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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5141

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release the reversionary interest

of the United States in certain land located in Sumter County, South

Carolina, to facilitate a land exchange involving that land and to provide

for an exchange of the mineral interests of the United States in that

land.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 7, 2000

Mr. SPRATT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources,

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the

committee concerned

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release the reversionary interest of the United States in certain land

located in Sumter County, South Carolina, to facilitate

a land exchange involving that land and to provide for

an exchange of the mineral interests of the United States

in that land.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. RELEASE OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST AND

2 CONVEYANCE OF MINERAL RIGHTS IN

3 FORMER FEDERAL LAND IN SUMTER COUN4 TY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

5 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:

6 (1) The hiking trail known as the Palmetto

7 Trail traverses the Manchester State Forest in Sum8 ter County, South Carolina, which is owned by the

9 South Carolina State Commission of Forestry on be10 half of the State of South Carolina.

11 (2) The Commission seeks to widen the Pal12 metto Trail by acquiring a corridor of land along the

13 northeastern border of the trail from the Anne

14 Marie Carton Boardman Trust in exchange for a

15 tract of former Federal land now owned by the Com16 mission.

17 (3) At the time of the conveyance of the former

18 Federal land to the Commission in 1955, the United

19 States retained a reversionary interest in the land,

20 which now prevents the land exchange from being

21 completed.

22 (b) RELEASE OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—

23 (1) RELEASE REQUIRED.—In the case of the

24 tract of land identified as Tract 3 on the map num25 bered 161–DI and further described in paragraph

26 (2), the Secretary of Agriculture shall release the re-
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1 versionary interest of the United States in the land

2 that—

3 (A) requires that the land be used for pub4 lic purposes; and

5 (B) is contained in the deed conveying the

6 land from the United States to the South Caro7 lina State Commission of Forestry, dated June

8 28, 1955, and recorded in Deed Drawer No. 6

9 of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County, South

10 Carolina.

11 (2) MAP OF TRACT 3.—Tract 3 is generally de12 picted on the map numbered 161–DI, entitled

13 ‘‘Boundary Survey for South Carolina Forestry

14 Commission’’, dated August 1998, and filed, to15 gether with a legal description of the tract, with the

16 South Carolina State Commission of Forestry.

17 (3) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the

18 release of the revisionary interest under paragraph

19 (1), the State of South Carolina shall transfer to the

20 United States a vested future interest, similar to the

21 restriction described in paragraph (1)(A), in the

22 tract of land identified as Parcel G on the map num23 bered 225–HI, entitled ‘‘South Carolina Forestry

24 Commission Boardman Land Exchange’’, dated

25 June 9, 1999, and filed, together with a legal de-
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1 scription of the tract, with the South Carolina State

2 Commission of Forestry.

3 (c) EXCHANGE OF MINERAL RIGHTS.—

4 (1) EXCHANGE REQUIRED.—Subject to any

5 valid existing rights of third parties, the Secretary of

6 the Interior shall convey to the South Carolina State

7 Commission of Forestry on behalf of the State of

8 South Carolina all of the undivided mineral rights of

9 the United States in the Tract 3 identified in sub10 section (b)(1) in exchange for mineral rights of

11 equal value held by the State of South Carolina in

12 the Parcel G identified in subsection (b)(3) as well

13 as in Parcels E and F owned by the State and also

14 depicted on the map referred to in subsection (b)(3).

15 (2) DETERMINATION OF MINERAL CHAR16 ACTER.—Not later than 90 days after the date of

17 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Inte18 rior shall determine—

19 (A) the mineral character of Tract 3 and

20 Parcels E, F, and G; and

21 (B) the fair market value of the mineral

22 interests.

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