[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 63 (Tuesday, May 4, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H2560]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             FRED STEFFENS

  The Clerk called the bill (H.R. 509) 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.
  There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill as follows:

                                H.R. 509

       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 valid existing rights, the 
     Secretary of the Interior is directed to 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 (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 80-parcel 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.
       (c) Revocation of Withdrawal.--The Bureau of Reclamation 
     withdrawal for the Shoshone Reclamation Project under 
     Secretrial Order dated October 21, 1913, is hereby revoked 
     with respect to the lands described in subsection (b).

  With the following committee amendment in the nature of a substitute:
  Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

     SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF STEFFENS FAMILY PROPERTY.

       (a) Conveyance.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
     Secretary of the Interior is directed to 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 (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 80-acre parcel 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.
       (c) Revocation of Withdrawal.--The Bureau of Reclamation 
     withdrawal for the Shoshone Reclamation Project under 
     Secretarial Order dated October 21, 1913, is hereby revoked 
     with respect to the lands described in subsection (b).

  Mr. BALLENGER (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent that the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute be 
considered as read and printed in the Record.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from North Carolina?
  There was no objection.
  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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