[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1092 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1092

 To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell certain parcels of 
        Federal land in Carson City and Douglas County, Nevada.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 2003

 Mr. Gibbons introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell certain parcels of 
        Federal land in Carson City and Douglas County, Nevada.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``Nevada National Forest Land 
Disposal Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The United States owns, and the Forest Service 
        administers, land in small and large parcels in Carson City and 
        Douglas County, Nevada.
            (2) Much of this Federal land is interspersed with or 
        adjacent to private land, which renders the Federal land 
        difficult, inefficient, and expensive for the Forest Service to 
        manage and more appropriate for disposal.
            (3) In order to promote responsible and orderly development 
        in Carson City and Douglas County, Nevada, appropriate parcels 
        of the Federal land should be sold by the Federal Government 
        based on recommendations made by units of local government and 
        the public.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to provide for the sale of 
certain parcels of Federal land in Carson City and Douglas County, 
Nevada.

SEC. 3. DISPOSAL OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS, CARSON CITY AND 
              DOUGLAS COUNTY, NEVADA.

    (a) Disposal Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture (in this 
section referred to as the ``Secretary'' may sell any right, title, or 
interest of the United States in and to the following parcels of 
National Forest System lands in Carson City or Douglas County, Nevada:
            (1) The parcel of land referred to as the ``Carson 
        Parcel'', consisting of approximately 3 acres, and more 
        particularly described as the southeast quarter, section 31, 
        township 15 north, range 20 east, Mount Diablo Base and 
        Meridian.
            (2) The parcel of land referred to as the ``Jacks Valley/
        Highway 395 Parcel'', consisting of approximately 28 acres, and 
        more particularly described as the southeast quarter, section 
        6, township 14 north, range 20 east, Mount Diablo Base and 
        Meridian.
            (3) The parcel of land referred to as the ``Indian Hills 
        Parcel'', consisting of approximately 75 acres, and more 
        particularly described as the southwest quarter, section 18, 
        township 14 north, range 20 east, Mount Diablo Base and 
        Meridian.
            (4) The parcel of land referred to as the ``Mountain House 
        Area Parcel'', consisting of approximately 40 acres, and more 
        particularly described as the northwest quarter northeast 
        quarter, section 12, township 10 north, range 21 east, Mount 
        Diablo Base and Meridian.
            (5) The parcel of land referred to as the ``Holbrook 
        Junction Area Parcel'', consisting of approximately 70 acres, 
        and more particularly described as the west half southeast 
        quarter, section 7, township 10 north, range 22 east, Mount 
        Diablo Base and Meridian.
            (6) The two parcels of land referred to as the ``Topaz Lake 
        Parcels'', consisting of approximately 5 acres, and more 
        particularly described as the northwest quarter, section 29, 
        township 10 north, range 22 east, Mount Diablo Base and 
        Meridian.
            (7) Any other parcel of National Forest System land in 
        Carson City or Douglas County, Nevada, determined by the 
        Secretary to be appropriate for sale.
    (b) Modification of Descriptions.--The Secretary may--
            (1) correct typographical or clerical errors in the 
        descriptions of land specified in subsection (a); and
            (2) for the purposes of soliciting offers for the sale of 
        such land, modify the descriptions based on--
                    (A) a survey; or
                    (B) a determination by the Secretary that the 
                modification is in the best interest of the public.
    (c) Selection and Sale.--
            (1) Joint selection required.--The Secretary and the unit 
        of local government in which the land described in subsection 
        (a) is located shall jointly determine whether the land is to 
        be offered for sale under this section.
            (2) Coordination.--The Secretary shall coordinate the sale 
        of land under this section with the unit of local government in 
        which the land is located.
            (3) Zoning laws.--The sale of land under this section shall 
        be in accordance with local land use planning and zoning laws 
        and regulations.
            (4) Solicitations of offers.--The Secretary shall solicit 
        offers for the sale of land under this section, subject to any 
        terms or conditions that the Secretary may prescribe. The 
        Secretary may reject any offer made under this section if the 
        Secretary determines that the offer is not adequate or not in 
        the public interest.
            (5) Method of sale.--The Secretary may sell the land 
        described in subsection (a) at public auction.
    (d) Disposition of Proceeds.--
            (1) Payments and deposits.--Of the gross proceeds from any 
        sale of land under this section, the Secretary shall--
                    (A) pay five percent to the State of Nevada for use 
                for the general education program of the State;
                    (B) pay five percent to the Carson Water 
                Subconservancy District in the State;
                    (C) deposit 25 percent in the fund established 
                under Public Law 90-171 (commonly known as the ``Sisk 
                Act''; 16 U.S.C. 484a); and
                    (D) retain and use, without further appropriation, 
                the remainder for the same purposes and in the same 
                manner as funds appropriated to the Forest Service for 
                wildland fire management in the State of Nevada.
            (2) Use of sisk act funds.--The amounts deposited under 
        paragraph (1)(C) shall be available to the Secretary until 
        expended, without further appropriation, for the following 
        purposes:
                    (A) Reimbursement of costs incurred by the 
                Secretary in carrying out land sales under this 
                section.
                    (B) The development and maintenance of parks, 
                trails, and natural areas in Carson City, Douglas 
                County, or Washoe County, Nevada, in accordance with a 
                cooperative agreement entered into with the unit of 
                local government in which the park, trail, or natural 
                area is located.
            (3) Administration.--Notwithstanding Public Law 85-862 (16 
        U.S.C. 521a), the Secretary shall manage any land (including 
        land reserved from the public domain) acquired under paragraph 
        (2)(A) in accordance with the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly 
        known as the ``Weeks Law''; 16 U.S.C. 480 et seq.).
    (e) Relation to Other Law.--The land described in subsection (a) 
shall not be subject to chapter 5, title 40, United States Code.
    (f) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal land 
described in subsection (a) is withdrawn from location, entry, and 
patent under the public land laws, mining laws, and mineral leasing 
laws, including geothermal leasing laws.
    (g) Revocation of Public Land Orders.--
            (1) In general.--To facilitate the sale of parcels of land 
        described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall revoke any 
        public land orders in existence on the date of the enactment of 
        this Act that withdraw the parcels from all forms of 
        appropriation under the public land laws, to the extent that 
        the orders apply to land described in such subsection (a).
            (2) Effective date.--A revocation under paragraph (1) shall 
        be effective on the date on which the instrument conveying the 
        parcels of land subject to the public land order is executed.
    (h) Report.-- The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Agriculture and the Committee on Resources of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry of the Senate an annual report on all land sales made under 
this section.
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