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 120 STAT. 3394

PUBLIC LAW 109–458—DEC. 22, 2006

Public Law 109–458 109th Congress An Act

Dec. 22, 2006 [S. 2205]

Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal Land Conveyance Act of 2006.

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain parcels of land acquired for the Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal features of the initial stage of the Oahe Unit, James Division, South Dakota, to the Commission of Schools and Public Lands and the Department of Game, Fish, and Parks of the State of South Dakota for the purpose of mitigating lost wildlife habitat, on the condition that the current preferential leaseholders shall have an option to purchase the parcels from the Commission, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal Land Conveyance Act of 2006’’. SEC. 2. BLUNT RESERVOIR AND PIERRE CANAL.

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (1) BLUNT RESERVOIR FEATURE.—The term ‘‘Blunt Reservoir feature’’ means the Blunt Reservoir feature of the Oahe Unit, James Division, authorized by the Act of August 3, 1968 (82 Stat. 624), as part of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program. (2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Commission of Schools and Public Lands of the State. (3) NONPREFERENTIAL LEASE PARCEL.—The term ‘‘nonpreferential lease parcel’’ means a parcel of land that— (A) was purchased by the Secretary for use in connection with the Blunt Reservoir feature or the Pierre Canal feature; and (B) was considered to be a nonpreferential lease parcel by the Secretary as of January 1, 2001, and is reflected as such on the roster of leases of the Bureau of Reclamation for 2001. (4) PIERRE CANAL FEATURE.—The term ‘‘Pierre Canal feature’’ means the Pierre Canal feature of the Oahe Unit, James Division, authorized by the Act of August 3, 1968 (82 Stat. 624), as part of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program. (5) PREFERENTIAL LEASEHOLDER.—The term ‘‘preferential leaseholder’’ means a person or descendant of a person that held a lease on a preferential lease parcel as of January 1, 2001, and is reflected as such on the roster of leases of the Bureau of Reclamation for 2001. (6) PREFERENTIAL LEASE PARCEL.—The term ‘‘preferential lease parcel’’ means a parcel of land that—

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