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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 700
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger
District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY25, 2025
Mr. K
ELLY(for himself and Mr. GALLEGO) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleas-
ant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila
County, Arizona.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF PLEASANT VALLEY RANGER 3
DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE SITE TO GILA 4
COUNTY, ARIZONA. 5
(a) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 6
(1) C
OUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Gila 7
County, Arizona. 8
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(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-1
titled ‘‘Pleasant Valley Admin Site Proposal’’ and 2
dated September 23, 2021. 3
(3) S
ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 4
the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 5
Chief of the Forest Service. 6
(b) C
ONVEYANCEREQUIRED.—Subject to this sec-7
tion, if the County submits to the Secretary a written re-8
quest for conveyance of the property described in sub-9
section (c) not later than 180 days after the date of enact-10
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall convey to the County 11
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and 12
to the property described in subsection (c). 13
(c) D
ESCRIPTION OFPROPERTY.— 14
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The property referred to in 15
subsection (b) is the parcel of real property, includ-16
ing all land and improvements, generally depicted as 17
‘‘Gila County Area’’ on the map, consisting of ap-18
proximately 232.9 acres of National Forest System 19
land located in the Tonto National Forest in Ari-20
zona. 21
(2) M
AP.— 22
(A) M
INOR ERRORS.—The Secretary may 23
correct minor errors in the map. 24
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(B) AVAILABILITY.—A copy of the map 1
shall be on file and available for public inspec-2
tion in the appropriate offices of the Forest 3
Service. 4
(3) S
URVEY.—The exact acreage and legal de-5
scription of the National Forest System land to be 6
conveyed under subsection (b) shall be determined 7
by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. 8
(d) T
ERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The conveyance 9
under subsection (b) shall be— 10
(1) subject to valid existing rights; 11
(2) made without consideration; 12
(3) made by quitclaim deed; and 13
(4) subject to such other terms and conditions 14
as the Secretary considers to be appropriate to pro-15
tect the interests of the United States. 16
(e) C
OSTS OFCONVEYANCE.—As a condition of the 17
conveyance under subsection (b), the County shall pay all 18
costs associated with the conveyance, including the cost 19
of— 20
(1) a survey, if necessary, under subsection 21
(c)(3); 22
(2) any environmental analysis or resource sur-23
vey required under Federal law; and 24
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(3) any analysis required to comply with divi-1
sion A of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code 2
(commonly referred to as the ‘‘National Historic 3
Preservation Act’’). 4
(f) E
NVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.—Notwith-5
standing section 120(h)(3)(A) of the Comprehensive Envi-6
ronmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 7
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)(3)(A)), the Secretary shall not 8
be required to provide any covenant or warranty for the 9
land and improvements conveyed to the County under sub-10
section (b). 11
(g) U
SE OFLAND; REVERSION.— 12
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The land conveyed to the 13
County under subsection (b) shall be used by the 14
County only for the purposes of serving and sup-15
porting veterans of the Armed Forces. 16
(2) R
EVERSION.—If any land conveyed under 17
subsection (b) is used in a manner that is incon-18
sistent with the requirements of paragraph (1), all 19
right, title, and interest in and to the land shall re-20
vert to the United States, at the discretion of the 21
Secretary. 22
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