[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2333 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2333

   To convey land to the University of Nevada at Las Vegas Research 
         Foundation for a research park and technology center.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 25, 2002

   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 convey land to the University of Nevada at Las Vegas Research 
         Foundation for a research park and technology center.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, needs land in the 
        greater Las Vegas area to provide for the future growth of the 
        university;
            (2) the proposal by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 
        for construction of a research park and technology center in 
        the greater Las Vegas area would enhance the high tech industry 
        and entrepreneurship in the State of Nevada; and
            (3) the land transferred to the Clark County Department of 
        Aviation under section 4(g) of the Southern Nevada Public Land 
        Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-263; 112 Stat. 2346) is 
        the best location for the research park and technology center.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to provide a suitable location for the construction of 
        a research park and technology center in the greater Las Vegas 
        area;
            (2) to provide the public with opportunities for education 
        and research in the field of high technology; and
            (3) to provide the State of Nevada with opportunities for 
        competition and economic development in the field of high 
        technology.

SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA AT LAS VEGAS RESEARCH 
              FOUNDATION.

    (a) Conveyance.--Notwithstanding section 4(g)(4) of the Southern 
Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-263; 112 
Stat. 2347), the Clark County Department of Aviation may convey, 
without consideration, all right, title, and interest in and to the 
parcel of land described in subsection (b) to the University of Nevada 
at Las Vegas Research Foundation for the development of a technology 
research center.
    (b) Description of Land.--The parcel of land referred to in 
subsection (a) is the parcel of Clark County Department of Aviation 
land--
            (1) consisting of approximately 115 acres;
            (2) located in the SW \1/4\ of section 33, T. 21 S., R. 60 
        E., Mount Diablo Base and Meridian; and
            (3) identified in the agreement entitled ``Interim 
        Cooperative Management Agreement Between the United States 
        Department of the Interior-Bureau of Land Management and Clark 
        County'', dated November 4, 1992.
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