Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal Land Conveyance Act of 2002
Latest action · Oct 24, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Progress
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- IntroducedOct 16, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Allows preferential leaseholders (original landowners or descendants, or operators of the land at the time of purchase) of parcels of the Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal an option to purchase from the Commission of Schools and Public Lands of South Dakota the land they lease. Sets terms for such purchases. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey all preferential lease parcels not purchased by the leaseholder to the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks, to be used for mitigating the wildlife habitat that was lost as a result of the development of the Pick-Sloan project.
Directs the Secretary to convey to the Department the nonpreferential leased parcels and unleased parcels of the Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal, to be used for mitigating the wildlife habitat that was lost as a result of the development of the Pick-Sloan project.
Requires the Governor of South Dakota, or a designee of the Governor (the "Governor"), to accept certain conditions of conveyance, including that: (1) the State receives the land conveyed in "as is" condition; (2) the State assumes responsibility for any liabilities accruing after the date of conveyance as a result of ownership, operation or maintenance of such land; (3) the Federal Government retains all oil, gas, and mineral rights; (4) the property shall continue to be used for wildlife conservation; and (5) title shall revert to the United States if the land is needed for national defense purposes.
Authorizes the Governor to allow a person to exchange other land in South Dakota for a nonpreferential lease parcel or unleased parcel at Blunt Reservoir or Pierre Canal.
Permits the United States a perpetual easement for a water conveyance structure over, under, across, or through the Pierre Canal Feature.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 24, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
- Oct 16, 2002Introduced in House
- Oct 16, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
- Agriculture and Food
- Animals
- Canals
- Easements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational finance
- Elementary and secondary education
- Environmental Protection
- Federal aid to water resources development
- Government liability
- Government trust funds
- Habitat conservation
- Infrastructure
- Irrigation
- Land transfers
- Law
- Leases
- Missouri River development
- Pipelines
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public schools
- Real estate appraisal
- Reservoirs
- South Dakota
- Transportation and Public Works
- Water Resources Development
- Water supply engineering
- Wildlife conservation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 16, 2002Introduced in House
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