[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2673 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2673

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 6, 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 convey certain land to 
        Eureka County, Nevada, for continued use as cemeteries.

    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 that use be continued through 
        local public ownership of the parcel rather than through the 
        permitting process of the Federal agency.

SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE 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 other cemetery 
purposes over an appropriate access route.
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