[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2373 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2373

 To provide for the sale of approximately 132 acres of public land to 
        the City of Green River, Wyoming, at fair market value.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 6, 2006

 Mr. Thomas (for himself and Mr. Enzi) 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 provide for the sale of approximately 132 acres of public land to 
        the City of Green River, Wyoming, at fair market value.

    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 ``City of Green River Land Conveyance 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) City.--The term ``City'' means the City of Green River, 
        Wyoming.
            (2) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map prepared by the 
        Secretary entitled ``Green River, Wyoming Land Conveyance Act'' 
        and dated February 7, 2006.
            (3) Public land.--The term ``public land'' means 
        approximately 132 acres of Federal land managed by the 
        Secretary and depicted on the map as ``Lands to be conveyed to 
        the City of Green River, Wyoming''.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management.

SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE TO THE CITY.

    (a) In General.--Subject to valid existing rights, if the City 
submits to the Secretary an offer to acquire the public land for the 
appraised value, the Secretary shall, within 180 days after the date of 
the offer, convey to the City all right, title, and interest to the 
public land.
    (b) Appraisal.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete an 
        appraisal of the public land.
            (2) Accordance with uniform standards.--The Secretary shall 
        conduct the appraisal in accordance with the Uniform Appraisal 
        Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and the Uniform 
        Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.
    (c) Payment.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which the 
public land is conveyed under this section, the City shall pay to the 
Secretary an amount equal to the appraised value of the public land, as 
determined under subsection (b).
    (d) Disposition of Proceeds.--The Secretary shall deposit the 
proceeds from the sale in the Federal Land Disposal Account established 
under section 206 of the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (43 
U.S.C. 2305), to be expended in accordance with that Act.
    (e) Costs.--The City shall pay any cost associated with the 
conveyance of land under subsection (a).

SEC. 4. SEGREGATION OF LANDS.

    Except as provided in section 3(a), effective immediately on the 
date of enactment of this Act and subject to valid existing rights, the 
public land is withdrawn from--
            (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under 
        the public land laws, including the mining laws;
            (2) location, entry, and patenting under the mining laws; 
        and
            (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, 
        and geothermal leasing laws.
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