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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 644 

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release certain reversionary interests 

of the United States in and to a parcel of land located in Henderson, 

Tennessee. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 4, 2019 

Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Mr. ALEXANDER) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 

Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release certain 

reversionary interests of the United States in and to 

a parcel of land located in Henderson, Tennessee. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chester County Rever5 sionary Interest Release Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

9 the Secretary of Agriculture. 


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1 (2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

2 of Tennessee. 

3 (3) STATE FOREST LAND.—The term ‘‘State 

4 forest land’’ means the approximately 0.62-acre par5 cel of land in Chickasaw State Forest that is identi6 fied as ‘‘State Forest Land’’ on the map prepared 

7 by the Forest Service entitled ‘‘State Forest Land 

8 Detail Map’’ and dated October 9, 2018. 

9 (4) WEBB PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘Webb prop10 erty’’ means the approximately 0.90-acre parcel of 

11 land owned by Kirby and Leta Webb identified as 

12 ‘‘Webb Property Lot 1’’ on the map prepared by the 

13 Tennessee Division of Forestry entitled ‘‘Webb 

14 Property Detail Map’’ and dated October 9, 2018. 

15 SEC. 3. RELEASE OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST. 

16 (a) RELEASE.—To facilitate an exchange of land be17 tween the Bethel Baptist Church in Henderson, Ten18 nessee, and the State, the Secretary shall release the re19 versionary interest of the United States in and to the 

20 State forest land described in subsection (b) if, as consid21 eration for the release, the State agrees to transfer to the 

22 United States a vested future interest in and to the Webb 

23 property that is similar to the reversionary interest de24 scribed in subsection (b). 


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1 (b) DESCRIPTION OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST.— 

2 The reversionary interest referred to in subsection (a) is 

3 the reversionary interest of the United States in and to 

4 the State forest land that— 

5 (1) requires that the State forest land be used 

6 for public purposes; and 

7 (2) is contained in a deed— 

8 (A) granting from the United States to the 

9 State the State forest land; 

10 (B) dated August 12, 1955; and 

11 (C) registered on page 588 of book 48 of 

12 the record of deeds for Chester County, Ten13 nessee. 

14 SEC. 4. SALE OF MINERAL RIGHTS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to any valid existing 

16 rights of third parties, as soon as practicable after the 

17 date on which the Secretary determines that the State has 

18 complied with the requirements of subsection (b)(2), the 

19 Secretary shall convey to the State the undivided mineral 

20 interests of the United States in and to the State forest 

21 land. 

22 (b) TERMS OF CONVEYANCE.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

24 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

25 shall determine— 


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1 (A) the mineral character of the State for2 est land; and 

3 (B) the fair market value of the mineral 

4 interests referred to in subsection (a). 

5 (2) PAYMENT OF COSTS.—As a condition of the 

6 conveyance under subsection (a), the State shall pay 

7 to the United States— 

8 (A) any administrative costs incurred by 

9 the United States in conveying to the State the 

10 mineral interests referred to in subsection (a), 

11 including the costs incurred by the Secretary in 

12 making the determinations required under 

13 paragraph (1); and 

14 (B) an amount equal to the fair market 

15 value of the mineral interests referred to in sub16 section (a), as determined under paragraph 

17 (1)(B). 

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