16 U.S.C. § 460ccc–5 — Withdrawal; exchange of lands

submitted 36 years ago by Pub. L. 101-621 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 142 words · no verdicts yet

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This section closes off federal land inside the Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area to mining claims, mineral leasing, and other public land law transactions, with some exceptions for valid existing rights. It also lets the Secretary trade about 20 acres used for Old Nevada facility parking for other, equally valuable land within the area.

(a) Except where this subchapter specifically allows it, and subject to any valid existing rights, all federal land inside the conservation area — plus any land or interest the United States acquires for the area after November 16, 1990 — is withdrawn. That means it cannot be entered, claimed, or disposed of under public land laws; cannot be claimed or patented under mining laws; and cannot be leased under mineral leasing or geothermal leasing laws, including any later amendments to those laws. (b) The Secretary may transfer to the owner of the Old Nevada recreation facility about 20 acres of federal land inside the conservation area — land that, as of March 1, 1994, was used as visitor parking for that facility. In exchange, the Secretary must receive land of equal or greater value inside the conservation area that the Secretary finds acceptable.

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(a)

Except as specifically authorized in this subchapter, and subject to valid existing rights, all Federal lands within the conservation area and all lands and interests therein which are acquired by the United States after November 16, 1990, for inclusion in the conservation area are withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and from operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, and all amendments thereto.

(b)

The Secretary may transfer to the owner of the Old Nevada recreation facility the approximately 20 acres of Federal lands within the conservation area which, on March 1, 1994, were used to provide parking for visitors to such facility, in exchange for lands of equal or greater value within the conservation area acceptable to the Secretary.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 101–621, § 7, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3344; Pub. L. 103–450, § 2(b), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4766.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1990Enacted · Pub. L. 101-621 · 104 Stat. 3344
1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-450 · 108 Stat. 4766

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 101-621 on 1990-11-16.

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