HR816hMAR18

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Week Ending March 18, 2005

HR 816 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to sell certain parcels of National Forest System land in Carson City and Douglas County, Nevada

BRIEF

The bill would package and dispose of numerous large and small parcels owned b the US in Carson City and Douglas County, Nevada.

Congress finds that the juxtaposition of the public land with private land makes it difficult and expensive to manage. The bill would authorize the sale of some of the parcels based on recommendations from local government and the public.

Percentages of the sale amounts would be redistributed in the area including donation to the Minden Interagency Dispatch Center located on land made available by the State of Nevada in Minden, Nevada. The Minden Center will “serve as a joint facility for the Forest Service and the Nevada Division of Forestry for the purpose of fighting wildland fires. The expansion of the center shall include living quarters and office space for the Black Mountain Hotshot Crew, a guard station for housing engines and patrol vehicles, an air traffic control tower, a training facility, and a warehouse.”

Sponsor: Representative Jim Gibbons (R-NV-2^nd)

Vote: Passed House by voice vote (Mar. 16, 2005)

Cost to the taxpayers: 5% of the sale proceeds go to Nevada for general education, 5% goes to the Carson Water Sub-conservancy District, 25% goes to the Sisk Act to reimburse Forest Service offices for carrying out the land sales, and to develop and maintain parks, trails and natural areas.

MORE INFORMATION

(1) The parcel of land referred to as the `Carson Parcel', consisting of approximately 3 acres, and more particularly described as being a portion of the southeast quarter, section 31, township 15 north, range 20 east, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian.

(2) The parcel of land referred to as the `Jacks Valley/Highway 395 Parcel', consisting of approximately 28 acres, and more particularly described as being a portion of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter, section 6, township 14 north, range 20 east, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian.

(3) The parcel of land referred to as the `Indian Hills Parcel', consisting of approximately 75 acres, and more particularly described as being a portion of the southwest quarter, section 18, township 14 north, range 20 east, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian.

(4) The parcel of land referred to as the `Mountain House Area Parcel', consisting of approximately 40 acres, and more particularly described as being a portion of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter, section 12, township 10 north, range 21 east, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian.

(5) The parcel of land referred to as the `Holbrook Junction Area Parcel', consisting of approximately 80 acres, and more particularly described as being a portion of the west half of the southwest quarter, section 7, township 10 north, range 22 east, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian.

(6) The two parcels of land referred to as the `Topaz Lake Parcels', consisting of approximately 5 acres (approximately 2.5 acres per parcel), and more particularly described as being portions of the northwest quarter, section 29, township 10 north, range 22 east, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian.

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