Public Law 106-490

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[106th Congress Public Law 490]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


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Public Law 106-490
106th Congress

                                 An Act


 
 To provide that the conveyance by the Bureau of Land Management of the 
 surface estate to certain land in the State of Wyoming in exchange for 
  certain private land will not result in the removal of the land from 
   operation of the mining laws. <<NOTE: Nov. 9, 2000 -  [S. 1030]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. 60 BAR LAND EXCHANGE.

    (a) In General.--Sections 2201.1-2(d) and 2091.3-2(c) of title 43, 
Code of Federal Regulations, shall not apply in the case of the 
conveyance by the Secretary of the Interior of the land described in 
subsection (b) in exchange for approximately 9,480 acres of land in 
Campbell County, Wyoming, pursuant to the terms of the Cow Creek/60 Bar 
land exchange, WYW-143315.
    (b) Land Description.--The land described in this subsection 
comprises the following land in Campbell and Johnson Counties, Wyoming:
            (1) Approximately 2,960 acres of land in the tract known as 
        the ``Bill Barlow Ranch''.
            (2) Approximately 2,315 acres of land in the tract known as 
        the ``T-Chair Ranch''.
            (3) Approximately 3,948 acres of land in the tract known as 
        the ``Bob Christensen Ranch''.
            (4) Approximately 11,609 acres of land in the tract known as 
        the ``John Christensen Ranch''.

    (c) Segregation From Entry.--Land acquired by the United States in 
the exchange under subsection (a) shall be segregated from entry under 
the mining laws until appropriate land use planning is completed for the 
land.

    Approved November 9, 2000.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 1030:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106-898 (Comm. on Resources).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-174 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
                                                        Vol. 145 (1999):
                                    Nov. 19, considered and passed 
                                        Senate.
                                                        Vol. 146 (2000):
                                    Oct. 23, considered and passed 
                                        House.

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