[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4627 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4627

  To validate certain conveyances made by the Union Pacific Railroad 
Company of lands located in Reno, Nevada, that were originally conveyed 
  by the United States to facilitate construction of transcontinental 
                   railroads, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 17, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To validate certain conveyances made by the Union Pacific Railroad 
Company of lands located in Reno, Nevada, that were originally conveyed 
  by the United States to facilitate construction of transcontinental 
                   railroads, 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. VALIDATION OF RAIL CORRIDOR REAL PROPERTY CONVEYANCES, RENO, 
              NEVADA.

    (a) Validation.--
            (1) Conveyances covered by memorandum of understanding.--
        The land conveyances that were made, or are to be made, to the 
        City of Reno, Nevada, by the Union Pacific Railroad Company 
        pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding for Reno Rail 
        Corridor, as amended, entered into on December 1, 1998, between 
        the City of Reno and the Union Pacific Railroad Company, and 
        that comprise approximately 120 acres of land originally 
        granted by the United States to the predecessor of the Union 
        Pacific Railroad Company to facilitate construction of 
        transcontinental railroads are hereby valid to the extent that 
        the conveyances would have been valid had the land involved in 
        the conveyances been held by the Union Pacific Railroad Company 
        in absolute or fee-simple title at the time of the conveyances.
            (2) Additional conveyance.--The land conveyance made to the 
        City of Reno, Nevada, by CTB Inc., a Nevada Corporation, in the 
        grant, bargain, and sale deed dated October 22, 2002, and 
        involving a parcel of land situated in the NW\1/4\SW\1/4\ of 
        Section 11, Township 19 North, Range 9 East, Mount Diablo base 
        and meridian, is hereby valid to the extent that the conveyance 
        would have been valid had the land involved in the conveyance 
        been held by CTB Inc. in absolute or fee-simple title at the 
        time of the conveyance.
    (b) Release of United States Interests.--All right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to the land described in 
subsection (a) are hereby released to the City of Reno, without 
consideration.
    (c) Filing of Instruments.--As soon as practicable after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall file 
for recordation in the real property records of Washoe County, Nevada, 
such instruments as may be necessary to document the validation of the 
land conveyances described in subsection (a) and the release of the 
interests of the United States under subsection (b).
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