[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 400 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 400

To provide for the conveyance of the Western Cotton Research Laboratory 
  in Phoenix, Arizona, to the nonprofit organizations that originally 
 provided the real property for the laboratory, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 2005

  Mr. Pastor introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the conveyance of the Western Cotton Research Laboratory 
  in Phoenix, Arizona, to the nonprofit organizations that originally 
 provided the real property for the laboratory, 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 ``Western Cotton Research Laboratory 
Conveyance Act''.

SEC. 2. LAND CONVEYANCE, WESTERN COTTON RESEARCH LABORATORY, PHOENIX, 
              ARIZONA.

    (a) Conveyance Required.--As soon as practicable after the 
completion of Agricultural Research Service operations at the Western 
Cotton Research Laboratory located at 4135 East Broadway Road in 
Phoenix, Arizona, the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey, without 
consideration, to the Arizona Cotton Growers Association and to Supima 
(the successor of the Arizona Cotton Planting Seed Distributors) all 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the real 
property at that location, including improvements thereon. The real 
property was originally conveyed to the United States by the Arizona 
Cotton Growers Association and the Arizona Cotton Planting Seed 
Distributors in 1966 for nominal consideration.
    (b) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal 
description of the real property to be conveyed under subsection (a) 
shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. The cost 
of the survey, as well as any other administrative costs incurred in 
connection with the conveyance, shall be borne by the Secretary.
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