[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2689 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2689

    To correct an oversight in earlier legislation by directing the 
National Park Service to grant to three individuals a right of use and 
          occupancy of certain property on Santa Cruz Island.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 21, 1997

  Mr. Pombo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To correct an oversight in earlier legislation by directing the 
National Park Service to grant to three individuals a right of use and 
          occupancy of certain property on Santa Cruz Island.

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

SECTION 1. SANTA CRUZ ISLAND; ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF USE AND OCCUPANCY.

    Section 202(e) of Public Law 96-199 (16 U.S.C. 410ff-1(e)) is 
amended by adding the following at the end thereof:
    ``(5) In the case of the real property referred to in paragraph 
(1), in addition to the rights of use and occupancy reserved under 
paragraph (1) and set forth in Instrument 90-027494, upon the enactment 
of this paragraph, the Secretary shall grant identical rights of use 
and occupancy to Mr. Francis Gherini of Ventura, California, the 
previous owner of the real property, and to each of the two grantors 
identified in Instrument No. 92-102117 recorded in the Official Records 
of the County of Santa Barbara, California. The use and occupancy 
rights granted to Mr. Francis Gherini shall be for a term of 25 years 
from the date of the enactment of this paragraph. The Secretary shall 
grant such rights without consideration and shall execute and record 
such instruments as necessary to vest such rights in such individuals 
as promptly as practicable, but no later than 90 days, after the 
enactment of this paragraph.''.
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