[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2069 Referred in House (RFH)]

  2d Session
                                S. 2069


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 6, 2000

                 Referred to the Committee on Resources

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

            Passed the Senate October 5 (legislative day, September 
      22), 2000.

            Attest:

                                                    GARY SISCO,

                                                             Secretary.