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                                                 Union Calendar No. 359
104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1784

                          [Report No. 104-691]

     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

                             July 18, 1996

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. LEGALIZATION OF CERTAIN CONVEYANCES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (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:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Lands Described.--The lands referred to in subsection 
(a) are the lands that</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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).</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. FILING OF INSTRUMENTS.</DELETED>

        <DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. LEGALIZATION OF CERTAIN CONVEYANCES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
subject to subsections (c) and (d), the following conveyances are 
hereby validated to the extent that the conveyances would have been 
legal or valid if all right, title, and interest of the United States 
had been held by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company at the 
time of such conveyances:
            (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; 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.
    (C) Minerals.--(1) The United States hereby reserves any federally-
owned minerals that may exist in land that is conveyed pursuant to this 
Act, including the right of the United States, and its assignees or 
lessees, to enter upon and utilize as much of the surface of such land 
as is necessary to remove minerals under the laws of the United States.
    (2) Any and all minerals reserved by paragraph (1) are hereby 
withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, and patent under the 
mining, mineral leasing, and geothermal leasing laws of the United 
States.
    (d) Takings of Private Land.--If the validation of any conveyance 
pursuant to subsection (a) would constitute a taking of the private 
property within the meaning of the Fifth Amendment to the United States 
Constitution, the validation of the conveyance shall be effective only 
upon payment by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company (or its 
subsidiaries, successors or assigns) to the Secretary of the Treasury 
of the fair market value of the property taken.




                                                 Union Calendar No. 359

104th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1784

                          [Report No. 104-691]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 18, 1996

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee on of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed