[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3027 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3027

  To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase and transfer 
                             certain land.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 12, 2000

 Mr. Thurmond (for himself and Mr. Hollings) introduced the following 
      bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase and transfer 
                             certain land.

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

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TO PURCHASE AND 
              TRANSFER LAND.

    Subject to the availability of funds appropriated to the 
Agricultural Research Service, the Secretary of Agriculture may--
            (1) purchase a tract of land in the State of South Carolina 
        that is contiguous to land owned on the date of enactment of 
        this Act by the Department of Agriculture, acting through the 
        Coastal Plains Soil, Water, and Plant Research Center of the 
        Agricultural Research Service; and
            (2) transfer land owned by the Department of Agriculture to 
        the Florence Darlington Technical College, South Carolina, in 
        exchange for land owned by the College.
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