[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2341 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2341

  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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 24 (legislative day, April 23), 2012

   Mr. Bennet (for himself and Mr. Udall of Colorado) 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 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.

    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) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Company.--The term ``Company'' means the Manitou and 
        Pikes Peak Railway Company, the successor in interest to the 
        Mt. Manitou Park and Incline Railway Company.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture.
    (b) Authority To Accept.--Notwithstanding the Act of March 8, 1922 
(43 U.S.C. 912), the Secretary may accept the quitclaim, disclaimer, 
and relinquishment by the Company of the right-of-way described in 
subsection (c).
    (c) Description of Right-of-Way.--The right-of-way referred to in 
subsection (b) is the right-of-way within and adjacent to the Pike 
National Forest in El Paso County, Colorado, that--
            (1) was originally granted by the Secretary to the Company 
        under the Act of March 3, 1875 (18 Stat. 482, chapter 152) for 
        the construction of a railroad and station in El Paso County, 
        Colorado;
            (2) is located in the S\1/2\ sec. 6, T. 14 S., R. 67 W., 
        and N\1/2\SE \1/4\ sec. 1, T. 14 S., R. 68 W., of the sixth 
        principal meridian; and
            (3) is depicted in a tracing filed as file number 019416 in 
        the United States Land Office at Pueblo, Colorado, on December 
        24, 1914.
    (d) Limited Applicability.--Nothing in this section affects the 
right, title, and interest of the Company in and to land held in fee 
title by the Company.
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