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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jun 12, 2000
Summerlin Land Exchange Act of 2000 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Howard Hughes Corporation specified Federal lands that lie in the bajada between Summerlin and the base of the ridge of hills east of Blue Diamond Ridge to include the small valley at the base of the Blue Mountain Ridge in Clark County, Nevada, in exchange for: (1) certain Corporation lands in Nevada; and (2) specified payments by the Corporation to the State of Nevada for use in its general education program and to the Southern Nevada Water Authority for water treatment and transmission facility infrastructure. Provides that such payments shall be considered to be a cost incurred by the Corporation and shall be compensated by the Secretary.
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Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2] · R–NV
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Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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