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TESTIMONY OF THE BONORABLE JAMES H. BILBRAT, 

 REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA IN CONr;RBSS, 



BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATORAL RESODRCES 

 SUBCOMMITTEE ON PDBLIC LANDS, NATIONAL PARKS AND FORESTS 



CONCERNING S. 85A: THE NEVADA-FLORIDA LAND EXCHANGE 

 AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1987 



June 30, 1987 



Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, thank you 

 for the opportunity to enter testimony on S. 854, the 

 Nevada-Florida Land Exchange Authorization Act of 1987. 



This legislation would permit Aerojet General 

 Corporation to acquire 54,000 acres of Bureau of Land 

 Management land In Clark, Lincoln and Mineral Counties in 

 Nevada by transferring to the Department of Interior 

 approximately 4,800 acres of Ae roj e t -owned land contiguous 

 to the Everglades. The Department of the Interior would in 

 turn sell the Florida land to the State of Florida and 

 purchase environmentally-sensitive lands in Florida with the 

 funds . 



