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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8145 

To require the Secretary of the Army to convey or lease certain land acquired 

for the Table Rock Lake project to owners of property located adjacent 

to such project, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 29, 2024 

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

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Army to convey or lease 

certain land acquired for the Table Rock Lake project 

to owners of property located adjacent to such project, 

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 Flexibility Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TABLE ROCK LAKE LEASE AGREEMENTS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Upon the request of an owner of 

8 covered property, the Secretary shall— 


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1 (1) convey to such owner all right, title, and in2 terest of the United States in and to covered land; 

3 or 

4 (2) enter into a lease agreement with such 

5 owner for covered land. 

6 (b) CONSIDERATION.—Any owner to which a convey7 ance is made under this section or who enters into a lease 

8 agreement under this section shall pay to the Secretary 

9 an amount that is not more than 150 percent of the fair 

10 market value of the covered land. 

11 (c) CONVEYANCE CONDITIONS.—The Secretary may 

12 not require, as a condition of conveying covered land under 

13 this section, an owner to remove any structures existing 

14 on such land. 

15 (d) LEASE CONDITIONS.—With respect to any cov16 ered land that is subject to a lease entered into under this 

17 section, the Secretary may not— 

18 (1) require the removal of any structures exist19 ing on such land before the date on which the lease 

20 is entered into; or 

21 (2) prohibit or limit the installation of any 

22 structures on such land after such date. 

23 (e) LEASE FUNDS.—Any amounts generated from a 

24 lease agreement entered into under this section shall be 

25 used by the Secretary for infrastructure for recreational 


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1 activities related to the Lake and maintenance of such in2 frastructure. 

3 (f) LIABILITY.— 

4 (1) CONVEYANCE.—An owner to which a con5 veyance is made under this section shall hold the 

6 United States harmless from any liability with re7 spect to activities carried out, on or after the date 

8 of the conveyance, on the land conveyed. The United 

9 States shall remain responsible for any liability with 

10 respect to activities carried out, before such date, on 

11 the land conveyed. 

12 (2) LEASE.—The United States shall not be lia13 ble or responsible for damage to any structure that 

14 is installed on covered land that is subject to a lease 

15 entered into under this section. 

16 SEC. 3. ALTERATIONS TO DOCKS ON TABLE ROCK LAKE. 

17 The Secretary may not prohibit any individual with 

18 a lease or easement for a dock located on the Lake from 

19 making alterations to such dock, or to the land adjacent 

20 to such dock, that make such dock accessible to individuals 

21 with disabilities. 

22 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

23 In this Act: 

24 (1) COVERED LAND.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered 

2 land’’ means the portion of fee land that is 

3 within a 100-foot radius of any covered prop4 erty and that is directly linear to such covered 

5 property. 

6 (B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘covered 

7 land’’ does not include land that is located with8 in the flood plain of the Lake. 

9 (2) COVERED PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘covered 

10 property’’ means any property located directly adja11 cent to fee land. 

12 (3) FEE LAND.—The term ‘‘fee land’’ means 

13 the land acquired in fee title by the United States 

14 for the Lake. 

15 (4) LAKE.—The term ‘‘Lake’’ means the Table 

16 Rock Lake project of the Corps of Engineers, lo17 cated in Missouri and Arkansas, authorized as one 

18 of the multiple-purpose reservoir projects in the 

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

20 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1218). 

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

22 the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief 

23 of Engineers. 

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