation have not 
                entered into such an exchange agreement.
    (b) Description of Lands To Be Exchanged.--
            (1) Acquired lands.--The lands and interests to be acquired 
        by the Secretary under subsection (a) are all right, title, and 
        interest of the Howard Hughes Corporation in and to 
        approximately 1,384 acres of non-Federal lands in the State of 
        Nevada that are depicted on the map described in subsection 
        (c).
            (2) Conveyed lands.--The lands and interests to be conveyed 
        by the Secretary under subsection (a) are all right, title, and 
        interest of the United States in and to approximately 1,775 
        acres of Federal lands in the State of Nevada that are depicted 
        on the map described in subsection (c).
            (3) Determination of federal lands and interests.--The 
        Secretary shall determine and describe the Federal lands and 
        interests that are subject to exchange under this section by 
        not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
        using a metes and bounds description to ensure that the 
        boundaries of the exchanged lands conform to natural 
        topography.
    (c) Map.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the map referred 
        to in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) is the map 
        entitled ``Summerlin Land Exchange, Exhibit A''.
            (2) Adjustments to map.--The Secretary may make such minor 
        corrections in the map referred to in paragraph (1) as may be 
        agreed upon by the Secretary and the Corporation, after the 
        Secretary notifies the congressional committees of such 
        corrections.
            (3) Availability of map.--The Secretary shall make the map 
        referred to in paragraph (1) available for public inspection in 
        the offices of the Director of the Las Vegas District of the 
        Bureau of Land Management.

SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF ACQUIRED LANDS IN RED ROCK CANYON NATIONAL 
              CONSERVATION AREA.

    (a) Inclusion and Boundary Adjustment.--Upon acquisition of the 
lands and interests under this Act, the Secretary shall--
            (1) modify the boundaries of Red Rock Canyon National 
        Conservation Area to include the lands and interest within the 
        national conservation area; and
            (2) administer the lands and interests as part of Red Rock 
        Canyon National Conservation Area in accordance with all 
        applicable laws.
    (b) Rights-of-Way Grants Requirement Not Affected.--Inclusion of 
the lands and interests in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation 
Area under this section shall not affect the requirement to issue 
rights-of-way grants on such lands under section 4(b)(2) of the 
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-
263).
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 8(a)(2) of the Red Rock Canyon 
National Conservation Area Establishment Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 460ccc-
1) is amended by inserting before the period the following: ``, and 
such additional areas as are included in the conservation area under 
the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Expansion Act of 2000''.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) Congressional committees.--The term ``congressional 
        committees'' means the Committee on Resources of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
        Resources of the Senate.
            (2) Corporation.--The term ``Corporation'' means the Howard 
        Hughes Corporation, an affiliate of the Rouse Company (both 
        corporate entities under the laws of the State of Nevada).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
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