[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1718 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1718

To provide for the conveyance of certain lands in Wyoming to the County 
                           of Park, Wyoming.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 1997

  Mrs. Cubin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the conveyance of certain lands in Wyoming to the County 
                           of Park, Wyoming.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The 190.12 acres described in subsection (e) are in the 
        public domain, withdrawn from public domain for reclamation 
        purposes, and managed by the Bureau of Reclamation.
            (2) The land to be conveyed under this Act has been subject 
        to a Withdrawal Review, a Level I Contaminant Survey, 
        Historical, Cultural and Archaeological Resource Surveys by the 
        Bureau of Reclamation.
            (3) The Bureau of Land Management has conducted a Cadastral 
        Survey of the lands and has determined that the land is no 
        longer suitable for return to the public domain.
            (4) The Bureau of Reclamation and the Bureau of Land 
        Management concur in their recommendation of disposal of the 
        190.12 acres described therein.

SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE.

    (a) Conveyance.--The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter 
referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall convey, without consideration, 
to the County of Park, Wyoming (hereafter in this section referred to 
as the ``County'') all right, title, and interest of the United States, 
in and to a parcel of real property, excluding any improvements 
thereon, consisting of 190.12 acres located in Park County, Wyoming, as 
described in subsection (e), such conveyance shall reserve all rights 
to locatable, salable, and leasable oil and gas reserves, and shall be 
subject to any existing land use leases, easements, rights-of-way, and 
special use permits.
    (b) Environmental Liability.--The United States has in good faith 
exercised due diligence and determined that the conveyed lands are free 
of any environmental contamination according to any laws, statutes, and 
regulations of record and, therefore, the United States agrees to hold 
harmless and release from all liability any future owners of the 
conveyed lands from any environmental law, statute, and regulatory 
violations or contaminant problems arising from any action, or inaction 
of those previous tenants that had vacated their lease prior to 
conveyance of said lands. Tenants or owners of leases at the time of 
conveyance, or thereafter shall be responsible and liable for any 
environmental law, statute, and regulatory violations or contaminant 
problems resulting from their action, or inaction subsequent to the 
conveyance of said lands.
    (c) Condition of Conveyance.--The conveyance authorized under 
subsection (a) shall be subject to the condition that the county use 
the property conveyed under that subsection for economic development, 
or transfer the property to a local organization formed for the purpose 
of economic development.
    (d) Reversionary Interest.--During the 5-year period beginning on 
the date that the Secretary makes the conveyance authorized under 
subsection (a), if the Secretary determines that the conveyed property 
is not being used in accordance with subsection (c), all right, title, 
and interest in and to the conveyed property, excluding any 
improvements thereon, and subject to any existing land use leases, 
easements, rights-of-way, and special use permits, shall revert to the 
United States and the United States shall have the right of immediate 
entry onto the property.
    (e) Description of Property.--The exact total acreage is 190.12 
acres and the legal description of the property conveyed, as determined 
by a Cadastral Survey, is as follows:

             Sixth Principal Meridian, Park County, Wyoming

T. 53 N., R. 101 W.                                             Acreage
        Section 20, S\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\............        5.00
        Section 29, Lot 7..................................        9.91
                 Lot 9.....................................       38.24
                 Lot 10....................................       31.29
                 Lot 12....................................        5.78
                 Lot 13....................................        8.64
                 Lot 14....................................         .04
                 Lot 15....................................        9.73
                 S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\...............        5.00
                 SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.....................       10.00
                 SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.....................       10.00
                 NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\.....................       10.00
                 Tract 101.................................       13.24
        Section 30, Lot 31.................................       16.95
                 Lot 32....................................       16.30
    (f) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may require 
such additional terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance 
under this section as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect 
the interests of the United States.
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