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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1 115-1013
DESERT COMMUNITY LANDS ACT
NOVEMBER 9, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 2365]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 2365) to convey certain Federal land in California to
Apple Valley, California, Twentynine Palms, California, Barstow,
California, and Victorville, California, having considered the same,
report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that
the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Desert Community Lands Act.
SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE FOR APPLE VALLEY OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE RECREATION AREA.
(a) DEFINITIONS.-In this section:
(1) SECRETARY.-The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
(2) TOWN.-The term Town means the town of Apple Valley, California.
(b) CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND TO TOWN.-
(1) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.-At the request of the Town, not later than 5
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall convey to
the Town, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United
States in and to the surface estate of the approximately 4,630 acres of land gen-
erally depicted as Proposed Conveyance Area on the map entitled Convey-
ance to Town of Apple Valley and dated June 1, 2015. Such land shall be
known and designated as the Apple Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation
Area.
(2) EXISTING RIGHTS AND MINERAL ESTATE.-The conveyance under this sub-
section-
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