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Week Ending July 29, 2005

S.253 A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to the land to the Edward H. McDaniel American Legion Post No. 22 in Pahrump, Nevada, for the construction of a post building and memorial park for use by the American Legion, other veterans' groups, and the local community.

 

BRIEF

The American Legion Post in Pahrump, Nevada, built by veterans 60 years ago, is running out of space and the closest building available to house them is 60 miles away in Las Vegas.

   The bill authorizes conveyance of 4.5 acres of Federal land in Pahrump, Nevada to the American Legion Edward H. McDaniel Post No 22 at no cost. If the Post doesn’t use the land for an American Legion Post, related activities and for community activities the title of the land reverts to the US.   

   The land is described as ‘an odd, triangular tract of land bounded on 2 sides by private land and cut off from other public land by a major highway.’

Sponsor: Senator Harry Reid (D-NV)

Vote: Passed Senate by Unanimous Consent (July 27, 2005)

Cost to the taxpayers: No outlay, no loss of receipts, the CBO estimates, ‘According to the Bureau of Land Management, the property to be conveyed currently generates no significant receipts and is not expected to do so over the next 10 years.

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