A bill 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.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-421.
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Sep 29, 1999
Declares that, in support of the habitat conservation plan of Washington County, Utah, for the protection of the desert tortoise and surrounding habitat, the transfer to the United States of certain land located within the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve in the County that was formerly used as a landfill by St.George, Utah, shall convey no liability on the United States that did not already exist with the United States on the transfer date.
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