[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2204 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2204

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 26, 2006

 Mr. Ensign (for himself and Mr. Reid) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural 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 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 NWSW of Section 11, 
        Township 19 North, Range 9 East, Mount Diablo base and 
        meridian, is 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 released to the City of Reno, without consideration.
    (c) Filing of Instruments.--As soon as practicable after the date 
of 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--
            (1) the validation of the land conveyances described in 
        subsection (a); and
            (2) the release of the interests of the United States under 
        subsection (b).
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