[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 110 (Wednesday, September 15, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S9348]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY CONVEYANCE VALIDATION ACT OF 2003

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (H.R. 1658) to amend the 
Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act to validate additional 
conveyances of certain lands in the State of California that form part 
of right-of-way granted by the United States to facilitate the 
construction of the transcontinental railway, and for other purposes, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources, with an amendment, as follows:

       [Strike the part shown in black brackets and insert the 
     part shown in italic.]

                               H.R. 1658

       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 ``Railroad Right-of-Way 
     Conveyance Validation Act of 2003''.

     SEC. 2. VALIDATION OF ADDITIONAL RAILROAD CONVEYANCES, SAN 
                   JOAQUIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

       Section 4 of the Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance 
     Validation Act (Private Law 103-2; 108 Stat. 5061) is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
       ``(9) The conveyance entered into between the Central 
     Pacific Railway Company and the Southern Pacific 
     Transportation Company and the Bank of America, as trustee of 
     the last will and testament of Aaron Herschel, recorded 
     September 27, 1945, in volume 942 at page [104] 401 of the 
     official records of the county of San Joaquin.
       ``(10) The conveyance entered into between the Central 
     Pacific Railway Company and the Southern Pacific 
     Transportation Company and the Tri-Valley Packing 
     Association, recorded November 13, 1957, in volume 2016 at 
     page 149 of the official records of the county of San 
     Joaquin.''.

  The committee amendment was agreed to.
  The bill (H.R. 1658), as amended, was read the third time and passed.

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