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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 621

Providing for the concurrence by the House with an amendment in the

Senate amendment to H.R. 150.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 10, 2000

Mr. YOUNG of Alaska submitted the following resolution; which was considered

and agreed to

RESOLUTION

Providing for the concurrence by the House with an

amendment in the Senate amendment to H.R. 150.

1 Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution

2 the House shall be considered to have taken from the

3 Speaker’s table the bill H.R. 150, with the Senate amend4 ment thereto, and to have concurred in the Senate amend5 ment with the following amendment:

6 In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the

7 amendment of the Senate, insert the following:

8 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

9 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Education Land Grant

10 Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

2 LANDS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.

3 (a) AUTHORITY TO CONVEY.—Upon application, the

4 Secretary of Agriculture may convey National Forest Sys5 tem lands for use for educational purposes if the Secretary

6 determines that—

7 (1) the entity seeking the conveyance will use

8 the conveyed land for a public or publicly funded ele9 mentary or secondary school, to provide grounds or

10 facilities related to such a school, or for both pur11 poses;

12 (2) the conveyance will serve the public interest;

13 (3) the land to be conveyed is not otherwise

14 needed for the purposes of the National Forest Sys15 tem; and

16 (4) the total acreage to be conveyed does not

17 exceed the amount reasonably necessary for the pro18 posed use.

19 (b) ACREAGE LIMITATION.—A conveyance under this

20 section may not exceed 80 acres. However, this limitation

21 shall not be construed to preclude an entity from submit22 ting a subsequent application under this section for an ad23 ditional land conveyance if the entity can demonstrate to

24 the Secretary a need for additional land.
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1 (c) COSTS AND MINERAL RIGHTS.—A conveyance

2 under this section shall be for a nominal cost. The convey3 ance may not include the transfer of mineral rights.

4 (d) REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—When the Secretary

5 receives an application under this section, the Secretary

6 shall—

7 (1) before the end of the 14-day period begin8 ning on the date of the receipt of the application,

9 provide notice of that receipt to the applicant; and

10 (2) before the end of the 120-day period begin11 ning on that date—

12 (A) make a final determination whether or

13 not to convey land pursuant to the application,

14 and notify the applicant of that determination;

15 or

16 (B) submit written notice to the applicant

17 containing the reasons why a final determina18 tion has not been made.

19 (e) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If at any time after

20 lands are conveyed pursuant to this section, the entity to

21 whom the lands were conveyed attempts to transfer title

22 to or control over the lands to another or the lands are

23 devoted to a use other than the use for which the lands
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1 were conveyed, without the consent of the Secretary, title

2 to the lands shall revert to the United States.

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