[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 701 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 701

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 1995

 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. LAND CONVEYANCE, ROLLA RANGER DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE SITE, 
              ROLLA, MISSOURI.

    (a) Conveyance Authorized.--Subject to the terms and conditions 
specified in this section, the Secretary of Agriculture may sell to the 
city of Rolla, Missouri (in this section referred to as the ``City''), 
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 ten 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.
    (b) Consideration.--As consideration for the conveyance under 
subsection (a), the City shall pay to the Secretary an amount equal to 
the fair market value of the property as determined by an appraisal 
acceptable to the Secretary and prepared in accordance with the Uniform 
Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisition as published by the 
Department of Justice. Payment shall be due in full within six months 
after the date the conveyance is made or, at the option of the City, in 
twenty 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.
    (c) Deposit of Funds Received.--Funds received by the Secretary 
under subsection (b) as consideration for the conveyance shall be 
deposited into the special fund in the Treasury authorized by the Act 
of December 4, 1967 (16 U.S.C. 484a, commonly known as the Sisk Act). 
Such funds shall be available, subject to appropriation, until expended 
by the Secretary.
    (d) Release.--Subject to compliance with all Federal environmental 
laws prior to transfer, the City, upon conveyance of the property under 
subsection (a), 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.
    (e) Reversion.--The conveyance under subsection (a) shall be made 
by quitclaim deed in fee simple subject to reversion to the United 
States and right of reentry upon such conditions as may be prescribed 
by the Secretary in the deed of conveyance or in the event the City 
fails to comply with the compensation requirements specified in 
subsection (b).
    (f) Conversion of Historic Resources.--In consultation with the 
State Historic Preservation Office of the State of Missouri, the 
Secretary shall ensure that the historic resources on the property to 
be conveyed are conserved by requiring, at the closing on the 
conveyance of the property, that the City convey an historic 
preservation easement to the State of Missouri assuring the right of 
the State to enter the property for historic preservation purposes. The 
historic preservation easement shall be negotiated between the State of 
Missouri and the City, and the conveyance of the easement shall be a 
condition to the conveyance authorized under subsection (a). The 
protection of the historic resources on the conveyed property shall be 
the responsibility of the State of Missouri and the City, and not that 
of the Secretary.
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