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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
Calendar No. 252
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 117-55
GILT EDGE MINE CONVEYANCE ACT
JANUARY 19 (legislative day, JANUARY 18), 2022.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. MANCHIN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 569]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 569), to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to
transfer certain National Forest System land to the State of South
Dakota, and for other purposes, having considered the same, re-
ports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that
the bill, as amended, do pass.
AMENDMENT
The amendment is as follows:
On page 3, lines 6 and 7, strike Before submit-
ting an offer under subsection (a), the State and
insert After the State submits an offer under sub-
section (a), the Secretary.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 569 is to transfer approximately 266 acres of
National Forest System land within the Gilt Edge Mine Superfund
Site to the State of South Dakota.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
The South Dakota Commissioner of Public Schools and Lands is
requesting the acquisition of a 266-acre parcel of National Forest
System land inside the Gilt Edge Mine Superfund Site. The Gilt
Edge Mine dates back to 1876 and is an open-pit, cyanide-19 leach
gold mine that was abandoned in 1996 by the operator. The State
owns a portion of land base of the mine site and has an interest
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