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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 1597 (Introduced in Senate) — To designate certain Bureau of Land Management land in the State of Oregon as wilderness, to authorize certain land e... · Sec. 5

Sec. 5. Conveyances of Bureau of Land Management land to the city of Mitchell, Oregon, and Wheeler County, Oregon

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As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, subject to valid existing rights and this section, and notwithstanding the land use planning requirements of sections 202 and 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1712 , 1713), the Secretary shall convey, without consideration— to the City all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the parcel of Federal land described in subsection (b)(1) for which the City has submitted to the Secretary a request for conveyance by the date that is not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act; and to the County all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the parcel of Federal land described in subsection (b)(2) for which the County has submitted to the Secretary a request for conveyance by the date that is not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.
The parcel of Federal land referred to in subsection (a)(1) consists of the approximately 1,950 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Prineville District, Oregon, depicted on the Map as City of Mitchell Conveyance 1 . The parcel of Federal land referred to in subsection (a)(2) consists of the approximately 120 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Prineville District, Oregon, depicted on the Map as Wheeler County Conveyance 2 . The Map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.
Consistent with the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the Recreation and Public Purposes Act ) ( 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.), the Federal land conveyed under subsection
(a)shall be used for a purpose consistent with that Act. Subject to valid existing rights, the parcels of land described in paragraphs
(1)and
(2)of subsection
(b)are withdrawn from— all forms of location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and disposition under all laws relating to mineral leasing and geothermal leasing. The Secretary may require such additional terms and conditions for the conveyances under subsection
(a)as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to protect the interests of the United States. The Secretary shall require the City or the County, as applicable, to pay all survey costs and other administrative costs associated with the applicable conveyances to the City or the County under this section. If the land conveyed under subsection
(a)ceases to be used for the public purpose for which the land was conveyed, the land shall, at the discretion of the Secretary, revert to the United States. Nothing in this section alters, modifies, enlarges, diminishes, or abrogates the treaty rights of any Indian Tribe.
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