One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America
2d Session
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two
S. 144
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Indian Health Service, to acquire private land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, California, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center Access Improvement Act
.
Access road for Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center
Acquisition of Land
Authorization
The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Indian Health Service, is authorized to acquire, from willing sellers, the land in Hemet, California, upon which is located a dirt road known as Best Road
, beginning at the driveway of the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center at Faure Road and extending to the junction of Best Road and Sage Road.
Compensation
The Secretary shall pay fair market value for the land authorized to be acquired under paragraph (1). Fair market value shall be determined—
using Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions; and
by an appraiser acceptable to the Secretary and the owners of the land to be acquired.
Additional rights
In addition to the land referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary is authorized to acquire, from willing sellers, land or interests in land as reasonably necessary to construct and maintain the road as required by subsection (b).
Construction and maintenance of road
Construction
After the Secretary acquires the land pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall construct on that land a paved road that is generally located over Best Road to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, California.
Maintenance
The Secretary shall—
maintain and manage the road constructed pursuant to paragraph (1); or
enter into an agreement with Riverside County, California, to own, maintain and manage the road constructed pursuant to paragraph (1).
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate