[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 48 (Thursday, April 25, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3442-S3443]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. REID:
  S. 2333. A bill to convey land to the University of Nevada at Las 
Vegas Research Foundation for a research park and technology center; to 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise today to introduce this bill, which 
will convey land to the University of Nevada at Las Vegas Research 
Foundation for a research park and technology center adjacent to 
McCarran International Airport.
  This bill transfers a 115-acre parcel from the Clark County 
Department of Aviation to the University of Nevada at Las Vegas 
Research Foundation. The Foundation, in turn, will build a research and 
technology park on the parcel, which has been identified as the best 
location in the area for this kind of facility.

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  Nevada will benefit significantly from this bill. As you may know, 
Las Vegas is the fastest-growing city in the United States. The 
University of Nevada at Las Vegas needs space to grow. Building this 
type of research park will also further develop the high-tech industry 
in the State of Nevada. This is just the kind of thoughtful land 
planning and development that the Las Vegas Valley needs to ensure that 
Nevadans are able to maintain the high quality of life that they 
deserve.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be 
printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 2333

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

     SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, needs land in the 
     greater Las Vegas area to provide for the future growth of 
     the university;
       (2) the proposal by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 
     for construction of a research park and technology center in 
     the greater Las Vegas area would enhance the high tech 
     industry and entrepreneurship in the State of Nevada; and
       (3) the land transferred to the Clark County Department of 
     Aviation under section 4(g) of the Southern Nevada Public 
     Land Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-263; 112 Stat. 
     2346) is the best location for the research park and 
     technology center.
       (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
       (1) to provide a suitable location for the construction of 
     a research park and technology center in the greater Las 
     Vegas area;
       (2) to provide the public with opportunities for education 
     and research in the field of high technology; and
       (3) to provide the State of Nevada with opportunities for 
     competition and economic development in the field of high 
     technology.

     SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA AT LAS VEGAS 
                   RESEARCH FOUNDATION.

       (a) Conveyance.--Notwithstanding section 4(g)(4) of the 
     Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 (Public 
     Law 105-263; 112 Stat. 2347), the Clark County Department of 
     Aviation may convey, without consideration, all right, title, 
     and interest in and to the parcel of land described in 
     subsection (b) to the University of Nevada at Las Vegas 
     Research Foundation for the development of a technology 
     research center.
       (b) Description of Land.--The parcel of land referred to in 
     subsection (a) is the parcel of Clark County Department of 
     Aviation land--
       (1) consisting of approximately 115 acres;
       (2) located in the SW \1/4\ of section 33, T. 21 S., R. 60 
     E., Mount Diablo Base and Meridian; and
       (3) identified in the agreement entitled ``Interim 
     Cooperative Management Agreement Between the United States 
     Department of the Interior-Bureau of Land Management and 
     Clark County'', dated November 4, 1992.
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