[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 53 (Monday, April 19, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S3867]
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 DIRECTING SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO TRANSFER PROPERTY IN BIG HORN 
                            COUNTY, WYOMING

  The bill (S. 449) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer 
to the personal representative of the estate of Fred Steffens of Big 
Horn County, Wyoming, certain land comprising the Steffens family 
property was considered, ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                 S. 449

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF STEFFENS FAMILY PROPERTY.

       (a) Conveyance.--Subject to subsection (b) and valid 
     existing rights, the Secretary of the Interior shall issue, 
     without consideration, a quitclaim deed to Marie Wambeke of 
     Big Horn County, Wyoming, the personal representative of the 
     estate of Fred Steffens, to the land described in subsection 
     (c).
       (b) Reservation of Minerals.--All minerals underlying the 
     land described in subsection (c) are reserved to the United 
     States.
       (c) Land Description.--The land described in this 
     subsection is the parcel comprising approximately 80 acres 
     and known as ``Farm Unit C'' in the E\1/2\NW\1/4\ of Section 
     27 in Township 57 North, Range 97 West, 6th Principal 
     Meridian, Wyoming.
       (d) Revocation of Withdrawal.--The withdrawal for the 
     Shoshone Reclamation Project made by the Bureau of 
     Reclamation under Secretarial Order dated October 21, 1913, 
     is revoked with respect to the land described in subsection 
     (c).

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