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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 142 

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain federally owned 

land located in Story County, Iowa. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 25 (legislative day, JANUARY 5), 2011 

Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. HARKIN) 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 convey certain 

federally owned land located in Story County, Iowa. 

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

3 SECTION 1. PURPOSES AND DEFINITIONS. 

4 (a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 

5 (1) to direct the conveyance of approximately 

6 44 acres, more or less, of federally owned land ad7 ministered by the Agricultural Research Service to 

8 the City of Ames, Iowa; and 

9 (2) to authorize the use of the funds derived 

10 from the conveyance to purchase replacement land 


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1 and for other purposes relating to the National Ani2 mal Disease Center. 

3 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

4 (1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the City of 

5 Ames, Iowa, and its assigns. 

6 (2) PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘Property’’ means 

7 approximately 44 acres, more or less, of the federally 

8 owned land comprising part of the National Animal 

9 Disease Center, which— 

10 (A) was acquired by the United States in 

11 1951 within sec. 1, T. 83 N., R. 24 W., Fifth 

12 Principal Meridian; and 

13 (B) is generally located on 13th Street in 

14 the City. 

15 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

16 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

17 SEC. 2. PROPERTY CONVEYANCE. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—On receipt of the consideration 

19 and cost reimbursement provided in this Act, the Sec20 retary shall convey and quitclaim to the City, all rights, 

21 title, and interests of the United States in the Property 

22 subject to easements and rights of record and such other 

23 reservations, terms, and conditions as the Secretary may 

24 prescribe. 

25 (b) CONSIDERATION.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—As consideration for the con2 veyance authorized by this Act, the City shall pay to 

3 the Secretary an amount in cash equal to the market 

4 value of the Property. 

5 (2) APPRAISAL.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—To determine the mar7 ket value of the Property, the Secretary shall 

8 have the Property appraised for the highest and 

9 best use of the Property in conformity with the 

10 Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land 

11 Acquisitions developed by the Interagency Land 

12 Acquisition Conference. 

13 (B) REQUIREMENTS.—The appraisal shall 

14 be subject to review and approval by the Sec15 retary, and the approved appraisal shall at all 

16 times be the Property of the United States. 

17 (c) CORRECTIONS.—With the agreement of the City, 

18 the Secretary may make minor corrections or modifica19 tions to the legal description of the Property or configure 

20 the Property to facilitate conveyance. 

21 (d) COSTS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para23 graph (2), the City shall at closing pay or reimburse 

24 the Secretary, as appropriate, for the reasonable 

25 transaction and administrative costs incurred by the 


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1 Secretary associated with the conveyance authorized 

2 by this Act, including personnel costs directly attrib3 utable to the transaction, and the transactional costs 

4 of appraisal, survey, title review, hazardous sub5 stances examination, and closing costs. 

6 (2) ATTORNEYS’ FEES.—The City and the Sec7 retary shall each bear their own attorneys’ fees. 

8 (e) HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—For the conveyance author10 ized by this Act, the Secretary shall meet disclosure 

11 requirements for hazardous substances, but shall 

12 otherwise not be required to remediate or abate 

13 those substances or any other hazardous pollutants, 

14 contaminants, or waste that might be present on the 

15 Property at the time of closing. 

16 (2) LEAD-BASED PAINT OR ASBESTOS-CON17 TAINING BUILDING MATERIALS.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 

19 provision of law relating to the mitigation or 

20 abatement of lead-based paint or asbestos-con21 taining building materials and except as pro22 vided in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall 

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1 terials present on the Property at the time of 

2 closing. 

3 (B) REQUIREMENTS.—If the Property has 

4 lead-based paint or asbestos-containing building 

5 materials, the Secretary shall— 

6 (i) provide notice to the City of the 

7 presence of the lead-based paint or asbes8 tos-containing building materials; and 

9 (ii) obtain written assurance from the 

10 City that the City will comply with applica11 ble Federal, State, and local laws relating 

12 to the management of the lead-based paint 

13 and asbestos-containing building materials. 

14 (f) OTHER TERMS.—The Secretary and the City may 

15 agree on such additional terms as may be mutually accept16 able and that are not inconsistent with the provisions of 

17 this Act. 

18 SEC. 3. RECEIPTS. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall deposit all 

20 funds received from the conveyance authorized under this 

21 Act, including the market value consideration and the re22 imbursement for costs, into the Treasury of the United 

23 States to be credited to the appropriation for the Agricul24 tural Research Service. 


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1 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any limitation 

2 in applicable appropriation Acts for the Department of 

3 Agriculture or the Agricultural Research Service, all funds 

4 deposited into the Treasury pursuant to subsection (a) 

5 shall— 

6 (1) be available to the Secretary until expended, 

7 without further appropriation, for the acquisition of 

8 land and interests in land and other related pur9 poses of the National Animal Disease Center; and 

10 (2) be considered to authorize the acquisition of 

11 land for the purposes of section 11 of the Act of Au12 gust 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a). 

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