[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 104 (Wednesday, July 27, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S9198]
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    AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND IN NEW MEXICO

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Agriculture be discharged from further consideration of S. 
447 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 447) to authorize the conveyance of certain 
     Federal land in the State of New Mexico.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that bill be 
read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, and that any statements relating to the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 447) was read the third time and passed, as follows:

                                 S. 447

       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 ``Jornada Experimental Range 
     Transfer Act of 2005''.

     SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act:
       (1) Board.--The term ``Board'' means the Chihuahuan Desert 
     Nature Park Board.
       (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Agriculture.

     SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO CHIHUAHUAN DESERT NATURE PARK 
                   BOARD.

       (a) Conveyance.--The Secretary may convey to the Board, by 
     quitclaim deed, for no consideration, all right, title, and 
     interest of the United States in and to the land described in 
     subsection (b).
       (b) Description of Land.--The parcel of land referred to in 
     subsection (a) consists of not more than 1000 acres of land 
     selected by the Secretary--
       (1) that is located in the Jornada Experimental Range in 
     the State of New Mexico; and
       (2) that is subject to an easement granted by the 
     Agricultural Research Service to the Board.
       (c) Conditions.--The conveyance of land under subsection 
     (a) shall be subject to--
       (1) the condition that the Board pay--
       (A) the cost of any surveys of the land; and
       (B) any other costs relating to the conveyance;
       (2) any rights-of-way to the land reserved by the 
     Secretary;
       (3) a covenant or restriction in the deed to the land 
     described in subsection (b) requiring that--
       (A) the land may be used only for educational purposes;
       (B) if the land is no longer used for the purposes 
     described in subparagraph (A), the land shall, at the 
     discretion of the Secretary, revert to the United States; and
       (C) if the land is determined by the Secretary to be 
     environmentally contaminated under subsection (d)(2)(A), the 
     Board shall remediate the contamination; and
       (4) any other terms and conditions that the Secretary 
     determines to be appropriate.
       (d) Reversion.--If the land conveyed under subsection (a) 
     is no longer used for the purposes described in subsection 
     (c)(3)(A)--
       (1) the land shall, at the discretion of the Secretary, 
     revert to the United States; and
       (2) if the Secretary chooses to have the land revert to the 
     United States, the Secretary shall--
       (A) determine whether the land is environmentally 
     contaminated, including contamination from hazardous wastes, 
     hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants, petroleum, or 
     petroleum by-products; and
       (B) if the Secretary determines that the land is 
     environmentally contaminated, the Board or any other person 
     responsible for the contamination shall remediate the 
     contamination.

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