[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6344 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6344

 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal 
  land in Mohave County, Arizona, to qualified entities and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2016

 Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. 
Franks of Arizona, Mr. Mooney of West Virginia, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, 
 Mr. Young of Alaska, and Mr. Sessions) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal 
  land in Mohave County, Arizona, to qualified entities 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. CONVEYANCES OF COVERED LAND.

    (a) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) County.--The term ``County'' means Mohave County, 
        Arizona.
            (2) Covered land.--The term ``covered land'' means any 
        Federal land or interest in Federal land in the County 
        generally depicted on the Map as ``BLM (S + M) OMC Unpatented 
        Mining Claims [4,276 acres]''.
            (3) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map entitled ``Mineral 
        Park Land Status Map'' and dated September 27, 2016.
            (4) Qualified entity.--The term ``qualified entity'' means, 
        with respect to a portion of covered land--
                    (A) the owner of the mining claims, millsites, or 
                tunnel sites on a portion of the covered land on the 
                date of the enactment of this Act;
                    (B) the lessee, or other successor in interest of 
                the owner--
                            (i) with the right of possession of the 
                        mining claims, millsites, or tunnel sites on 
                        the covered land;
                            (ii) that has paid (or whose agent has 
                        paid) the annual claim maintenance fee or filed 
                        a maintenance fee waiver on or before September 
                        1, 2016, with the authority or consent of the 
                        owner, for the upcoming assessment year for the 
                        mining claims, millsites, or tunnel sites 
                        within the exterior boundary of the portion of 
                        covered land, as determined based on the claim 
                        maintenance fee records of the Bureau of Land 
                        Management as of the date of introduction of 
                        this Act; and
                            (iii) that has the authority or consent of 
                        the owner to acquire the portion of covered 
                        land; or
                    (C) a subsequent successor to the interest of a 
                qualified entity in the covered land that has the 
                authority or consent of the owner to acquire the 
                portion of covered land.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
    (b) Land Conveyances.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (3), notwithstanding 
        the inventory and land use planning requirements of sections 
        201 and 202 or the sales provisions of section 203 of the 
        Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1711, 
        1712, 1713), not later than 180 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act and subject to valid existing rights held 
        by third parties and any mining claims, millsite, or tunnel 
        site of a qualified entity applicable to the covered land, the 
        Secretary shall offer for sale to qualified entities, for fair 
        market value, the remaining right, title, and interest of the 
        United States in and to the covered land.
            (2) Conveyance.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        the acceptance of an offer under paragraph (1) by a qualified 
        entity and completion of a sale for all or part of the covered 
        land to a qualified entity, the Secretary, by delivery of an 
        appropriate deed, patent, or other valid instrument of 
        conveyance, shall convey to the qualified entity, all remaining 
        right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the 
        applicable portion of the covered land.
            (3) Merger.--Subject to valid existing rights held by third 
        parties, on delivery of the instrument of conveyance to the 
        qualified entity under paragraph (2), any prior interests in 
        the locatable minerals and the right to use the surface for 
        mineral purposes held by the qualified entity under a mining 
        claim, millsite, tunnel site, or any other Federal land use 
        authorization applicable to the covered land conveyed to the 
        qualified entity, shall merge all right, title, and interest 
        conveyed to the qualified entity by the United States under 
        this section to ensure that the qualified entity receives fee 
        simple title to the purchased covered land.
            (4) Appraisal to determine fair market value.--The 
        Secretary shall determine the fair market value of the covered 
        land to be conveyed under this subsection in accordance with--
                    (A) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
                1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
                    (B) the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal 
                Practice.
            (5) Costs.--As a condition of the conveyance of the covered 
        land under this section, the qualified entity shall pay all 
        costs related to the conveyance of the covered land conveyed, 
        including the costs of surveys and other administrative costs 
        associated with the conveyance.
            (6) Map on file.--The Map shall be on file and available 
        for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau 
        of Land Management.
            (7) Minor corrections.--The Secretary, in consultation with 
        the County, may correct minor errors in the Map or a 
        description of the covered land.
    (c) Termination.--The authority of the Secretary to sell covered 
land under this section shall terminate on the date that is 10 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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