A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona.
Summary
What This Bill Does
If Gila County requests the property within 180 days, the Agriculture Secretary, acting through the Forest Service, must convey approximately 232.9 acres in the Tonto National Forest by quitclaim deed and without consideration. The County must pay survey, environmental-review, historic-preservation, and other transfer costs. The United States provides no environmental covenant or warranty. The land may be used only to serve and support Armed Forces veterans; inconsistent use permits the Secretary, at federal discretion, to reclaim title. Valid existing rights and any other terms needed to protect federal interests remain in place.
Who Benefits and How
Gila County receives a large federal site without paying a purchase price and can use its land and improvements for veteran-support facilities or services. Veterans in Gila County and surrounding Arizona communities may gain a dedicated service location. Veteran-serving organizations may gain opportunities to operate or partner at the site.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Gila County must request the parcel on time, pay all conveyance and compliance costs, maintain the property, and keep every use consistent with veteran support. Forest Service staff must complete the survey and quitclaim transfer and monitor the federal reversionary interest. Federal taxpayers relinquish the property without consideration, although the County absorbs transaction costs.
Key Provisions
- Requires conveyance of the roughly 232.9-acre Pleasant Valley site after a timely County request.
- Provides the land without consideration but requires Gila County to pay all transfer costs.
- Restricts the property to serving and supporting veterans of the Armed Forces.
- Allows title to revert to the United States if the County violates the veteran-use restriction.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires the Forest Service to convey the Pleasant Valley administrative site in Arizona to Gila County without consideration for programs serving veterans.
Key Policy Areas
Public Lands, Veterans, Local Government
Primary Purpose
Requires the Forest Service to convey the Pleasant Valley administrative site in Arizona to Gila County without consideration for programs serving veterans.
Policy Domains
A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona.
Identified Gains
- Gila County
- Veterans in Gila County
- Arizona veteran-serving organizations
- Pleasant Valley service providers
Identified Costs
- Gila County property officials
- Forest Service realty staff
- Federal taxpayers
- County facilities managers
Sponsors
Mark Kelly
D-AZ | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
ReportedPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. …
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee …
Reported by Mr. Lee, with an amendment
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported …
Mr. Kelly (for himself and Mr. Gallego) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Forest Service realty staff, Gila County, Gila County property officials
Positive-direction: Gila County
Negative-direction: Forest Service realty staff, Gila County property officials
Taxpayers, Veterans served at the Pleasant Valley site
Positive-direction: Veterans served at the Pleasant Valley site
Negative-direction: Taxpayers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "recipient"
- → Gila County, Arizona
- "transferor"
- → Secretary of Agriculture acting through the Forest Service
- "intended_users"
- → Veterans of the Armed Forces
- "property_manager"
- → Tonto National Forest
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