[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 610 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 610

 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land under 
 the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in Washakie County 
  and Big Horn County, Wyoming, to the Westside Irrigation District, 
                    Wyoming, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 15, 1999

 Mr. Enzi (for himself and Mr. Thomas) 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 under 
 the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in Washakie County 
  and Big Horn County, Wyoming, to the Westside Irrigation District, 
                    Wyoming, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Director of the Bureau of Land Management, shall convey to the Westside 
Irrigation District, Wyoming, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to such portions of the Federal land in Big Horn 
County and Washakie County, Wyoming, described in subsection (c) as the 
district enters into an agreement with the Secretary to purchase.
    (b) Price.--The price of the land conveyed under subsection (a) 
shall be equal to the appraised value of the land, as determined by the 
Secretary.
    (c) Land Description.--The land referred to in subsection (a) is 
described as follows: parts of secs. 28, 32, parts of secs. 33, 34, T. 
50 N., R. 93 W.; all of T. 49 N., R. 93 W. (except parts of secs 1, 2, 
6, 7, 30, 31 and SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ of sec. 12); parts of secs. 18, 19, 30, 
31, T. 49 N., R. 92 W.; secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 36, T. 48 N., R. 93 W.; parts of secs. 1, 12, 
13, sec. 24, parts of sec. 25, T. 48 N., R. 92\1/2\ W.; and parts of 
secs. 18, 19, T. 48 N., R. 92 W., Big Horn County and Washakie County, 
Wyoming.
    (d) Use of Proceeds.--Proceeds of the sale of land under subsection 
(a) shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury of the 
United States and shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior, 
without further Act of appropriation, for the acquisition of land and 
interests in land in the Worland District of the Bureau of Land 
Management in the State of Wyoming that will benefit public recreation, 
public access, fish and wildlife habitat, or cultural resources.
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