[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5525 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5525

  To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain National 
               Forest System land in the State of Texas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 16, 2018

Mr. Ratcliffe 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 transfer certain National 
               Forest System land in the State of Texas.

    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 ``Lake Fannin Conveyance Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) County.--The term ``County'' means the County of 
        Fannin, Texas.
            (2) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Lake 
        Fannin Conveyance'' and dated November 21, 2013.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.

SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF LAND AND IMPROVEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Subject to the provisions of this Act, if the 
County submits a written request for conveyance not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall convey to 
the County all right, title, and interest of the United States in and 
to approximately 2,025 acres of National Forest System land, as 
generally depicted on the map.
    (b) Map.--
            (1) Availability of map.--The map shall be kept on file and 
        available for public inspection in the appropriate office of 
        the Forest Service.
            (2) Correction of errors.--The Secretary may correct minor 
        errors in the map.
    (c) Terms and Conditions.--The conveyance under subsection (a) 
shall be--
            (1) subject to valid existing rights;
            (2) made without consideration;
            (3) made by quitclaim deed; and
            (4) subject to any other terms and conditions as the 
        Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the 
        United States.
    (d) Costs.--As a condition for the conveyance under subsection (a), 
the County shall pay for all costs associated with the conveyance, 
including--
            (1) the survey to Federal standards required by subsection 
        (e); and
            (2) any environmental analysis and resource surveys 
        determined necessary by Federal law.
    (e) Survey.--
            (1) In general.--The actual acreage and legal description 
        of the National Forest System land to be conveyed under 
        subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to 
        the Secretary.
            (2) Casastral surveys.--The Secretary may perform and 
        approve any cadastral surveys required to be conducted for 
        purposes of the conveyance referred to in paragraph (1).
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