[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1223 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  1st Session
                                S. 1223

 To relinquish any interest that the United States may have in certain 
    land that was subject to a right-of-way that was granted to the 
predecessor of the Chicago and Northwestern Transportation Company, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            September 8 (legislative day, September 5), 1995

  Mr. Simpson 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 relinquish any interest that the United States may have in certain 
    land that was subject to a right-of-way that was granted to the 
predecessor of the Chicago and Northwestern Transportation Company, 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. RELINQUISHMENT OF INTEREST.

    (a) In General.--The United States relinquishes all right, title, 
and interest that the United States may have in land that--
            (1) was subject to a right-of-way that was granted to the 
        predecessor of the Chicago and Northwestern Transportation 
        Company under the Act entitled ``An Act granting to railroads 
        the right of way through the public lands of the United 
        States'', approved March 3, 1875 (43 U.S.C. 934 et seq.), which 
        right of way the Company has conveyed to the city of Douglas, 
        Wyoming; and
            (2) is located within the boundaries of the city limits of 
        the city of Douglas, Wyoming, or between the right-of-way of 
        Interstate 25 and the city limits of the city of Douglas, 
        Wyoming,
as determined by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with the 
appropriate officials of the city of Douglas, Wyoming.
    (b) Conveyance.--As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall file for recordation 
in the real property records of Converse County, Wyoming, a deed or 
other appropriate form of instrument conveying to the city of Douglas, 
Wyoming, all right, title, and interest in the land described in 
subsection (a).
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