[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 528 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 528

  To provide for the transfer of certain United States Forest Service 
  lands located in Lincoln County, Montana, to Lincoln County in the 
                           State of Montana.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                March 9 (legislative day, March 3), 1993

   Mr. Burns introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the transfer of certain United States Forest Service 
  lands located in Lincoln County, Montana, to Lincoln County in the 
                           State of Montana.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lincoln County, Montana, Public 
Lands Transfer Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF PUBLIC LANDS.

    The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter in this Act referred to 
as the ``Secretary'') shall transfer in accordance with this Act 
approximately three hundred forty acres of public lands generally 
depicted in section 3 of this Act within ninety days of this Act 
becoming law.

SEC. 3. LAND TRANSFER TO LINCOLN COUNTY, MONTANA.

    (a) Transfer.--The Secretary shall transfer, without consideration, 
all right, title, and interest, both surface and subsurface, the 
following areas of the United States to Lincoln County, Montana:
            (1) Approximately 99.5 acres of public lands described as 
        SW \1/4\ SW \1/4\, N \1/2\ SE \1/4\ SW \1/4\, SW \1/4\ SE \1/4\ 
        SW \1/4\. NW \1/4\ S/E \1/4\ SW \1/4\ of Section 35, T31N, 
        R31W, PMM, commonly referred to as the old Libby Airport across 
        State Highway 37 from the Libby Ranger Station, and SE \1/4\ SE 
        \1/4\ of Section 34, except that portion lying north and west 
        of the centerline of State Highway 37.
            (2) Approximately 11 acres of public lands located in the 
        Section 11, T36N, R27W, PMM, being that portion of Tracts 1 and 
        2 of Plat Number 500, Lincoln County Records, currently being 
        occupied by the Lincoln County improvements. Said tract is 
        subject to prior conveyance recorded in Microfilm Book 122, 
        Page 903, Lincoln County Records.
            (3) Approximately 2 acres of such lands which is a portion 
        of the NE \1/4\ SW \1/4\ of Section 23, T37N, R31W, commonly 
        referred to as the Boyd Cemetery.
            (4) Timber and mineral rights at the new Libby Airport 
        located in Sections 7 and 8, Twp, R30W, PMM.
            (5) Approximately 30 acres of such lands, T30N, R31W, PMM 
        of Section 9; NE \1/4\ NW \1/4\ NW \1/4\, N \1/2\ NE \1/4\ 
        NW\1/4\, comprising a portion of the campus of the Libby Junior 
        High School.
            (6) Approximately 27.68 acres which is described as Tract 
        A100-1 on Certificate of Survey numbered 1511.
            (7) Approximately 40 acres which are currently leased from 
        the Forest Service contained in T31N, R31W, Section 28, NE \1/
        4\ NE \1/4\; approximately 20 acres of T31N, R31W, Section 21, 
        S \1/2\ SE \1/4\ SE \1/4\; approximately 25 acres of T31N, 
        R31W, Section 27, W \1/2\ NW \1/4\ NW \1/4\ and N \1/2\ NW \1/
        4\ SW \1/4\ NW \1/4\; approximately 85 acres of T31N, R31W, 
        Section 28, E \1/2\ NE \1/4\ NW \1/4\ and NW \1/4\ NE \1/4\ and 
        N \1/2\ NE \1/4\ SE \1/4\ NW \1/4\ and N \1/2\ N \1/2\ SW \1/4\ 
        NE \1/4\ and N \1/2\ NW \1/4\ SE \1/4\ NE \1/4\ and N \1/2\ NE 
        \1/4\ SE \1/4\ NE \1/4\.

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