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

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3366

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 29, 2013

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 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. RELEASE OF RETAINED 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 in connection with the 
conveyance pursuant to the first and second sections of the Act of 
September 23, 1950 (chapter 1005; 64 Stat. 981) of certain land by the 
United States to the State of Oregon for the establishment of the 
Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center of Oregon State 
University in Hermiston, Oregon, is hereby released without 
consideration.
    (b) Instrument of Release.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, 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).
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