Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 1.djvu/655

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PUBLIC LAW 106-249^JULY 26, 2000 114 STAT. 619 Public Law 106-249 106th Congress An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Griffith Project to the Southern July 26, 2000 Nevada Water Authority. [S. 986] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Griffith Project Prepayment and SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Conveyance Act. This Act may be cited as the "Griffith Project Prepayment and Conveyance Act". SEC. 2. DEFINrnONS. In this Act: (1) The term "Authority" means the Southern Nevada Water Authority, organized under the laws of the State of Nevada, (2) The term "Griffith Project" means the Robert B. Griffith Water Project, authorized by euid constructed pursuant to the Southern Nevada Water Project Act, Public Law 89-292, as amended (commonly known as the "Southern Nevada Water Project Act") (79 Stat. 1068), including pipelines, conduits, pimiping plants, intake facilities, aqueducts, laterals, water storage and regulatory facilities, electric substations, and related works and improvements listed pursuant to "Robert B. Griffith Water Project (Formerly Southern Nevada Water Project), Nevada: Southern Cleirk County, Lower Colorado Region Bureau of Reclamation", on file at the Bureau of Reclamation and all interests in land acquired under Public Law 89-292, as amended. (3) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior. (4) The term "Acquired Land(s)" mesuis all interests in land, including fee title, right(s)-of-way, and easement(s), acquired by the United States from non-FedereJ sources by purchase, donation, exchange, or condemnation pursuant to Public Law 89-292, as amended for the Griffith Project. (5) The term "Public Land" means lands which have never left Federal ownership and are under the jiuisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management. (6) The term "Withdrawn Land" means Federal lands which are withdrawn from settlement, sale, location of minerals, or entry under some or all of the general land laws and are reserved for a particular public purpose pursuant to Public Law 89-292, as amended, under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Reclamation, or are reserved pursuant to Public Law 88- 639 under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service.