[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3427 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3427

 To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey lands within the 
  State of Missouri to local governments located within the State of 
                               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 within the 
  State of Missouri to local governments located within the State of 
                               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 local governments within the State of Missouri 
certain lands and interests therein and improvements thereon of the 
United States within the Counties of Phelps, Howell, Carter, and 
Ripley, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in section 2. The 
lands and interests and improvements to be conveyed shall be limited to 
Forest Service Administrative Sites that, in the discretion of the 
Secretary, are no longer needed for National Forest purposes.

SEC. 2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

    (a) Consideration.--Consideration for a conveyance described in 
section 1 shall be equal to the fair market value of the properties 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 are acceptable to the Secretary. 
Payment of consideration is due in full within 6 months of conveyance 
or, at the option of the local government, 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 local government, consideration may be 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 services 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 services accomplished during the preceding year shall be 
provided to the Secretary by the local government by February 15 of 
each year.
    (b) Funds Received.--Any funds received by the Secretary as 
consideration for the conveyances 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 participating local government, 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 conveyances described in section 1 shall be by 
quitclaim deed in fee simple subject to reversion or right of reentry 
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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