[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4018 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4018

To authorize the conveyance of certain parcels of public land in Clark 
County, Nevada, to the City of Mesquite, Nevada, and the Virgin Valley 
                Water District, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 31, 2007

   Mr. Porter (for himself and Mr. Heller of Nevada) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the conveyance of certain parcels of public land in Clark 
County, Nevada, to the City of Mesquite, Nevada, and the Virgin Valley 
                Water District, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mesquite Lands Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO CITY OF MESQUITE, NEVADA.

    (a) Additional Purchase Authority.--Section 3 of Public Law 99-548, 
as amended by Public Law 104-208 (110 Stat. 3009-202) and Public Law 
106-113 (113 Stat. 1501A-166), is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Seventh Area.--
            ``(1) Right to purchase.--For a period of 12 years 
        beginning on the date of the enactment of the Mesquite Lands 
        Act of 2007, the city of Mesquite, Nevada, shall have the 
        exclusive right to purchase the parcels of public land 
        identified on the map prepared by the Bureau of Land 
        Management, entitled `Conveyance of Lands to the City of 
        Mesquite, Nevada', and dated September 14, 2007. The map shall 
        be on file and available for public inspection in appropriate 
        offices of the Bureau of Land Management.
            ``(2) Notification.--Not later than 10 years after the date 
        of enactment of the Mesquite Lands Act of 2007, the city shall 
        notify the Secretary of the Interior which of the parcels 
        identified on the map referred to in paragraph (1) the city 
        intends to purchase.
            ``(3) Conveyance.--Not later than 1 year after receiving 
        notification from the city under paragraph (2), the Secretary 
        shall convey to the city the land selected for purchase.
            ``(4) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, during 
        the period specified in paragraph (1), the parcels of public 
        land described in paragraph (2) are withdrawn from all forms of 
        public entry and appropriation under the public land laws, 
        including the mining laws, and from operation of the mineral 
        leasing and geothermal leasing laws.
            ``(5) Use of proceeds.--Amounts received from the sale of 
        public land under this subsection shall be available for use by 
        the Secretary in the State of Nevada, without further 
        appropriation and until expended, for the implementation of the 
        Virgin River Multispecies Habitat Conservation Plan, including 
        any associated groundwater monitoring plans, developed pursuant 
        to section 4(e)(3)(A)(iii) of the Southern Nevada Public Land 
        Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-263; 112 Stat. 2346).''.
    (b) Extension of Purchase Authority and Withdrawals, Fifth and 
Sixth Areas.--Subsections (e) and (f) of section 3 of Public Law 99-
548, as added by section 133 of appendix C of Public Law 106-113 (113 
Stat. 1501A-166), are amended--
            (1) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``For a period 
                of 12 years after the date of the enactment of this 
                Act,'' and inserting ``Until November 29, 2015,'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``Not later than 
                10 years after the date of the enactment of this 
                subsection,'' and inserting ``Not later than November 
                29, 2014,''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (5), by striking ``the date that 
                is 12 years after the date of the enactment of this 
                subsection,'' and inserting ``the date specified in 
                paragraph (1)(A),''; and
            (2) in subsection (f)(3), by striking ``until the date that 
        is 12 years after the date of the enactment of this 
        subsection,'' and inserting ``until November 29, 2015,''.
    (c) Clarification of Implementation Authority for Multispecies 
Habitat Conservation Plan.--Paragraph (6)(B)(ii) of subsection (e) of 
section 3 of Public Law 99-548, as added by section 133 of appendix C 
of Public Law 106-113 (113 Stat. 1501A-166), is amended by inserting 
before the period at the end the following: ``, including 
implementation of the Virgin River Multispecies Habitat Conservation 
Plan, including any associated groundwater monitoring plans, developed 
pursuant to subparagraph (A)(iii) of such section''.

SEC. 3. LAND CONVEYANCE, VIRGIN VALLEY WATER DISTRICT, CLARK COUNTY, 
              NEVADA.

    (a) Conveyance.--Notwithstanding the Federal Land Policy Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Secretary of the Interior 
shall convey to the Virgin Valley Water District, without 
consideration, all right, title and interest of the United States in 
and to approximately 300 acres of public land in Clark County, Nevada, 
identified on the map prepared by the Bureau of Land Management, 
entitled ``Conveyance of Lands to the Virgin Valley Water District'', 
and dated _____, 2007. The map shall be on file and available for 
public inspection in appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 
Management.
    (b) Existing Rights.--The conveyance under subsection (a) shall be 
subject to valid existing rights.
    (c) Costs.--The District shall pay to the United States an amount 
equal to the costs of the Secretary associated with the conveyance 
under subsection (a).
    (d) Subsequent Sale.--If the District sells any portion of the land 
conveyed to the District under subsection (a)--
            (1) the amount of consideration for the sale shall reflect 
        fair market value, as determined by an appraisal; and
            (2) the District shall pay to the Secretary an amount equal 
        to the net proceeds of the sale.
    (e) Use of Proceeds.--Amounts received by the Secretary under 
subsection (d)(2) shall be available for use by the Secretary in the 
State of Nevada, without further appropriation and until expended.
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