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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-502
GILT EDGE MINE CONVEYANCE ACT
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 1638]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1638) 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, reports favor-
ably thereon with an amendment and recommends 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 Gilt Edge Mine Conveyance Act.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) FEDERAL LAND.-The term Federal land means all right, title, and inter-
est of the United States in and to approximately 266 acres of National Forest
System land within the Gilt Edge Mine Superfund Boundary, as generally de-
picted on the map.
(2) MAP.-The term map means the map entitled Gilt Edge Mine Convey-
ance Act and dated August 20, 2020.
(3) SECRETARY.-The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture,
acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.
(4) STATE.-The term State means State of South Dakota.
SEC. 3. LAND CONVEYANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.-Subject to the terms and conditions described in this Act, if the
State submits to the Secretary an offer to acquire the Federal land for the market
value, as determined by the appraisal under subsection (c), the Secretary shall con-
vey the Federal land to the State.
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.-The conveyance under subsection (a) shall be-
(1) subject to valid existing rights;
(2) made by quitclaim deed; and
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