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 112 STAT. 3040 PUBLIC LAW 105-326—OCT. 30, 1998 Public Law 105-326 105th Congress An Act To dispose of certain Federal properties located in Dutch John, Utah, to assist ' the local government in the interim delivery of basic services to the Dutch John [S. 890] community, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Dutch John the United States of America in Congress assembled. Federal Property Disposition and SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1998. This Act may be cited as the "Dutch John Federal Property 16 USC 460V Disposition and Assistance Act of 1998". ,, note. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) FINDINGS.— Congress finds that— (1)(A) Dutch John, Utah, was founded by the Secretary of the Interior in 1958 on Bureau of Reclamation land as a community to house personnel, administrative offices, and equipment for project construction and operation of the Flaming Grorge Dam and Reservoir as authorized by the Act of April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 105, chapter 203; 43 U.S.C. 620 et seq.); and (B) permanent structures (including houses, administrative offices, equipment storage and maintenance buildings, and other public buildings and facilities) were constructed and continue to be owned and maintained by the Secretary of the Interior; (2)(A) Bureau of Reclamation land surrounding the Flaming Grorge Reservoir (including the Dutch John community) was included within the boundaries of the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area in 1968 under Public Law 90-540 (16 U.S.C. 460v et seq.); (B) Public Law 90-540 assigned responsibility for administration, protection, and development of the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area to the Secretary of Agriculture and provided that lands and waters needed or used for the Colorado River Storage Project would continue to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior; and (C) most structures within the Dutch John community (including the schools and public buildings within the community) occupy lands administered by the Secretary of Agriculture; (3)(A) the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior are unnecessarily burdened with the cost of continuing to provide basic services and facilities and building maintenance and with the administrative costs of operating the Dutch John community; and

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