[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8145 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8145

 To require the Secretary of the Army to convey or lease certain land 
acquired for the Table Rock Lake project to owners of property located 
           adjacent to such project, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2024

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of the Army to convey or lease certain land 
acquired for the Table Rock Lake project to owners of property located 
           adjacent to such project, 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 Flexibility 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TABLE ROCK LAKE LEASE AGREEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Upon the request of an owner of covered property, 
the Secretary shall--
            (1) convey to such owner all right, title, and interest of 
        the United States in and to covered land; or
            (2) enter into a lease agreement with such owner for 
        covered land.
    (b) Consideration.--Any owner to which a conveyance is made under 
this section or who enters into a lease agreement under this section 
shall pay to the Secretary an amount that is not more than 150 percent 
of the fair market value of the covered land.
    (c) Conveyance Conditions.--The Secretary may not require, as a 
condition of conveying covered land under this section, an owner to 
remove any structures existing on such land.
    (d) Lease Conditions.--With respect to any covered land that is 
subject to a lease entered into under this section, the Secretary may 
not--
            (1) require the removal of any structures existing on such 
        land before the date on which the lease is entered into; or
            (2) prohibit or limit the installation of any structures on 
        such land after such date.
    (e) Lease Funds.--Any amounts generated from a lease agreement 
entered into under this section shall be used by the Secretary for 
infrastructure for recreational activities related to the Lake and 
maintenance of such infrastructure.
    (f) Liability.--
            (1) Conveyance.--An owner to which a conveyance is made 
        under this section shall hold the United States harmless from 
        any liability with respect to activities carried out, on or 
        after the date of the conveyance, on the land conveyed. The 
        United States shall remain responsible for any liability with 
        respect to activities carried out, before such date, on the 
        land conveyed.
            (2) Lease.--The United States shall not be liable or 
        responsible for damage to any structure that is installed on 
        covered land that is subject to a lease entered into under this 
        section.

SEC. 3. ALTERATIONS TO DOCKS ON TABLE ROCK LAKE.

    The Secretary may not prohibit any individual with a lease or 
easement for a dock located on the Lake from making alterations to such 
dock, or to the land adjacent to such dock, that make such dock 
accessible to individuals with disabilities.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Covered land.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``covered land'' means 
                the portion of fee land that is within a 100-foot 
                radius of any covered property and that is directly 
                linear to such covered property.
                    (B) Exclusion.--The term ``covered land'' does not 
                include land that is located within the flood plain of 
                the Lake.
            (2) Covered property.--The term ``covered property'' means 
        any property located directly adjacent to fee land.
            (3) Fee land.--The term ``fee land'' means the land 
        acquired in fee title by the United States for the Lake.
            (4) 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).
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers.
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