[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5966 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5966

                A bill to convey certain locks and dams.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 8, 2016

 Mr. Guthrie introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
                A bill to convey certain locks and dams.

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

SECTION 1. LOCKS AND DAMS.

    (a) In General.--Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, 
the project for navigation at the locks and dams identified in the 
Report of the Chief of Engineers dated April 30, 2015, and titled 
``Green River Locks and Dams 3, 4, 5 and 6 and Barren River Lock and 
Dam 1, Kentucky'' shall no longer be authorized, and the lands and 
improvements associated with the locks and dams shall be disposed of 
consistent with subsection (b) and subject to such terms and conditions 
as the Secretary of the Army determines to be necessary and appropriate 
in the public interest.
    (b) Authority To Convey.--
            (1) Green river locks and dams 3 and 4.--All right, title, 
        and interest of the United States in and to Green River Lock 
        and Dam 3, located in Ohio County and Muhlenberg County 
        Kentucky, together with improvements associated therewith, 
        shall be conveyed by the Secretary to the Rochester Dam 
        Regional Water Commission. All right, title, and interest of 
        the United States in and to Green River Lock and Dam 4, located 
        in Butler County, Kentucky, together with improvements 
        associated therewith, shall be conveyed by the Secretary to 
        Butler County.
            (2) Green river lock and dam 5.--Green River Lock and Dam 
        5, located in Butler County and Warren County, Kentucky, shall 
        be conveyed by the Secretary to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, a 
        political subdivision thereof, or a 501(c)(3) non-governmental 
        organization.
            (3) Green river lock and dam 6.--The Secretary shall 
        transfer administrative jurisdiction over that portion of the 
        Green River Lock and Dam 6, Edmonson County, Kentucky, that is 
        located on the left descending bank of the Green River, 
        together with any improvements associated therewith, to the 
        Department of the Interior for inclusion in the Mammoth Cave 
        National Park, Kentucky. All right, title, and interest of the 
        United States in and to that portion of the Green River Lock 
        and Dam 6, Edmonson County, Kentucky, that is located on the 
        right descending bank of the Green River, together with any 
        improvements associated therewith, shall be conveyed by the 
        Secretary to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife 
        Resources.
            (4) Barren river lock and dam 1.--All right, title, and 
        interest of the United States in and to Barren River Lock and 
        Dam 1, located in Warren County, Kentucky, together with any 
        improvements associated therewith, shall be conveyed by the 
        Secretary to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife 
        Resources.
    (c) Surveys.--The exact acreage and legal descriptions of any lands 
to be disposed of, transferred or conveyed under this section shall be 
determined by surveys satisfactory to the Secretary.
    (d) Quit Claim Deed.--Conveyances under subsection (b) shall be 
accomplished by quitclaim deed and without consideration.
    (e) Reversion.--If the Secretary determines that the land conveyed 
under subsection (b) ceases to be owned by the public, all right, 
title, and interest in and to the land shall revert, at the discretion 
of the Secretary, to the United States.
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