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INFORMATION .
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-370
CLIFTON OPPORTUNITIES NOW FOR VIBRANT ECONOMIC
YIELDS ACT
JANUARY 30, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 2997]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 2997) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to
Mesa County, Colorado, certain Federal land in Colorado, and for
other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably
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 Clifton Opportunities Now for Vibrant Economic
Yields Act or as the CONVEY Act.
SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND TO MESA COUNTY, COLORADO.
(a) DEFINITIONS.-In this section:
(1) CLIFTON PARCEL.-The term Clifton parcel means the approximately 31.1
acres of Federal land depicted as 31.1 Acres to be Conveyed to Mesa County
on the map titled Clifton Opportunities Now for Vibrant Economic Yields
(CONVEY) Act and dated April 19, 2023.
(2) COUNTY.-The term County means Mesa County, Colorado.
(3) SECRETARY.-The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior,
acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
(b) IN GENERAL.-Notwithstanding the Secretarial Order dated August 26, 1902,
and the Secretarial Order dated July 25, 1908, the Secretary shall convey to the
County, as soon as practicable, all rights, title, and interest of the United States
in and to the Clifton parcel.
(c) REQUIREMENTS.-The conveyance under this section shall be-
(1) subject to valid existing rights; and
(2) for not less than fair market value, as determined in accordance with sub-
section (d).
(d) APPRAISAL.-
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