[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2054 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 2054


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 12, 2002

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 AN ACT


 
To give the consent of Congress to an agreement or compact between Utah 
 and Nevada regarding a change in the boundaries of those States, 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. CONSENT TO AGREEMENT OR COMPACT.

    (a) Consent Given.--The consent of the Congress of the United 
States is given to Utah and Nevada to enter into an agreement or 
compact that meets the following requirements:
            (1) The agreement or compact is consented to by the 
        legislatures of Utah and Nevada and such consent is evidenced 
        through Acts enacted by the legislatures of Utah and Nevada not 
        later than December 31, 2006.
            (2) The agreement or compact is not in conflict with any 
        Federal law.
            (3) The agreement or compact does not change the boundary 
        of any other State.
            (4) The agreement or compact does not result in the 
        transfer to Nevada of more than a total of 10,000 acres of 
        lands that are located within Utah on the date of the enactment 
        of this Act.
            (5) The agreement or compact is entered into for the 
        primary purpose of changing the boundaries of Utah and Nevada 
        so that the lands located within the municipal boundaries of 
        the city of Wendover, Utah, on the date of the enactment of 
        this Act, including the municipal airport, shall, after the 
        implementation of the agreement or compact, be located within 
        the boundaries of Nevada. This paragraph shall not prohibit the 
        agreement or compact from including provisions that are 
        reasonably related to the following:
                    (A) A change in the boundaries of Utah and Nevada 
                for the purposes described in this paragraph.
                    (B) Including other Utah lands immediately 
                surrounding the municipal boundaries of Wendover, Utah, 
                as described in this paragraph, in a transfer to Nevada 
                if such inclusion would--
                            (i) facilitate the management of lands 
                        transferred under the agreement or compact or 
                        the placement of the boundaries of Utah or 
                        Nevada; or
                            (ii) minimize the likelihood of future 
                        residential development on remaining Utah 
                        lands.
                    (C) Any other provision in the agreement or compact 
                regarding a change in ownership of, management of, or 
                other responsibilities or obligations related to--
                            (i) providing State, county, or municipal 
                        services;
                            (ii) public utilities;
                            (iii) public schools; or
                            (iv) the municipal airport referred to in 
                        this paragraph.
            (6) The agreement or compact is consented to by a majority 
        of the registered qualified electors who cast a vote on the 
        agreement or compact held in each of the cities of West 
        Wendover, Nevada, and Wendover, Utah, on the date of the 
        regularly scheduled general election for Federal office in 
        2002. The question in the vote held in each of the cities of 
        West Wendover, Nevada, and Wendover, Utah, under this paragraph 
        shall contain the same language to the extent allowed by local 
        law. Such language shall explain, with specificity sufficient 
        to inform voters, all components of the agreement or compact 
        regarding changes in ownership of, management of, or other 
        responsibilities, costs, or obligations related to--
                    (A) State, county, and municipal social and public 
                services;
                    (B) public utilities;
                    (C) land use;
                    (D) community economics;
                    (E) public schools; and
                    (F) the local municipal airport.
    (b) Effective Date of Agreement or Compact.--An agreement or 
compact entered into in accordance with subsection (a) shall become 
effective upon the fulfillment of the requirement of subsection (a)(1) 
without further consent or ratification on the part of the Congress of 
the United States.

SEC. 2. UNITED STATES OWNERSHIP AND JURISDICTION RETAINED.

    Nothing in this Act or in the agreement or compact consented to 
under this Act shall be construed to impair or in any manner affect the 
ownership or jurisdiction of the United States in and over any lands 
within the boundaries of Utah or Nevada.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 11, 2002.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.

                            By Martha C. Morrison,

                                                          Deputy Clerk.