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[S. 2069 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.2069

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand


                                 An Act


 
      To permit the conveyance of certain land in Powell, Wyoming.

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

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF PUBLIC PURPOSE CONDITION.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
        (1) the parcel of land described in subsection (c) was patented 
    to the town (now City) of Powell, Wyoming, by the United States 
    General Land Office on October 17, 1934, to help establish a town 
    near the Shoshone Irrigation Project;
        (2) the land was patented with the condition that it be used 
    forever for a public purpose, as required by section 3 of the Act 
    of April 16, 1906 (43 U.S.C. 566);
        (3) the land has been used to house the Powell Volunteer Fire 
    Department, which serves the firefighting and rescue needs of a 577 
    square mile area in northwestern Wyoming;
        (4) the land is located at the corner of U.S. Highway 14 and 
    the main street of the business district of the City;
        (5) because of the high traffic flow in the area, the location 
    is no longer safe for the public or for the fire department;
        (6) in response to population growth in the area and to 
    National Fire Protection Association regulations, the fire 
    department has purchased new firefighting equipment that is much 
    larger than the existing fire hall can accommodate;
        (7) accordingly, the fire department must construct a new fire 
    department facility at a new and safe location;
        (8) in order to relocate and construct a new facility, the City 
    must sell the land to assist in financing the new fire department 
    facility; and
        (9) the Secretary of the Interior concurs that it is in the 
    public interest to eliminate the public purpose condition to enable 
    the land to be sold for that purpose.
    (b) Elimination of Condition.--
        (1) Waiver.--The condition stated in section 3 of the Act of 
    April 16, 1906 (43 U.S.C. 566), that land conveyed under that Act 
    be used forever for a public purpose is waived insofar as the 
    condition applies to the land described in subsection (c).
        (2) Instruments.--The Secretary of the Interior shall execute 
    and cause to be recorded in the appropriate land records any 
    instruments necessary to evidence the waiver made by paragraph (1).
    (c) Land Description.--The parcel of land described in this 
subsection is a parcel of land located in Powell, Park County, Wyoming, 
the legal description of which is as follows: Lot 23, Block 54, in the 
original town of Powell, according to the plat recorded in Book 82 of 
plats, Page 252, according to the records of the County Clerk and 
Recorder of Park County, State of Wyoming.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.