[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3560 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3560

To provide for the conveyance of certain Federal lands in Yuma County, 
                                Arizona.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 5, 2011

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the conveyance of certain Federal lands in Yuma County, 
                                Arizona.

    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 ``Meers Point Boundary Adjustment 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Administrative costs.--The term ``administrative 
        costs'' refers to any costs necessary to transfer the Federal 
        Land from the United States to the Grantee, such as--
                    (A) boundary surveys;
                    (B) boundary marking;
                    (C) title work;
                    (D) closing costs;
                    (E) recording fees; and
                    (F) Level 1 contaminant reports.
            (2) Federal land.--The term ``Federal Land'' means the land 
        that is owned by the United States and managed cooperatively by 
        the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
        Service; located within lots 34, 35, 37, and 38 in section 13 
        of Township 5 South, Range 22 West; and identified in the 
        survey as those portions of lots 34, 35, 37, and 38 that are 
        within the boundary of the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge.
            (3) Grantee.--The term ``Grantee'' means the current 
        landowner or landowners of those properties described in Quit 
        Claim Deeds, dated July 1, 1992, and filed in Yuma County, 
        Arizona at DKT 1816, page 740; DKT 1816, page 748; DKT 1816, 
        page 752; and State of Arizona, State Land Department Special 
        Land Use Permit No. 23-113167-17, dated August 27, 2008, and 
        identified in this Act as--
                    (A) lot 34, State of Arizona ``lease lot'';
                    (B) lot 35;
                    (C) lot 37; and
                    (D) lot 38.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (5) Survey.--The term ``Survey'' means a survey of Meers 
        Point that shall--
                    (A) be conducted by the Secretary, acting through 
                the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service;
                    (B) cover those portions of lots 34, 35, 37, and 38 
                that are currently within the boundary of the Imperial 
                National Wildlife Refuge; and
                    (C) determine the exact acreage and legal 
                description of the Federal Land to be conveyed under 
                this Act.

SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND TO GRANTEES.

    (a) In General.--After completion of the survey, the Secretary 
shall convey to each Grantee by quitclaim deed all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to that Federal Land within each 
Grantee's lot.
    (b) Consideration.--
            (1) Payment of administrative costs.--As consideration for 
        the conveyance of the Federal Land under this section, each 
        Grantee shall pay to the Secretary a percentage of the total 
        administrative costs incurred by the United States in an amount 
        that equals the proportion of the acreage conveyed to each 
        Grantee to the total acreage conveyed under subsection (a) to 
        all Grantees. Such consideration shall be paid by a Grantee to 
        the Secretary on or before the date of the conveyance.
            (2) Waiver for state.--Payment is hereby waived for any 
        conveyance of Federal Land under this Act to the State of 
        Arizona.
    (c) Release From Liability.--Effective on the date of conveyance of 
Federal Land to a Grantee under this section, the United States shall--
            (1) not be liable for damages arising out of any act, 
        omission, or occurrence relating to the Federal Land conveyed; 
        and
            (2) shall be liable for damages caused by acts of 
        negligence committed by the United States before the date of 
        conveyance, consistent with chapter 171 of title 28, United 
        States Code.
    (d) Grantee Discretion.--The conveyance of Federal Land in 
accordance with this Act shall be subject to a Grantee's compliance 
with the provisions of this section.

SEC. 4. DISPOSITION AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

    Any amounts paid to the Secretary under section 3, shall remain 
available to the Secretary, without further appropriation until 
expended, for visitor services and resource protection at Imperial 
National Wildlife Refuge.
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