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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 700
5	5	To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger
6	6	District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	FEBRUARY25, 2025
9	9	Mr. K
10	10	ELLY(for himself and Mr. GALLEGO) introduced the following bill;
11	11	which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Nat-
12	12	ural Resources
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleas-
15	15	ant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila
16	16	County, Arizona.
17	17	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
18	18	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
19	19	SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF PLEASANT VALLEY RANGER 3
20	20	DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE SITE TO GILA 4
21	21	COUNTY, ARIZONA. 5
22	22	(a) D
23	23	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 6
24	24	(1) C
25	25	OUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Gila 7
26	26	County, Arizona. 8
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30	30	(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-1
31	31	titled ‘‘Pleasant Valley Admin Site Proposal’’ and 2
32	32	dated September 23, 2021. 3
33	33	(3) S
34	34	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 4
35	35	the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 5
36	36	Chief of the Forest Service. 6
37	37	(b) C
38	38	ONVEYANCEREQUIRED.—Subject to this sec-7
39	39	tion, if the County submits to the Secretary a written re-8
40	40	quest for conveyance of the property described in sub-9
41	41	section (c) not later than 180 days after the date of enact-10
42	42	ment of this Act, the Secretary shall convey to the County 11
43	43	all right, title, and interest of the United States in and 12
44	44	to the property described in subsection (c). 13
45	45	(c) D
46	46	ESCRIPTION OFPROPERTY.— 14
47	47	(1) I
48	48	N GENERAL.—The property referred to in 15
49	49	subsection (b) is the parcel of real property, includ-16
50	50	ing all land and improvements, generally depicted as 17
51	51	‘‘Gila County Area’’ on the map, consisting of ap-18
52	52	proximately 232.9 acres of National Forest System 19
53	53	land located in the Tonto National Forest in Ari-20
54	54	zona. 21
55	55	(2) M
56	56	AP.— 22
57	57	(A) M
58	58	INOR ERRORS.—The Secretary may 23
59	59	correct minor errors in the map. 24
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63	63	(B) AVAILABILITY.—A copy of the map 1
64	64	shall be on file and available for public inspec-2
65	65	tion in the appropriate offices of the Forest 3
66	66	Service. 4
67	67	(3) S
68	68	URVEY.—The exact acreage and legal de-5
69	69	scription of the National Forest System land to be 6
70	70	conveyed under subsection (b) shall be determined 7
71	71	by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. 8
72	72	(d) T
73	73	ERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The conveyance 9
74	74	under subsection (b) shall be— 10
75	75	(1) subject to valid existing rights; 11
76	76	(2) made without consideration; 12
77	77	(3) made by quitclaim deed; and 13
78	78	(4) subject to such other terms and conditions 14
79	79	as the Secretary considers to be appropriate to pro-15
80	80	tect the interests of the United States. 16
81	81	(e) C
82	82	OSTS OFCONVEYANCE.—As a condition of the 17
83	83	conveyance under subsection (b), the County shall pay all 18
84	84	costs associated with the conveyance, including the cost 19
85	85	of— 20
86	86	(1) a survey, if necessary, under subsection 21
87	87	(c)(3); 22
88	88	(2) any environmental analysis or resource sur-23
89	89	vey required under Federal law; and 24
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93	93	(3) any analysis required to comply with divi-1
94	94	sion A of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code 2
95	95	(commonly referred to as the ‘‘National Historic 3
96	96	Preservation Act’’). 4
97	97	(f) E
98	98	NVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.—Notwith-5
99	99	standing section 120(h)(3)(A) of the Comprehensive Envi-6
100	100	ronmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 7
101	101	1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)(3)(A)), the Secretary shall not 8
102	102	be required to provide any covenant or warranty for the 9
103	103	land and improvements conveyed to the County under sub-10
104	104	section (b). 11
105	105	(g) U
106	106	SE OFLAND; REVERSION.— 12
107	107	(1) I
108	108	N GENERAL.—The land conveyed to the 13
109	109	County under subsection (b) shall be used by the 14
110	110	County only for the purposes of serving and sup-15
111	111	porting veterans of the Armed Forces. 16
112	112	(2) R
113	113	EVERSION.—If any land conveyed under 17
114	114	subsection (b) is used in a manner that is incon-18
115	115	sistent with the requirements of paragraph (1), all 19
116	116	right, title, and interest in and to the land shall re-20
117	117	vert to the United States, at the discretion of the 21
118	118	Secretary. 22
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