[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 509 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 509

  To direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the personal 
   representative of the estate of Fred Steffens of Big Horn County, 
     Wyoming, certain land comprising the Steffens family property.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 1999

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the personal 
   representative of the estate of Fred Steffens of Big Horn County, 
     Wyoming, certain land comprising the Steffens family property.

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

SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF STEFFENS FAMILY PROPERTY.

    (a) Conveyance.--Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of 
the Interior is directed to issue, without consideration, a quitclaim 
deed to Marie Wambeke of Big Horn County, Wyoming, the personal 
representative of the estate of Fred Steffens, to the land described in 
subsection (b): Provided, That all minerals underlying such land are 
hereby reserved to the United States.
    (b) Land Description.--The land referred to in subsection (a) is 
the approximately 80-parcel known as ``Farm Unit C'' in the E\1/2\NW\1/
4\ of Section 27 in Township 57 North, Range 97 West, 6th Principal 
Meridian, Wyoming.
    (c) Revocation of Withdrawal.--The Bureau of Reclamation withdrawal 
for the Shoshone Reclamation Project under Secretrial Order dated 
October 21, 1913, is hereby revoked with respect to the lands described 
in subsection (b).
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