[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2443 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2443

 To provide for the release of any reversionary interest of the United 
            States in and to certain lands in Reno, Nevada.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 11, 2007

 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 provide for the release of any reversionary interest of the United 
            States in and to certain lands in Reno, Nevada.

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

SECTION 1. RAILROAD LANDS DEFINED.

    For the purposes of this Act, the term ``railroad lands'' means 
those lands within the City of Reno, Nevada, located within portions of 
sections 10, 11, and 12 of T.19 N., R. 19 E., and portions of section 7 
of T.19 N., R. 20 E., Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada, that were 
originally granted to the Union Pacific Railroad under the provisions 
of the Act of July 1, 1862, commonly known as the Union Pacific 
Railroad Act.

SEC. 2. RELEASE OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST.

    Any reversionary interests of the United States (including 
interests under the Act of July 1, 1862, commonly known as the Union 
Pacific Railroad Act) in and to the railroad lands as defined in 
section one of this Act are hereby released.
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