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H.R. 4808: To provide for a land exchange involving private land and Bureau of Land Management land in the vicinity of Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, for the purpose of removing private land from the required safety zone surrounding munitions storage bunkers at Holloman Air Force Base.

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H.R. 4808: To provide for a land exchange involving private land and Bureau of Land Management land in the vicinity of Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, for the purpose of removing private land from the required safety zone surrounding munitions storage bunkers at Holloman Air Force Base.

108th Congress · introduced 2004-07-09 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Received in the Senate.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2004-07-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

To provide for a land exchange involving private land and Bureau of Land Management land in the vicinity of Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, for the purpose of removing private land from the required safety zone surrounding munitions storage bunkers at Holloman Air Force Base.

Plain summary

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Randal, Jeffrey, and Timothy Rabon (the Rabons) of Otero County, New Mexico, all right, title, and interest of the United States in a specified parcel of public land administered by the Secretary through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) depicted on the map entitled "Alamogordo Rabon Land Exchange" dated September 24, 2004. Directs the Rabons, in exchange for such conveyance, to convey to the United States all right, title, and interest in a specified parcel of land that is contiguous to Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, and is located within the required safety zone surrounding munitions storage bunkers. Includes in such land exchanges the conveyance of all surface, subsurface, mineral, and water rights. Requires the Secretary to carry out the land exchanges in accordance with the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 and to bear the costs of appraisals performed as part of the land exchanges. Authorizes a cash equalization payment in excess of 25 percent of the appraised value of the public lands to be conveyed to the Rabons.

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Official text

To provide for a land exchange involving private land and Bureau of Land Management land in the vicinity of Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, for the purpose of removing private land from the required safety zone surrounding munitions storage bunkers at Holloman Air Force Base.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4808, A bill to provide for a land exchange involving private land and Bureau of Land Management land in the vicinity of Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, for the purpose of removing private land from the required safety zone.. (2004-09-27); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4808, A bill to provide for a land exchange involving private land and Bureau of Land Management land in the vicinity of Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, for the purpose of removing private land from the required safety zone.. (2004-09-27)

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Appraisal
An estimate of what property is worth. In Texas, county appraisal districts set the value that property taxes are based on.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-hr4808 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108