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[H.R. 2745 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2745


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 17, 2012

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the Mesquite Lands Act of 1986 to facilitate implementation of 
a multispecies habitat conservation plan for the Virgin River in Clark 
                            County, Nevada.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO THE MESQUITE LANDS ACT OF 1986.

    Section 3 of Public Law 99-548 (commonly known as the ``Mesquite 
Lands Act of 1986'') is amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)(3)(B), by inserting ``and 
        implementation'' after ``development'';
            (2) 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, 2020,'';
                    (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, 2019,'';
                    (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
                    (D) in paragraph (6), by striking ``of each 
                parcel'' and all that follows through the period and 
                inserting ``of each parcel under this subsection shall 
                be deposited into the General Treasury.''; and
            (3) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Not later than 
                1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
                subsection, the'' and inserting ``The'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after 
                subparagraph (C) the following:
                    ``(D) The approximately 218 acres of land depicted 
                as `Hiatus' on the map titled `Mesquite Airport 
                Conveyance' and dated January 13, 2012.'';
                    (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``until the date 
                that is 12 years after the date of the enactment of 
                this subsection,'' and inserting ``until November 29, 
                2020,'';
                    (D) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:
            ``(4) Reverter.--If the land conveyed pursuant to paragraph 
        (1) is not used by the city as an airport or for another public 
        purpose, it shall revert to the United States, at the option of 
        the Secretary, except that the city shall have an exclusive 
        right to purchase such land.''; and
                    (E) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (7) 
                and by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
            ``(5) Right to purchase land.--Until November 29, 2020, the 
        City of Mesquite, Nevada, subject to all appropriate 
        environmental reviews, including compliance with the National 
        Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.) and 
        the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 
        shall have the exclusive right to purchase the parcels of 
        public land described in paragraph (2) that the Secretary did 
        not convey to the city pursuant to paragraph (1).
            ``(6) Proceeds of sale.--The proceeds of the sale of each 
        parcel under this subsection shall be deposited into the 
        General Treasury.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 16, 2012.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.