United States · Bill · S
S. 786 (105th)
A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey, at fair market value, certain properties in Clark County, Nevada, to persons who purchased adjacent properties in good faith reliance on land surveys that were subsequently determined to be inaccurate.
Introduced
22 May 1997
Last action
23 May 1997 · Referred
Status
Referred to Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands.
Sponsors
Sen. Bryan, Richard H. [D-NV], Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Subjects
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Source updated
24 March 2026
Summary
Authorizes the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, on behalf of certain landowners whose property interests were adversely affected by reliance upon erroneous private land surveys, to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a written offer to purchase such properties upon the condition that, after such purchase, the properties will be conveyed to such landowners.
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Timeline
22 May 1997
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
22 May 1997
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
23 May 1997
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 22 May 1997 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 22 May 1997
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 22 May 1997
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 22 May 1997
Sponsors
- Sen. Bryan, Richard H. [D-NV] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · D · Sponsor
- · sseg00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/786
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/786
- us · 105-s-786 · source updated 24 March 2026