[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 217 (Sunday, December 20, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7867]
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AUTHORIZING 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
Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, as if in legislative session, I ask
unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate
consideration of Calendar No. 606, S. 4556.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (S. 4556) 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.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill,
which had been reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Mr. BLUNT. I further ask that the bill be considered read a third
time and passed, and that the motion to reconsider be considered made
and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The bill (S. 4556) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading,
was read the third time, and passed as follows:
S. 4556
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. 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--
(A) shall 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).
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