[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1381 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1381

 To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey lands acquired for the 
              Candy Lake project, Osage County, Oklahoma.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 5, 1997

  Mr. Nickles introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey lands acquired for the 
              Candy Lake project, Osage County, Oklahoma.

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

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (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 a parcel of land, as determined by a 
        qualified, independent land appraiser.
            (2) Previous owner of land.--The term ``previous owner of 
        land'' means a person (including a corporation) that conveyed, 
        or a descendant of an individual who conveyed, land to the Army 
        Corps of Engineers for use in the Candy Lake project in Osage 
        County, Oklahoma.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Army.

SEC. 2. LAND CONVEYANCES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Real Estate 
Division of the Tulsa District, Army Corps of Engineers, shall convey, 
in accordance with this section, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the land acquired by the United States for the 
Candy Lake project in Osage County, Oklahoma.
    (b) Previous Owners of Land.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall give a previous owner 
        of land first option to purchase the land described in 
        subsection (a) that was owned by the previous owner of land or 
        by the individual from whom the previous owner of land is 
        descended.
            (2) Application.--
                    (A) In general.--A previous owner of land that 
                desires to purchase the land described in subsection 
                (a) that was owned by the previous owner of land, or by 
                the individual from whom the previous owner of land is 
                descended, shall file an application to purchase the 
                land with the Secretary not later than 180 days after 
                the official date of notice to the previous owner of 
                land under section 3.
                    (B) First to file has first option.--If more than 1 
                application is filed for a parcel of land described in 
                subsection (a), first options to purchase the parcel of 
                land shall be allotted in the order in which 
                applications for the parcel of land were filed.
            (3) Identification of previous owners of land.--As soon as 
        practicable after the date of 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 the land.
    (c) Disposal.--Any land described in subsection (a) for which an 
application has not been filed under subsection (b)(2) within the 
applicable time period shall be disposed of in accordance with the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 
et seq.).
    (d) Extinguishment of Easements.--All flowage easements acquired by 
the United States for use in the Candy Lake project in Osage County, 
Oklahoma, are extinguished.

SEC. 3. NOTICE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall notify--
            (1) each person identified as a previous owner of land 
        under section 2(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 enactment of this Act, by publication in the Federal 
        Register.
    (b) Contents of Notice.--Notice under this section shall include--
            (1) a copy of this Act;
            (2) information sufficient to separately identify each 
        parcel of land subject to this Act; and
            (3) specification of 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 on which actual notice is mailed; or
            (2) the date of publication of the notice in the Federal 
        Register.
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