[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2300 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2300

 To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey lands acquired for the 
           Sallisaw Creek project, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 1997

  Mr. Coburn introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey lands acquired for the 
           Sallisaw Creek project, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.

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

SECTION 1. LAND CONVEYANCES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army, through the Real Estate 
Division of the Tulsa District, United States Army Corps of Engineers, 
shall convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in and 
to land acquired by the United States for the Sallisaw Creek project in 
Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, in accordance with this Act.
    (b) Qualified Previous Owners of Land.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall give qualified 
        previous owners of land first option to purchase the land which 
        they previously owned.
            (2) Application.--
                    (A) In general.--To be eligible to purchase land 
                under this subsection, a qualified previous owner of 
                land shall file an application to purchase such land 
                with the Secretary not later than 180 days after 
                receiving notice pursuant to section 2.
                    (B) First to file has first option.--If more than 
                one application is filed for a parcel of land, the 
                first option to purchase such parcel of land shall be 
                allotted in the order in which the applications for 
                such parcel of land were filed.
            (3) Identification of previous owners.--As soon as 
        practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
        Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, identify each 
        previous owner of land.
            (4) Consideration.--Consideration for land conveyed under 
        this subsection shall be the fair market value of that land.
    (c) Public Auction.--Any parcel of land for which an application 
has not been filed pursuant to subsection (b)(2) within the applicable 
time period shall be sold at public auction.

SEC. 2. NOTICE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall notify--
            (1) each individual identified as a previous owner of land 
        pursuant to section 1(b)(3), not later than 30 days after 
        identification, by United States mail; and
            (2) the general public, not later than 30 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, by publication in the 
        Federal Register.
    (b) Content of Notice.--Notice under this section shall include--
            (1) a copy of the provisions of this Act;
            (2) information sufficient to separately identify each 
        parcel of land subject to this Act; and
            (3) the fair market value of each parcel of land subject to 
        this Act.
    (c) Official Date of Notice.--The official date of notice under 
this section shall be the later of--
            (1) the date upon which actual notice is mailed; or
            (2) the date of publication of the notice in the Federal 
        Register.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Fair market value.--The term ``fair market value'' 
        means the amount for which a willing buyer would purchase and a 
        willing seller would sell such land, as determined by a 
        qualified, independent land appraiser.
            (2) Previous owner of land.--The term ``previous owner of 
        land'' means a person who conveyed, and in the case of an 
        individual, a person whose parent conveyed, such land to the 
        United States for use in the Sallisaw Creek project in Sequoyah 
        County, Oklahoma.
            (3) Qualified previous owner of land.--The term ``qualified 
        previous owner of land'' means a previous owner of land who 
        demonstrates a willingness and ability to pay fair market value 
        for the land which was previously owned.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Army.
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