[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3366 Engrossed in House (EH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3366

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To provide for the release of the property interests retained by the 
 United States in certain land conveyed in 1954 by the United States, 
 acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, to the 
  State of Oregon for the establishment of the Hermiston Agricultural 
Research and Extension Center of Oregon State University in Hermiston, 
                                Oregon.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hermiston Reversionary Lands Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

     In this Act:
            (1) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map entitled 
        ``Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center'' and 
        dated April 7, 2014.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of 
        Land Management.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Oregon 
        (acting through the Oregon State Board of Higher Education on 
        behalf of Oregon State University).

SEC. 3. RELEASE OF PROPERTY INTERESTS IN BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LAND 
              CONVEYED TO THE STATE OF OREGON FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF 
              HERMISTON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER.

    (a) Release of Retained Interests.--Any reservation or reversionary 
interest retained by the United States to the approximately 290 acres 
in Hermiston, Oregon, depicted as ``Reversionary Interest Area'' on the 
Map, is hereby released without consideration.
    (b) Instrument of Release.--The Secretary shall execute and file in 
the appropriate office a deed of release, amended deed, or other 
appropriate instrument reflecting the release of retained interests 
under subsection (a).
    (c) Conveyance of Orphan Parcel.--Notwithstanding the land use 
planning requirements of sections 202 and 203 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712, 1713), not later 
than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a request 
from the State, the Secretary shall convey to the State, without 
consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States to 
and in the approximately 6 acres identified on the Map as ``Bureau of 
Land Management Administered Land''.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 28, 2014.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
113th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3366

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 To provide for the release of the property interests retained by the 
 United States in certain land conveyed in 1954 by the United States, 
 acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, to the 
  State of Oregon for the establishment of the Hermiston Agricultural 
Research and Extension Center of Oregon State University in Hermiston, 
                                Oregon.