[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2618 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2618

  To direct the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain land to the 
     town of Kingston, Nevada, for use as an emergency medical air 
               evacuation site and for other public uses.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 24, 2000

   Mr. Reid introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain land to the 
     town of Kingston, Nevada, for use as an emergency medical air 
               evacuation site and for other public uses.

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

SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) the lease by the Secretary of the Interior of certain 
        land to the town of Kingston, Nevada, for use as an emergency 
        airstrip is about to expire;
            (2) rather than renew the airport lease (which would 
        require certification by the Federal Aviation Administration), 
        the Secretary and the Town desire that the parcel on which the 
        main landing strip is situated be sold to the Town for fair 
        market value as determined by the Secretary;
            (3) adjacent to that parcel is other land, most of which, 
        if the airstrip parcel is sold to the Town, would be isolated 
        from other land administered by the Secretary and would 
        therefore be difficult for the Secretary to manage;
            (4) it would in the best interests of the United States and 
        the Town for the Secretary to convey to the Town both the 
        airstrip parcel and the adjacent parcel, at the fair market 
        value of the airstrip parcel; and
            (5) the parcels have been determined to be suitable for 
        disposal in the Shoshone-Eureka Resource Management Plan and 
        Environmental Impact Statement.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Adjacent parcel.--The term ``adjacent parcel'' means 
        the parcels of land in the State of Nevada, comprising 74.88 
        acres, described as Mount Diablo Meridian, T16N, R44E, section 
        31, lot 4, E1/2NESE, S1/2SWNESE, S1/2S1/2NWSE.
            (2) Airstrip parcel.--The term ``airstrip parcel'' means 
        the parcel of land, with a landing strip running on an easterly 
        bearing and a portion of a landing strip running on a southerly 
        bearing, in the State of Nevada, comprising 70.00 acres, 
        described as Mount Diablo Meridian, T16N, R44E, section 31, N1/
        2SESW, N1/2SWSE, N1/2SESE, SESESE.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of 
        Land Management.
            (4) Town.--The term ``Town'' means the town of Kingston, 
        Nevada.
    (c) Conveyance.--In consideration of payment of the fair market 
value of the airstrip parcel, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
convey to the Town, subject to valid existing rights, all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to the airstrip parcel and the 
adjacent parcel, totaling 144.88 acres.
    (d) No Reservations.--The patent by which the conveyance under 
subsection (c) is made shall contain no reservations.
    (e) Lease Extension.--If for any reason the conveyance under 
subsection (c) is not completed before September 30, 2000, the term of 
the airport lease, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, 
shall be considered to be extended until the date of the conveyance.
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