[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1658 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1658

    To amend the Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act to 
   validate additional conveyances of certain lands in the State of 
  California that form part of the right-of-way granted by the United 
States to facilitate the construction of the transcontinental railway, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 7, 2003

  Mr. Pombo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act to 
   validate additional conveyances of certain lands in the State of 
  California that form part of the right-of-way granted by the United 
States to facilitate the construction of the transcontinental railway, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance 
Validation Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. VALIDATION OF ADDITIONAL RAILROAD CONVEYANCES, SAN JOAQUIN 
              COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

    Section 4 of the Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act 
(Private Law 103-2; 108 Stat. 5061) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraphs:
            ``(9) The conveyance entered into between the Central 
        Pacific Railway Company and the Southern Pacific Transportation 
        Company and the Bank of America, as trustee of the last will 
        and testament of Aaron Herschel, recorded September 27, 1945, 
        in volume 942 at page 104 of the official records of the county 
        of San Joaquin.
            ``(10) The conveyance entered into between the Central 
        Pacific Railway Company and the Southern Pacific Transportation 
        Company and the Tri-Valley Packing Association, recorded 
        November 13, 1957, in volume 2016 at page 149 of the official 
        records of the county of San Joaquin.''.
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