[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 785 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 785

       To convey certain land to the City of Grants Pass, Oregon.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 1997

Mr. Smith of Oregon 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 convey certain land to the City of Grants Pass, Oregon.

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

SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF BLM LAND TO GRANTS PASS, OREGON.

    (a) Conveyance Required.--Effective on the date the City of Grants 
Pass, Oregon tenders to the Secretary of the Interior an 
indemnification agreement and without monetary compensation, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the real property 
described in subsection (b) is conveyed, by operation of law, to the 
City of Grants Pass, Oregon (in this section referred to as the 
``City'').
    (b) Property Described.--The real property referred to in 
subsection (a) is that parcel of land depicted on the map entitled 
``______________'' and dated ______________, 1997, consisting of--
            (1) approximately 200 acres of Bureau of Land Management 
        land on which the City has operated a landfill under lease; and
            (2) approximately 120 acres of Bureau of Land Management 
        land that area adjacent to the land described in subparagraph 
        (1).
    (c) Consideration.--As consideration for the conveyance under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall require the City to agree to 
indemnify the Government of the United States for all liability of the 
Government that arises from the property.
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