PUBLIC LAW 105-363—NOV. 10, 1998
112 STAT. 3297
461 note; Public Law 101-485; 104 Stat. 1173) is amended by
striking "$1,500,000" and inserting "$4,000,000".
SEC. 2. ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT OF WILCOX RANCH, UTAH,
FOR WILDLIFE HABITAT.
(a) FINDINGS. —Congress finds the following:
(1) The lands within the Wilcox Ranch in eastern Utah
are prime habitat for wild turkeys, eagles, hawks, bears, cougars, elk, deer, bighorn sheep, and many other important species, and Range Creek within the Wilcox Ranch could become
a blue ribbon trout stream.
(2) These lands also contain a great deal of imdisturbed
cultural and archeological resources, including ancient pottery,
arrowheads, and rock homes constructed centuries ago.
(3) These lands, while comprising only approximately 3,800
acres, control access to over 75,000 acres of Federal lands
under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management.
(4) Acquisition of the Wilcox Ranch would benefit the people
of the United States by preserving and enhancing important
wildlife habitat, ensuring access to lands of the Bureau of
Land Management, and protecting priceless archeological and
cultural resources.
(5) These lands, if acquired by the United States, can
be managed by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources at
no additional expense to the Federal Government.
(b) ACQUISITION OF LANDS.— As soon as practicable, after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior
shall acquire, through purchase, the Wilcox Ranch located in Emery
County, in eastern Vtaii.
(c) FUNDS FOR PURCHASE. —The Secretary of the Interior is
authorized to use not more than $5,000,000 from the land and
water conservation fund established under section 2 of the Land
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601-5) for
the purchase of the Wilcox Ranch under subsection (b).
(d) MANAGEMENT OF LANDS.—Upon payment by the State of
Utah of one-half of the purchase price of the Wilcox Ranch to
the United States, or transfer by the State of Utah of lands of
the same such value to the United States, the Secretary of the
Interior shall transfer to the State of Utah all right, title, and
interest of the United States in and to those Wilcox Ranch lands
acquired under subsection (b) for management by the State Division
of Wildlife Resources for wildlife habitat and public access.
SEC. 3. LAND CONVEYANCE, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA.
(a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior shall convey, without
consideration and for educational related purposes, to Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University, Florida, a nonprofit corporation authorized
to do business in the State of Arizona, all right, title, and interest
of the United States, if any, to a parcel of real property consisting
of approximately 16 acres in Yavapai County, Arizona, which is
more fully described as the parcel lying east of the east rightof-way boundary of the Willow Creek Road in the southwest onequarter of the southwest one-quarter (SWV4SWV4) of section 2,
township 14 north, range 2 west, Gila and Salt River meridian.
(b) TERMS OF CONVEYANCE.— Subject to the Hmitation that
the land to be conveyed is to be used only for educational related
purposes, the conveyance under subsection (a) is to be made without
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