MISCELLANEOUS LAND CONVEYANCES AND PRIVATE RELIEF LEGISLATION FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1988 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS, NATIONAL PARKS AND FORESTS, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:05 a.m., in room SD-366, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. John Melcher, presiding. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN MELCHER, U.S. SENATOR FROM MONTANA Senator MELCHER. The subcommittee will come to order. The purpose of the hearing today is to receive testimony on four measures before the Public Lands, National Parks and Forests Subcommittee. The measures are: S. 1461, a bill to convey certain lands to the YMCA of Las Vegas, Nevada; S. 1687, a bill to correct historical and geographical oversights in the establishment and development of the Utah component of the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, to unify the land base of the Goshute Reservation, to simplify the boundaries of the Goshute Reservation, and for other purposes; S.s 1849, for the relief of Mr. Conwell F. Robinson and Mr. Gerald R. Robinson; and S. 2264, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain Federal mining rights for certain lands in New Mexico. At this point I will put copies of all of the proposals in the hearing record. [The texts of S. 1461, S. 1687, S. 1849 and S. 2264 follow:] (1) To convey certain lands to the YMCA of Las Vegas, Nevada. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JULY 1 (legislative day, JUNE 23), 1987 Mr. HECHT introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources II A BILL To convey certain lands to the YMCA of Las Vegas, Nevada. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE.-Notwithstanding any 3 4 other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior shall 5 convey, without consideration, to the Young Men's Christian 6 Association (YMCA) of Las Vegas, Nevada, the forty acres 7 of land described as follows: 8 9 10 11 Township 21 south, range 62 east, sec. 34, Mount Diablo base line and Meridian, Nevada, west 2 northeast 14 northwest 14 northwest 14, comprising five acres, To correct historical and geographical oversights in the establishment and development of the Utah component of the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, to unify the land base of the Goshute Reservation, to simplify the boundaries of the Goshute Reservation, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES SEPTEMBER 16, 1987 Mr. GARN (for himself and Mr. HATCH) (by request) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To correct historical and geographical oversights in the establishment and development of the Utah component of the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, to unify the land base of the Goshute Reservation, to simplify the boundaries of the Goshute Reservation, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. LANDS HELD IN TRUST FOR THE TRIBE PURSUANT 4 5 TO EXECUTIVE ORDERS. (a) LANDS HELD IN TRUST.-In recognition and confir 6 mation of the actions of the President in Executive Order |