[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4545 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4545

 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the Pat Harrison 
 Waterway District approximately 8,307 acres of National Forest System 
  land within the Bienville National Forests in Mississippi, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2014

Mr. Harper (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Nunnelee, and 
 Mr. Palazzo) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the Pat Harrison 
 Waterway District approximately 8,307 acres of National Forest System 
  land within the Bienville National Forests in Mississippi, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Mid-Mississippi Conservation, 
Recreation and Development Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE TO THE PAT HARRISON WATERWAY DISTRICT OF THE STATE 
              OF MISSISSIPPI.

    (a) Conveyance.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall convey to the 
Pat Harrison Waterway District, without consideration, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the approximately 
8,307 acres of National Forest System land within the Bienville 
National Forests of Mississippi identified as ``Oakohay/Little Oakohay 
Lake, Smith County, Mississippi'' on the map entitled ``Mid-Mississippi 
Conservation, Recreation and Development'' and dated April 2, 2014.
    (b) Survey.--If determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be 
necessary, the exact acreage and legal description of the National 
Forest System land shall be determined by a survey approved by the 
Secretary.
    (c) Use of Land.--As a condition of the conveyance under subsection 
(a), the Pat Harrison Waterway District shall use the land conveyed 
under subsection (a) only for public purposes consistent with the laws 
of the State of Mississippi.
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