[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1784 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1784

     To validate certain conveyances made by the Southern Pacific 
 Transportation Company within the cities of Reno, Nevada, and Tulare, 
                  California, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 7, 1995

 Mrs. Vucanovich (for herself and Mr. Thomas of California) introduced 
      the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To validate certain conveyances made by the Southern Pacific 
 Transportation Company within the cities of Reno, Nevada, and Tulare, 
                  California, and for other purposes.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LEGALIZATION OF CERTAIN CONVEYANCES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
subject to section 2, the following conveyances are hereby validated to 
the extent that the conveyances would have been legal or valid if the 
land involved in the conveyances had been held by the Southern Pacific 
Transportation Company, or its subsidiaries, predecessors, successors 
or assigns, under absolute or fee-simple title:
            (1) Conveyances of parcels from the lands described in 
        subsection (b) made by the Southern Pacific Transportation 
        Company or its subsidiaries, predecessors, successors or 
        assigns, on or before January 1, 1995.
            (2) Conveyances of parcels from the lands described in 
        subsection (b) made after January 1, 1995, by the Southern 
        Pacific Transportation Company, or its successors or assigns, 
        to the Redevelopment Agency of the city of Tulare or the 
        Redevelopment Agency of the city of Reno.
    (b) Lands Described.--The lands referred to in subsection (a) are 
the lands that--
            (1) formed part of a railroad right-of-way granted to the 
        Central Pacific Railroad Company of California or the Southern 
        Pacific Railroad Company, or their successors or assigns, by 
        the Federal Government; and
            (2)(A) are located within the boundaries of the Downtown 
        Redevelopment Area of the city of Reno, Nevada (as defined and 
        determined by the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation 
        with the appropriate official of the city of Reno, Nevada); or
            (B) are located within the boundaries of Amended Urban 
        Renewal Plan for California A-8-1 (the Downtown Plan) adopted 
        by the city of Tulare (as defined and determined by the 
        Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the appropriate 
        official of the city of Tulare, California).

SEC. 2. FILING OF INSTRUMENTS.

    As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall file for recordations in the real property records of 
Tulare County, California, and Washoes County, Nevada, such instruments 
as are necessary to document the legal interests validated under 
section 1.
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