Sec. 7. Conveyances of Bureau of Land Management land to the city of Mitchell, Oregon, and Wheeler County, Oregon
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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)— on the request of the City, the Secretary shall convey to the City, without consideration, the approximately 1,327 acres of Federal land generally depicted on the Map as City of Mitchell Conveyance ; and on request of the County, the Secretary shall convey to the County, without consideration, the approximately 159 acres of Federal land generally depicted on the Map as Wheeler County Conveyance . Subject to paragraphs
(2)and (3), the Federal land conveyed under subsection
(a)shall be used for recreation or other public purposes consistent with the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the Recreation and Public Purposes Act ) (44 Stat. 741, chapter 578; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq. ). Not more than 50 acres of the Federal land conveyed under subsection (a)(1) may be used for the construction of affordable or senior housing. Not more than 50 acres of the Federal land conveyed under subsection (a)(1) may be used to support economic development. As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall finalize legal descriptions of the parcels of land to be conveyed under subsection (a). The Secretary may correct minor errors in the Map or the legal descriptions. The Map and legal descriptions shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management. If any parcel of land conveyed under subsection
(a)ceases to be used for the purposes described in subsection (b), the land shall, at the discretion of the Secretary based on the determination of the Secretary of the best interests of the United States, revert to the United States. If the Secretary determines under paragraph
(1)that the land should revert to the United States, and if the Secretary determines that the land is contaminated with hazardous waste, the City or the County, as applicable, shall be responsible for remediation of the contamination. Nothing in this section alters, modifies, enlarges, diminishes, or abrogates the treaty rights of any Indian Tribe.
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Sec. 7
Conveyances of Bureau of Land Management land to the city of Mitchell, Oregon, and Wheeler County, Oregon
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