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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1980

94 STAT. 2564

Right-of-way.

43 USC 1761. 30 USC 185.

Fees.

Mineral rights. 30 USC 181 note.

eonflict of interest. 42 USC 7474.

PUBLIC LAW 96-491—DEC. 2, 1980

section of the Desert Land Act stating his intention to reclaim such lands. (b) The transfer of lands under the first section of this Act shall be subject to the reservation to the United States of a right-of-way extending 1,500 feet westerly of the right-of-way for the Reid Gardner-Pecos transmission lines through the area 1,500 feet easterly of the right-of-way for the Navajo-McCullough transmission line. The right-of-way shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior, who may grant rights-of-way over, upon, under, or through the area described in the preceding sentence only for such transportation or other systems or facilities as are described under paragraph (1) through paragraph (7) of section 501(a) of the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 or under section 28 of the Act of February 25, 1920, commonly referred to as the Mineral Leasing Act. The Secretary of the Interior may enforce all terms and conditions of the right-of-way upon its termination. (c) In administering the right-of-way described under subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall be responsible for establishing and collecting fees for the use of such right-of-way. Any payment of such fees to the Secretary after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be made for the benefit of the Moapa Band of Paiutes. (d) Lands transferred under the first section of this Act shall be subject to a reservation to the United States of all minerals subject to the Act of February 25, 1920, commonly referred to as the Mineral Leasing Act, and a reservation of the right to enter upon such lands to mine and remove such minerals. The Secretary of the Interior shall collect and deposit fees, rentals, royalties, and other revenues for the mining and removal of such minerals in accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act. SEC. 3. The second sentence of subsection (a) of the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the leasing of restricted Indian Lands for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, and other purposes requiring the grant of long-term leases", approved August 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 539; 25 U.S.C. 415) is amended by inserting "the Moapa Indian reservation," after "the Dania Reservation,". SEC. 4. The provisions relating to redesignation of areas contained in section 164 of the Act of July 14, 1955, shall be applied without regard to the transfer of lands under the first section of this Act. Approved December 2, 1980.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 96-1458 accompanying H.R. 5584 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 96-951 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 126 (1980): Sept. 23, considered and passed Senate. Nov. 17, H.R. 5584, considered and passed House; passage vacated and S. 1135, amended, passed in lieu. Nov. 20, Senate concurred in House amendments. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 16, No. 49: Dec. 5, Presidential statement.