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102 STAT. 52

PUBLIC LAW 100-275—MAR. 31, 1988 Public Law 100-275 100th Congress An Act

Mar. 31, 1988 [S. 854]

Entitled the "Nevada-Florida Land Exchange Authorization Act of 1988".

Nevada-Florida

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.

Land Exchange Authorization

SECTION I. SHORT TITLE.

Public lands. Contracts.

'^^^^ Act may be cited as the "Nevada-Florida Land Exchange Authorization Act of 1988". SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

As used in this Act: (1) The term "land" means lands and interests (including the reserved mineral estate) therein, including leaseholds. (2) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior, (3) The term "Aerojet means the Aerojet-General Corporation, an Ohio corporation. (4) The term "exchange agreement" means an agreement between the Secretary and Aerojet which is entered into for purposes of making the exchange authorized by this Act and which meets the requirements of this Act. (5) The term "lease agreement" means an agreement between the Secretary and Aerojet which is entered into for the purpose of making the lease authorized and directed by this Act and which meets the requirements of this Act. (6) The term "endangered or threatened species" means an endangered species or a threatened species, as defined in the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). SEC. 3. EXCHANGE.

(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary is authorized and directed to convey and lease public lands in the State of Nevada, described in subsection (b)(1), in exchange for the conveyance to the United States of the lands in Dade County, Florida, described in subsection (b)(2). (b) LANDS TO B E EXCHANGED.—

(1) NEVADA.—(A) Public lands to be conveyed by the Secretary pursuant to this Act are the public lands, comprised of approximately twenty-eight thousand eight hundred acres, described as "For Conveyance to Aerojet General Corporation" on the map entitled "Public Domain Lands to be Exchanged and Leased to Aerojet-General Corporation, Clark and Lincoln Counties, Nevada," dated October 1987, and the public lands, comprised of approximately ten thousand and forty acres, generally depicted on the map entitled "Public Domain Lands to be Exchanged to Aerojet-General Corporation, Mineral County, Nevada," dated February 1987. (B) In furtherance of an exchange pursuant to this Act, the Secretary shall also lease to Aerojet the lands described in section 4.