[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3426 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3426

 To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey lands to the City 
                          of Rolla, Missouri.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 3, 1993

 Mr. Emerson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey lands to the City 
                          of Rolla, Missouri.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY.

    The Secretary of Agriculture (hereafter ``Secretary'') is 
authorized to sell to the City of Rolla, Missouri, subject to the terms 
and conditions set forth in section 2, all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in and to the following:
            The property identified as the Rolla Ranger District 
        Administrative Site of the Forest Service located in Rolla, 
        Phelps County, Missouri, encompassing 10 acres more or less, 
        the conveyance of which by C. D. and Oma A. Hazlewood to the 
        United States was recorded on May 6, 1936, in book 104, page 
        286 of the Record of Deeds of Phelps County, Missouri.

SEC. 2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

    (a) Consideration.--Consideration for the conveyance described in 
section 1 shall be equal to the fair market value of the property as 
determined by an appraisal prepared in accordance with the Uniform 
Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisition, as published by the 
Department of Justice, and which is acceptable to the Secretary. 
Payment of consideration is due in full within 6 months of conveyance 
or, at the option of the City of Rolla, in 20 equal annual installments 
commencing on January 1 of the first year following the conveyance and 
annually thereafter until the total amount due has been paid. At the 
option of the City of Rolla, consideration maybe paid by services, in 
lieu of cash, the value of which the Secretary finds to be equal to the 
appraised fair market value of the Federal land. The type, valuation, 
and manner of service must be acceptable to the Secretary and provide 
for the administration of the Mark Twain National Forest on an annual 
basis not to exceed 20 years. What constitutes approved services shall 
be set forth in a Memorandum of Understanding between the involved 
parties, prior to conveyance. An annual accounting of the service 
furnished during the preceding year shall be provided to the Secretary 
by the City of Rolla by February 15 of each year.
    (b) Funds Received.--Any funds received by the Secretary as 
consideration for the conveyance authorized by this Act shall be 
deposited into a special fund in the Treasury which will remain 
available until expended by the Secretary for the purpose of acquiring 
lands or interests therein within the State of Missouri for National 
Forest Service purposes.
    (c) Release.--Subject to compliance with all Federal environmental 
laws prior to transfer, the City of Rolla, upon transfer of the 
property described in section 1, shall agree in writing to hold the 
United States harmless from any and all claims relating to the 
property, including all claims resulting from hazardous materials on 
the conveyed lands.
    (d) Reversion.--The conveyance described in section 1 shall be by 
quitclaim deed in fee simple subject to reversion or right of re-entry 
upon conditions prescribed by the Secretary in the deed of conveyance 
or in the event of noncompliance with the compensation requirements 
described in paragraph (a) of this section.

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