[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5806]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



   TREATMENT OF CERTAIN LAND IN RED CLIFFS DESERT, UTAH ACQUIRED BY 
                                EXCHANGE

  The bill (H.R. 2863) to clarify the legal effect on the United States 
of the acquisition of a parcel of land in the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve 
in the State of Utah, was considered, ordered to a third reading, read 
the third time, and passed.

                               H.R. 2863

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

     SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN LAND IN RED CLIFFS DESERT 
                   RESERVE, UTAH, ACQUIRED BY EXCHANGE.

       (a) Limitation on Liability.--In support of the habitat 
     conservation plan of Washington County, Utah, for the 
     protection of the desert tortoise and surrounding habitat, 
     the transfer of the land described in subsection (b) from the 
     City of St. George, Utah, to the United States shall convey 
     no liability on the United States that did not already exist 
     with the United States on the date of the transfer of the 
     land.
       (b) Description of Land.--The land referred to in 
     subsection (a) is a parcel of approximately 15 acres of land 
     located within the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve in Washington 
     County, Utah, that was formerly used as a landfill by the 
     City of St. George.

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