[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3831]
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SA 6628. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1094. RELEASE OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST, BLACK RIVER
STATE FOREST, WISCONSIN.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Deli, inc.--The term ``Deli, Inc.'' means Deli, Inc., a
sphagnum moss production business located in Millston,
Wisconsin.
(2) Deli land.--The term ``Deli land'' means the
approximately 37.27 acres of land owned or optioned to
acquire, subject to the approval of the land exchange by the
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the Wisconsin
Natural Resources Board, and the Governor of the State, in 2
separate parcels, by Deli, Inc., located in Millston,
Wisconsin, as depicted on the map and more particularly
described as follows:
(A) The approximately 31.3-acre parcel (including land
within the road right-of-way), together with any
improvements--
(i) comprising the NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ of sec. 29, T. 20 N., R.
2 W., Town of Millston, Jackson County, Wisconsin;
(ii) excluding--
(I) land lying north of the railroad right-of-way; and
(II) a parcel 150 feet wide, with 50 feet lying to the
northeast, and 100 feet to the southwest, of a line
commencing at a point 5 feet east of the northwest corner of
the quarter-quarter section described in clause (i), thence
south 56 E. 39' a distance of 222 feet, thence south 57 E.
31' a distance of 1359 feet; and
(iii) subject to--
(I) any public water use or easements on Lee Lake; and
(II) any easements or restrictions of record, public
roadways, zoning and use ordinances, and the railroad right-
of-way.
(B) The approximately 5.97-acre parcel located in the SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\ of sec. 20, T. 20 N., R. 4 W., Town of Millston,
Jackson County, Wisconsin, comprising lot 7 of Certified
Survey Map No. 4483, as recorded in volume 19S of the
certified survey maps, page 334, as Document No. 413440 in
the Jackson County Register of Deeds.
(3) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Black
River State Forest - Deli, Inc.'' and dated June 26, 2023.
(4) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of
Wisconsin.
(5) State forest land.--The term ``State forest land''
means the approximately 31.83 acres of land located in the
Black River State Forest in Millston, Wisconsin, as depicted
on the map and more particularly described as follows:
(A) The 23.13-acre parcel--
(i) comprising the portion of the E\1/2\SE\1/4\ of sec. 20,
T. 20 N., R. 2. W., Town of Millston, Jackson County,
Wisconsin, lying south of the Interstate 94 southern right-
of-way; and
(ii) excluding a triangular parcel in the southwest corner
described as commencing at the southwest corner, thence east
260 feet, thence northwesterly to a point on the west
boundary thereof 200 feet north of the southwest corner,
thence south to the place of beginning.
(B) The 8.70-acre parcel comprising the portion of the
NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ of sec. 29, T. 20 N., R. 2. W., Town of
Millston, Jackson County, Wisconsin, lying north of the
railroad right-of-way, forming a triangular piece, and more
particularly described as commencing at the northeast corner
of that quarter-quarter section, thence west 1010 feet to the
north line of the railroad right-of-way, thence southeasterly
along the boundary of the railroad to the east line of that
quarter-quarter section, thence north on the east line 750
feet to the place of beginning.
(b) Conditional Release.--
(1) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(A) the State forest land is subject to a reversionary
interest of the United States pursuant to section 32(c) of
The Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1011(c)),
requiring that the State forest land be used for public
purposes in perpetuity; and
(B) the State and Deli, Inc. have agreed that--
(i) the State will convey to Deli, Inc. the State forest
land in exchange for the Deli land; and
(ii) after that exchange, the Deli land will be added to
Black River State Forest in the State.
(2) Release.--If the State offers, in a written agreement,
to convey to Deli, Inc., the State forest land in exchange
for the conveyance of the Deli land by Deli, Inc. to the
State--
(A) the reversionary interest of the United States in the
State forest land shall be released; and
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide, as
expeditiously as practicable, recordable evidence of the
release under subparagraph (A) in the form of a quitclaim
deed, which shall--
(i) convey any interest of the United States in and to the
State forest land, without consideration; and
(ii) be provided to the State for recording before the
exchange deeds are recorded.
(3) Corrections.--The Secretary of Agriculture, in
consultation with the State, may make any necessary
corrections to the legal description of the State forest land
for purposes of the quitclaim deed described in paragraph
(2)(B).
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