H.R. 2831 (ih) To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility to the Truckee- Carson Irrigation District. [Introduced in House] ...

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108th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2831

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                                 AN ACT

   To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Newlands 
   Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility to the Truckee-
                      Carson Irrigation District.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2831

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT


 
   To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Newlands 
   Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility to the Truckee-
                      Carson Irrigation District.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``Newlands Project Headquarters and 
Maintenance Yard Facility Transfer Act''.

SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF NEWLANDS PROJECT HEADQUARTERS AND MAINTENANCE 
              YARD FACILITY.

    (a) Conveyance.--The Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the 
Truckee-Carson Irrigation District, Nevada, as soon as practicable 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and in accordance with all 
applicable law and the terms of the memorandum of agreement between the 
District and the Secretary dated June 9, 2003 (Contract No. 3-LC-20-
8052), all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
real property within the Newlands Projects, Nevada, known as 2666 
Harrigan Road, Fallon, Nevada, and identified for disposition on the 
map entitled ``Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard 
Facility''.
    (b) Treatment of Proceeds From Fallon Freight Yard as 
Consideration.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 
contrary, amounts received by the United States for the lease and sale 
of Newlands Project lands comprising the Fallon Freight Yard shall, for 
purposes of this section, be treated as payment in full of 
consideration for the property conveyed under subsection (a).
    (c) Report.--If the Secretary has not completed such conveyance 
within 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit a report to the Congress explaining the reasons the 
conveyance has not been completed and stating the date by which the 
conveyance will be completed.
    (d) Environmental Review, Remediation, and Removal.--The Secretary 
may not make any conveyance under this section until the completion 
with respect to the conveyance, in accordance with the memorandum of 
agreement referred to in subsection (a), of--
            (1) compliance with requirements relating to the National 
        Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. et seq. 4321 et 
        seq.) and cultural resources; and
            (2) environmental site assessments, remediation, or 
        removal.
    (e) Liability.--The United States shall not be liable for damages 
of any kind arising out of any act or omission by, or occurrence 
relating to, the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District or its employees, 
agents, or contractors relating to the property conveyed under this 
section and occurring prior to, on, or after the date of such 
conveyance.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 19, 2004.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.

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