Sec. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE

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## SEC. 2 FINDINGS AND PURPOSE ###

(a)Findings Congress finds that— ####

(1)Lincoln County, Nevada, encompasses an area of 10,132 square miles of the State of Nevada; ####

(2)approximately 98 percent of the County is owned by the Federal Government; ####

(3)the City of Mesquite, Nevada, needs land for an organized approach for expansion to the north; ####

(4)citizens of the County would benefit through enhanced county services and schools from the increased private property tax base due to commercial and residential development; ####

(5)the County would see improvement to the budget for the county and school services through the immediate distribution of sale receipts from the Secretary selling land through a competitive bidding process; ####

(6)a cooperative approach among the Bureau of Land Management, the County, the City, and other local government entities will ensure continuing communication between those entities; ####

(7)the Federal Government will be fairly compensated for the sale of public land; and ####

(8)the proposed Caliente Management Framework Amendment and Environmental Impact Statement for the Management of Desert Tortoise Habitat Plan identify specific public land as being suitable for disposal. ###

(b)Purposes The purposes of this Act are— ####

(1)to provide for the orderly disposal of certain public land in the County; and ####

(2)to provide for the acquisition of environmentally sensitive land in the State of Nevada.