Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 3.djvu/527

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PUBLIC LAW 106-398—APPENDIX 114 STAT. 1654A-485 (10 U.S.C. 7420 note; Public Law 105-261) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3405. DISPOSAL OF OIL SHALE RESERVE NUMBERED 2. "(a) DEFINITIONS. —In this section: "(1) NOSR-2.—The term 'NOSR-2' means Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2, as identified on a map on file in the OfTice of the Secretary of the Interior. "(2) MOAB SITE. —The term 'Moab site' means the Moab uranium milling site located approximately three miles northwest of Moab, Utah, and identified in the Final Environmental Impact Statement issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in March 1996 in conjunction with Source Materials License No. SUA-917. "(3) MAP. —The term 'map' means the map depicting the boundaries of NOSR-2, to be kept on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the Department of the Interior. "(4) TRIBE.— The term Tribe' means the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation. "(5) TRUSTEE. — The term Trustee' means the Trustee of the Moab Mill Reclamation Trust. "(b) CONVEYANCE. — (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) and subsection (e), all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to all Federal lands within the exterior boundaries of NOSR- 2 (including surface and mineral rights) are hereby conveyed to the Tribe in fee simple. The Secretary of Energy shall execute and file in the appropriate office a deed or other instrument effectuating the conveyance made by this section. "(2) The conveyance under paragraph (1) does not include the following: "(A) The portion of the bed of Green River contained entirely within NOSR-2, as depicted on the map. "(B) The land (including surface and mineral rights) to the west of the Green River within NOSR-2, as depicted on the map. "(C) A V4 mile scenic easement on the east side of the Green River within NOSR-2. "(c) CONDITIONS ON CONVEYANCE. — (1) The conveyance under subsection (b) is subject to valid existing rights in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001. "(2) On completion of the conveyance under subsection (b), the United States relinquishes all management authority over the conveyed land, including tribal activities conducted on the land. "(3) The land conveyed to the Tribe under subsection (b) shall not revert to the United States for management in trust status. "(4) The reservation of the easement under subsection (b)(2)(C) shall not affect the right of the Tribe to use and maintain access to the Green River through the use of the road within the easement, as depicted on the map. "(5) Each withdrawal that applies to NOSR-2 and that is in effect on the date of the enactment of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 is revoked to the extent that the withdrawal applies to NOSR-2. "(6) Notwithstanding that the land conveyed to the Tribe under subsection (b) shall not be part of the reservation of the Tribe,