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 114 STAT. 1046 PUBLIC LAW 106-298—OCT. 13, 2000 Public Law 106-298 106th Congress An Act Oct. 13, 2000 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain public land in Lincoln County [HR 2752] through a competitive process. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Lincoln County the United States of America in Congress assembled, Land Act of 2000. Nevada. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Lincoln County Land Act of 2000". SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) FINDINGS.— Congress finds that— (1) Lincoln County, Nevada, encompasses an area of 10,132 square miles of the State of Nevada; (2) approximately 98 percent of the County is owned by the Federal Government; (3) the City of Mesquite, Nevada, needs land for an organized approach for expansion to the north; (4) citizens of the County would benefit through enhanced county services and schools from the increased private property tax base due to commercial and residential development; (5) the County would see improvement to the budget for the county and school services through the immediate distribution of sale receipts from the Secretary selling land through a competitive bidding process; (6) a cooperative approach among the Bureau of Land Management, the County, the City, and other local government entities will ensure continuing communication between those entities; (7) the Federal Government will be fairly compensated for the sale of public land; and (8) the proposed Caliente Management Framework Amendment and Environmental Impact Statement for the Management of Desert Tortoise Habitat Plan identify specific public land as being suitable for disposal. (b) PURPOSES.— The purposes of this Act are— (1) to provide for the orderly disposal of certain public land in the County; and (2) to provide for the acquisition of environmentally sensitive land in the State of Nevada. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) CITY.— The term "City" means the City of Mesquite, Nevada.

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