S 2597 RFH
101st CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2597
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 3, 1990
Referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
AN ACT
To amend the Act of June 20, 1910, to clarify in the State of New Mexico
authority to exchange lands granted by the United States in trust, and to
validate prior land exchanges.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
  States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO EXCHANGE LAND.
  Section 10 of the Act of June 20, 1910 (36 Stat. 563), is amended by
  inserting after the ninth paragraph thereof the following new paragraph:
  `The State commissioner of public lands may exchange any land granted
  or confirmed by this Act for any land of the United States or an agency
  thereof, a State agency or poli-
tical subdivision, a beneficiary of lands granted or confirmed by this Act,
an Indian tribe or pueblo, or a private entity when the commissioner finds,
after consultation with the chief administrative officer of the affected
beneficiary of lands granted or confirmed by this Act, that--
  `(1) based upon appraisals of the true value thereof, the value of the
  land to be received by the State is equal to or greater than the land to
  be conveyed by the State; and
  `(2) the proposed exchange is beneficial to the interests of the affected
  beneficiary.'.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
  (a) FINDING- The Congress finds that the retroactive application of the
  amendment made in section 1 to approve, validate, and ratify land exchanges
  made prior to the effective date of the amendment will not prejudice the
  interests of any person and will benefit the interests of the parties to
  such exchanges, the beneficiaries of land granted or confirmed under the
  Act of June 20, 1910, and the public.
  (b) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION- On the date that the Secretary of State of
  the State of New Mexico certifies that the people of the State of New
  Mexico have consented to this Act by amendment of article XXI of the
  constitution of the State of New Mexico, the amendment made in section 1
  shall be effective as of June 20, 1910, so as to approve, validate, and
  ratify all exchanges made after that date of lands granted or confirmed
  to the State of New Mexico after that date.
SEC. 3. CONSENT TO CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
  The consent of Congress is given to amendments to article XXI of the
  Constitution of the State of New Mexico to consent to the amendment made in
  section 1, to become effective as of June 20, 1910, as provided in section 2.
Passed the Senate August 2 (legislative day, July 10), 1990.
Attest:
WALTER J. STEWART,
Secretary.