CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF RENO/LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.

SEC. 501. CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF RENO/LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. (a) Findings.—The Congress finds the following: (1) In 1949 Marie D. Lawton purchased from Clark County in a tax sale 40 acres of land in Clark County, Nevada. (2) She paid taxes on this property until her death in 1975, at which time the property was bequeathed to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno/Las Vegas to be used to benefit the Home of the Good Shepherd, which works with troubled young women in the western States. (3) Since 1975 the Diocese has paid taxes on the property. (4) It has recently been discovered that Clark County erred in selling the property in 1949 since the land at that time was actually in the public domain. (b) Purpose.—The purpose of this section is to convey this property to the Diocese of Reno/Las Vegas so it may be sold to benefit the Home of the Good Shepherd. (c) Conveyance.—Subject to valid existing rights and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior shall convey without consideration to the Catholic Diocese of Reno/Las Vegas, Nevada, the lands described as follows: one 40-acre parcel comprising the northwest one-quarter of southwest one-quarter of section 13 township 19 south range 61 east Mount Diablo base line and meridian, subject to the limitations of subsection (d) of this section. The administrative costs of such conveyance shall be borne by the Catholic Diocese of Reno/Las Vegas, Nevada. (d) Reservation of Right-of-Way.—A right-of-way and construction easement shall be reserved to the United States to accommodate flood control facilities of the Clark County Regional Flood Control District. Said right-of-way shall be no more than 75 feet in width and 1,320 feet in length, and shall be located in accordance with the Clark County Flood Control District Master Plan.