Requires that the proceeds from such conveyance be available to the Secretary for the acquisition of environmentally sensitive land in the Lake Tahoe Basin.
[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2728 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2728
To authorize the Forest Service to convey certain lands in the Lake
Tahoe Basin to the Washoe County School District for use as an
elementary school site.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 14, 2000
Mr. Bryan (for himself and Mr. Reid) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
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A BILL
To authorize the Forest Service to convey certain lands in the Lake
Tahoe Basin to the Washoe County School District for use as an
elementary school site.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN FOREST SERVICE LAND IN THE LAKE TAHOE
BASIN.
(a) Conveyance.--Upon application, the Secretary of Agriculture,
acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, may convey to the
Washoe County School District all right, title, and interest of the
United States in the property described as a portion of the Northwest
quarter of Section 15, Township 16 North, Range 18 East, M.D.B. & M.,
more particularly described as Parcel 1 of Parcel Map No. 426 for Boise
Cascade, filed in the office of the Washoe County Recorder, State of
Nevada, on May 19, 1977, as file No. 465601, Official Records.
(b) Review of Application.--When the Secretary receives an
application to convey the property under subsection (a), the Secretary
shall make a final determination whether or not to convey such property
before the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the
receipt of the application.
(c) Use; Reversion.--The conveyance of the property under
subsection (a) shall be for the sole purpose of the construction of an
elementary school on the property. The property conveyed shall revert
to the United States if the property is used for a purpose other than
as an elementary school site.
(d) Consideration Based on Requirement To Use For Limited Public
Purposes.--The Secretary shall determine the amount of any
consideration required for the conveyance of property under this
section based on the fair market value of the property when it is
subject to the restriction on use under subsection (c).
(e) Proceeds.--The proceeds from the conveyance of the property
under subsection (a) shall be available to the Secretary without
further appropriation and shall remain available until expended for the
purpose of acquiring environmentally sensitive land in the Lake Tahoe
Basin pursuant to section 3 of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for
the orderly disposal of certain Federal lands in Nevada and for the
acquisition of certain other lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin, and for
other purposes'', approved December 23, 1980 (94 Stat. 3381; commonly
known as the ``Santini-Burton Act'').
(f) Applicable Law.--Except as otherwise provided in this section,
any sale of National Forest System land under this section shall be
subject to the laws (including regulations) applicable to the
conveyance of National Forest System lands.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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