An act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands in the State of Arizona, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain interests in lands in the State of Arizona, to amend the Act as of March 14, 1978 (92 Stat. 154), and for other purposes.

(Reported to House from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs with amendment, H. Rept. 96-1473)

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to specified lands in Coconino County, Arizona. Requires the Secretary to enter into agreements, before any conveyances are made, sufficient to assure that the party to such agreement will construct administrative improvements equal in value to the land and improvements to be conveyed. Allows parties to which conveyances are made to deposit cash in an amount not less than the fair market value of such conveyed land, to be expended by the Secretary for constructing such improvements. Declares that if the value of any land and improvements to be conveyed exceeds the value of administrative improvements, the party to which such land is to be conveyed shall pay the difference in value to the Secretary.

Directs the Secretary to offer to sell at the fair market value specified lands to the Flagstaff Medical Regional Center and to the city of Flagstaff, Arizona, under a special use permit in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to solicit public offers for the remaining lands and improvements, to accept those offers determined to be most advantageous to the Government and to reject those offers determined not to be in the public interest.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey without consideration to the owners of record any interest, including mineral rights, of the United States in specifed lands in Pima County, Arizona.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior for five additional years to make payments to reimburse the appropriate school districts for expenses incurred in providing educational benefits to pupils living at or near the Grand Canyon National Park on real property owned by the United States not subject to State or local taxation. local agencies. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose through fiscal year 1982.

Makes mining claims located in specified areas of Arizona prior to January 17, 1969 as effective as if such lands had always been open to the operation of the U.S. mining laws, subject to intervening rights of private parties.