[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
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[S. 144 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.144
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two
An Act
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through
the Director of the Indian Health Service, to acquire private land to
facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet,
California, 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 ``Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center
Access Improvement Act''.
SEC. 2. ACCESS ROAD FOR DESERT SAGE YOUTH WELLNESS CENTER.
(a) Acquisition of Land.--
(1) Authorization.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services,
acting through the Director of the Indian Health Service, is
authorized to acquire, from willing sellers, the land in Hemet,
California, upon which is located a dirt road known as ``Best
Road'', beginning at the driveway of the Desert Sage Youth Wellness
Center at Faure Road and extending to the junction of Best Road and
Sage Road.
(2) Compensation.--The Secretary shall pay fair market value
for the land authorized to be acquired under paragraph (1). Fair
market value shall be determined--
(A) using Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land
Acquisitions; and
(B) by an appraiser acceptable to the Secretary and the
owners of the land to be acquired.
(3) Additional rights.--In addition to the land referred to in
paragraph (1), the Secretary is authorized to acquire, from willing
sellers, land or interests in land as reasonably necessary to
construct and maintain the road as required by subsection (b).
(b) Construction and Maintenance of Road.--
(1) Construction.--After the Secretary acquires the land
pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall construct on that
land a paved road that is generally located over Best Road to
facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in
Hemet, California.
(2) Maintenance.--The Secretary shall--
(A) maintain and manage the road constructed pursuant to
paragraph (1); or
(B) enter into an agreement with Riverside County,
California, to own, maintain and manage the road constructed
pursuant to paragraph (1).
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.