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[H.R. 4073 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 434
112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4073

                          [Report No. 112-599]

  To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to accept the quitclaim, 
 disclaimer, and relinquishment of a railroad right of way within and 
     adjacent to Pike National Forest in El Paso County, Colorado, 
originally granted to the Mt. Manitou Park and Incline Railway Company 
                 pursuant to the Act of March 3, 1875.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 17, 2012

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

                             July 17, 2012

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           February 17, 2012]


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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to accept the quitclaim, 
 disclaimer, and relinquishment of a railroad right of way within and 
     adjacent to Pike National Forest in El Paso County, Colorado, 
originally granted to the Mt. Manitou Park and Incline Railway Company 
                 pursuant to the Act of March 3, 1875.


 


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

SECTION 1. ACCEPTANCE OF RELINQUISHMENT OF RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY BY 
              MANITOU AND PIKES PEAK RAILWAY COMPANY, COLORADO, OVER 
              NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND.

    (a) Authority To Accept.--Notwithstanding the Act of March 8, 1922 
(43 U.S.C. 912), the Secretary of Agriculture may accept the quitclaim, 
disclaimer, and relinquishment by the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway 
Company, successor in interest to the Mt. Manitou Park and Incline 
Railway Company, of a right of way, more fully described in subsection 
(b), within and adjacent to Pike National Forest that was originally 
granted by the Secretary to the Mt. Manitou Park and Incline Railway 
Company pursuant to the authority provided by the Act of March 3, 1875 
(Chapter 152; 18 Stat. 482) for the construction of a railroad and 
station in El Paso County, Colorado.
    (b) Right of Way Described.--The railroad right of way referred to 
in subsection (a) is located in the S\1/2\ of section 6, Township 14 
South, Range 67 West, and N\1/2\SE \1/4\ of section 1, Township 14 
South, Range 68 West, Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado, and is 
depicted in a tracing filed in the United States Land Office at Pueblo, 
Colorado, file 019416, on December 24, 1914.
    (c) Limited Applicability.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to affect the right, title, and interest of the Manitou and 
Pikes Peak Railway Company in land held in fee title by the Manitou and 
Pikes Peak Railway Company.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 434

112th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4073

                          [Report No. 112-599]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to accept the quitclaim, 
 disclaimer, and relinquishment of a railroad right of way within and 
     adjacent to Pike National Forest in El Paso County, Colorado, 
originally granted to the Mt. Manitou Park and Incline Railway Company 
                 pursuant to the Act of March 3, 1875.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 17, 2012

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed