[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 85 (Thursday, June 25, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S7226]
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                 BIG HORN COUNTY PATENT CORRECTION ACT

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 814) to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to transfer to John R. and Margaret J. Lowe 
of Big Horn County, Wyoming, certain land so as to correct an error in 
the patent issued to their predecessors in interest, which had been 
reported from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, with an 
amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following:

     SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF LOWE FAMILY PROPERTY.

       (a) Conveyance.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
     Secretary of the Interior is directed to issue, without 
     consideration, a quitclaim deed to John R. and Margaret J. 
     Lowe of Big Horn County, Wyoming, to the land described in 
     subsection (b): Provided, That all minerals underlying such 
     land are hereby reserved to the United States.
       (b) Land Description.--The land referred to in subsection 
     (a) is the approximately 40-acre parcel located in the SW\1/
     4\SE\1/4\ of Section 11, Township 51 North, Range 96 West, 
     6th Principal Meridian, Wyoming.
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 814), as amended, was passed.

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