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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jun 27, 2002
Humboldt Project Conveyance Act - Requires the Secretary of Interior (Secretary) to convey all right, title, and interest in and to the lands and features of the Humboldt Project to the Pershing County Water Conservation District (PCWCD), the State of Nevada, the Pershing County government, and the Lander County government.Requires PCWCD to pay the United States the net present value of miscellaneous revenues associated with the lands and facilities to be conveyed.Requires the entity receiving title under this act to pay the United States the fair market value for any withdrawn land conveyed, as well as the real estate transfer costs for any land or facility conveyed.Requires the Secretary and the entity receiving title to land under this Act to pay in equal shares the administrative and National Environmental Policy Act costs for conveyance of any land or facility. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring any of the entities receiving land or facilities to pay a total of more than $40,000 in such costs.
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Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2] · R–NV
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 395.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 107-648.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 107-648.
Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Executive Comment Received from Interior.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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