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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7818 

To exempt certain structures from removal from Army Corps of Engineers 

property on Table Rock Lake, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 26, 2024 

Mr. BURLISON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To exempt certain structures from removal from Army Corps 

of Engineers property on Table Rock Lake, and for 

other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Table Rock Lake Prop5 erty Protection Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TABLE ROCK LAKE ENCROACHMENT. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 

8 (1) suspend any activities to require eligible 

9 property owners to remove eligible structures; and 


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1 (2) offer to an eligible property owner a convey2 ance or release that— 

3 (A) for an eligible structure located on fee 

4 land, conveys by quitclaim deed the minimum 

5 land required to maintain the eligible structure, 

6 reserving the right to flood the land, if applica7 ble; 

8 (B) for an eligible structure located on 

9 land subject to a flowage easement, releases by 

10 quitclaim deed the easement prohibition; and 

11 (C) provides that— 

12 (i) the eligible structure shall not be 

13 extended further onto fee land or land sub14 ject to the flowage easement; 

15 (ii) additional structures for human 

16 habitation shall not be placed on fee land 

17 or land subject to the flowage easement; 

18 (iii) the United States shall not be lia19 ble or responsible for damage to the eligi20 ble structure caused by the operation of 

21 the Lake; and 

22 (iv) no claim to compensation shall ac23 crue from the exercise of any flowage ease24 ment right. 

25 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) EASEMENT PROHIBITION.—The term ‘‘ease2 ment prohibition’’ means the rights acquired by the 

3 United States, in a flowage easement, to prohibit 

4 structures for human habitation on land subject to 

5 the easement. 

6 (2) ELIGIBLE PROPERTY OWNER.—The term 

7 ‘‘eligible property owner’’ means a person who owns 

8 an eligible structure. 

9 (3) ELIGIBLE STRUCTURE.—The term ‘‘eligible 

10 structure’’ means a structure for human habitation, 

11 including a septic system— 

12 (A) that is located on fee land or land sub13 ject to the flowage easement; and 

14 (B) for which a license for right-of-way has 

15 been provided by the Secretary and is in effect 

16 on the date of enactment of this Act. 

17 (4) FEE LAND.—The term ‘‘fee land’’ means 

18 the land acquired in fee title by the United States 

19 for the Lake. 

20 (5) FLOWAGE EASEMENT.—The term ‘‘flowage 

21 easement’’ means an interest in land acquired by the 

22 United States that includes the right to flood land 

23 surrounding the Lake. 

24 (6) LAKE.—The term ‘‘Lake’’ means the Table 

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1 cated in Missouri and Arkansas, authorized as one 

2 of the multiple-purpose reservoir projects in the 

3 White River Basin by section 4 of the Act of June 

4 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1218). 

5 (7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

6 the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief 

7 of Engineers. 

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