[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2246 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2246

  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

                              May 9, 2007

Mr. Heller of Nevada introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on 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, as depicted on 
        the map entitled ``Release of Land to City of Reno, Nevada'' 
        prepared by the Bureau of Land Management and dated May 2, 
        2007, which were 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 19 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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