PUBLIC LAW 106-220—JUNE 20, 2000 114 STAT. 347 Public Law 106-220 106th Congress An Act To convey certain real property within the Carlsbad Project in New Mexico to June 20, 2000 the Carlsbad Irrigation District. [S. 291] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Carlsbad Irrigation Project SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Acquired Land This Act may be cited as the "Carlsbad Irrigation Project Tra^^sfer Act. Acquired Land Transfer Act". SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE. (a) LANDS AND FACiLmES.— (1) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in paragraph (2), and subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of the Interior (in this Act referred to as the "Secretary") may convey to the Carlsbad Irrigation District (a quasi-municipal corporation formed under the laws of the State of New Mexico and in this Act referred to as the "District"), all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the lands described in subsection (b) (in this Act referred to as the "acquired lands") and all interests the United States holds in the irrigation and drednage system of the Carlsbad Project and all related lands including ditch rider houses, maintenance shop and buildings, and Pecos River Flimie. (2) LIMITATION.— (A) RETAINED SURFACE RIGHTS.— The Secretary shall retain title to the surface estate (but not the mineral estate) of such acquired lands which are located under the footprint of Brantley and Avalon dams or any other project dam or reservoir division structure. (B) STORAGE AND FLOW EASEMENT.—The Secretary shall retain storage and flow easements for any tracts located under the maximum spillway elevations of Avalon and Brantley Reservoirs. (b) ACQUIRED LANDS DESCRIBED,— The lands referred to in subsection (a) are those lands (including the surface and mineral estate) in Eddy County, New Mexico, described as the acquired lands and in section (7) of the "Status of Lands and Title Report: Carlsbad Project" as reported by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1978. (c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF CONVEYANCE. —Any conveyance of the acquired Isinds under this Act shall be subject to the following terms and conditions: (1) MANAGEMENT AND USE, GENERALLY. —The conveyed lands shall continue to be managed and used by the District for the piuposes for which the Carlsbad Project was authorized.
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