Mohave Valley Land Conveyance Act of 2011

Mohave Valley Land Conveyance Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), upon the request of the Arizona Game and Fish Commission within one year of enactment of this Act, to convey, by quitclaim deed, specified federal land in Mohave County, Arizona, to the Commission for use as a public shooting range.

Makes such conveyance subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may require, including appropriate conditions for addressing the impact of the shooting range on cultural resources.

Makes the Commission, if it accepts the conveyance of the federal land, responsible for the payment of: (1) consideration to the Secretary for such land in an amount that is consistent with conveyances made to governmental entities for recreational purposes under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, and (2) the administrative costs associated with the conveyance.

Requires the land conveyed under this Act to the Commission to be managed as a public shooting range and for recreation and other public purposes.

Requires the federal land to revert to the United States, at the Secretary's option, if it ceases being used for the purposes specified above. States that if the Secretary determines that such land should revert and that it is contaminated with hazardous waste, the local governmental entity to which the land was conveyed shall be responsible for the remediation of such contamination.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 526 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 526

To provide for the conveyance of certain Bureau of Land Management land 
in Mohave County, Arizona, to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, for 
                    use as a public shooting range.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 9, 2011

  Mr. McCain (for himself and Mr. Kyl) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the conveyance of certain Bureau of Land Management land 
in Mohave County, Arizona, to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, for 
                    use as a public shooting range.

    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 ``Mohave Valley Land Conveyance Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to provide a suitable location for the establishment of 
        a centralized, public, multipurpose shooting range in the 
        County; and
            (2) to provide the public with--
                    (A) opportunities for education and recreation;
                    (B) a location for competitive events and 
                marksmanship training; and
                    (C) a location for local law enforcement officers 
                to practice and improve their marksmanship skills so 
                that the officers do not have to leave the area to 
                practice those skills.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Arizona 
        Game and Fish Commission.
            (2) County.--The term ``County'' means Mohave County, 
        Arizona.
            (3) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means the 
        public land in the County, comprising approximately 315 acres 
        as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Boundary Cone Road 
        Location'' [and dated ___, 2011].
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of 
        Land Management.

SEC. 4. CONVEYANCE OF PUBLIC LAND IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA.

    (a) In General.--As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall convey to the Commission all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the Federal land for 
use as a public shooting range.
    (b) Applicable Law.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
        (including regulations), with respect to the conveyance under 
        subsection (a), the Mohave Valley Shooting Range Environmental 
        Assessment/Plan Amendment Record of Decision dated February 8, 
        2010, is final and determined to be legally sufficient for the 
        purposes of, but not limited to--
                    (A) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
                (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and
                    (B) the National Historic Preservation Act (16 
                U.S.C. 470 et seq.).
            (2) Treatment of record.--The record of decision referred 
        to in paragraph (1) shall not be subject to judicial review by 
        any court of the United States.
    (c) Administrative Costs.--If the Commission accepts the conveyance 
of the Federal land, the Commission shall be responsible for paying all 
administrative costs necessary for the preparation and completion of 
any patents of and transfer of title to the Federal land under 
subsection (a).
    (d) Requirement.--The land conveyed under subsection (a) shall be 
managed by the Commission for recreation or other public purposes, 
consistent with the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the 
``Recreation and Public Purposes Act'') (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.).
    (e) Reversion.--If the Federal land ceases to be used for public 
purposes, the Federal land shall, at the option of the Secretary, 
revert to the United States.
    (f) Correction of Map Errors.--The Secretary may correct any 
clerical or typographical error in the map referred to in section 3(3).
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