[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7818 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7818

To exempt certain structures from removal from Army Corps of Engineers 
          property on Table Rock Lake, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2024

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To exempt certain structures from removal from Army Corps of Engineers 
          property on Table Rock Lake, 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 ``Table Rock Lake Property Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TABLE ROCK LAKE ENCROACHMENT.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall--
            (1) suspend any activities to require eligible property 
        owners to remove eligible structures; and
            (2) offer to an eligible property owner a conveyance or 
        release that--
                    (A) for an eligible structure located on fee land, 
                conveys by quitclaim deed the minimum land required to 
                maintain the eligible structure, reserving the right to 
                flood the land, if applicable;
                    (B) for an eligible structure located on land 
                subject to a flowage easement, releases by quitclaim 
                deed the easement prohibition; and
                    (C) provides that--
                            (i) the eligible structure shall not be 
                        extended further onto fee land or land subject 
                        to the flowage easement;
                            (ii) additional structures for human 
                        habitation shall not be placed on fee land or 
                        land subject to the flowage easement;
                            (iii) the United States shall not be liable 
                        or responsible for damage to the eligible 
                        structure caused by the operation of the Lake; 
                        and
                            (iv) no claim to compensation shall accrue 
                        from the exercise of any flowage easement 
                        right.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Easement prohibition.--The term ``easement 
        prohibition'' means the rights acquired by the United States, 
        in a flowage easement, to prohibit structures for human 
        habitation on land subject to the easement.
            (2) Eligible property owner.--The term ``eligible property 
        owner'' means a person who owns an eligible structure.
            (3) Eligible structure.--The term ``eligible structure'' 
        means a structure for human habitation, including a septic 
        system--
                    (A) that is located on fee land or land subject to 
                the flowage easement; and
                    (B) for which a license for right-of-way has been 
                provided by the Secretary and is in effect on the date 
                of enactment of this Act.
            (4) Fee land.--The term ``fee land'' means the land 
        acquired in fee title by the United States for the Lake.
            (5) Flowage easement.--The term ``flowage easement'' means 
        an interest in land acquired by the United States that includes 
        the right to flood land surrounding the Lake.
            (6) Lake.--The term ``Lake'' means the Table Rock Lake 
        project of the Corps of Engineers, located in Missouri and 
        Arkansas, authorized as one of the multiple-purpose reservoir 
        projects in the White River Basin by section 4 of the Act of 
        June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1218).
            (7) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers.
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