[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3245 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3245

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 19, 2018

 Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. Cruz) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require 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 Fannin County, 
        Texas.
            (2) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Lake 
        Fannin Conveyance'' and dated November 21, 2013.
            (3) National forest system land.--The term ``National 
        Forest System land'' means the approximately 2,025 acres of 
        National Forest System land generally depicted on the map.
            (4) 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 requirements of this section, if 
the County submits to the Secretary a written request for conveyance of 
the National Forest System land 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 the National 
Forest System land.
    (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 the Secretary 
        determines appropriate to protect the interests of the United 
        States.
    (d) Use.--As a condition of the conveyance under subsection (a), 
the County shall agree to manage the land conveyed under that 
subsection for a public purpose.
    (e) Costs.--As a condition of the conveyance under subsection (a), 
the County shall pay for all costs associated with the conveyance, 
including the costs of--
            (1) the survey required under subsection (f); and
            (2) any environmental analysis and resource surveys 
        required under Federal law.
    (f) 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) Cadastral surveys.--The Secretary may perform and 
        approve any cadastral surveys required to be conducted as part 
        of a survey under paragraph (1).
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