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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1548 

To provide for the conveyance of certain Forest Service land to the city 

of Coffman Cove, Alaska. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2005 

Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. STEVENS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To provide for the conveyance of certain Forest Service land 

to the city of Coffman Cove, Alaska. 

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 ‘‘Coffman Cove Admin5 istrative Site Conveyance Act of 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 

8 (1) the community of Coffman Cove, Alaska, 

9 which originated as a logging camp in the 1960’s, 

10 was incorporated as a city in 1989; 
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1 (2) the Forest Service property located in the 

2 center of the City was used by the Forest Service as 

3 a work center; 

4 (3) the Forest Service work facilities included 

5 part of the logging camp, a log sort yard, and a log 

6 transfer site, all of which supported the long-term 

7 timber sale operations and other subsequent timber 

8 sales in the Tongass National Forest; 

9 (4) as the long-term timber sale operations con10 cluded, the need for the Forest Service to use the 

11 Forest Service site in Coffman Cove diminished; 

12 (5) the Forest Service work center facilities 

13 that supported timber operations have been removed 

14 and the site has been restored; 

15 (6) the location of the administrative site inter16 feres with the ability of the City to further develop 

17 commercial operations and tourism support facilities 

18 relating to a new ferry terminal; 

19 (7) the City wants to acquire a portion of the 

20 site to continue the transition of the City from a 

21 timber-dependent economy to a more fully developed 

22 and diversified economy; and 

23 (8) the Forest Service expects that only ap24 proximately 3 acres of the administrative site will be 
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1 used in the future for National Forest System pur2 poses. 

3 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act: 

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

6 Coffman Cove, Alaska. 

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

8 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

9 SEC. 4. CONVEYANCE. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi11 sion of law, the Secretary shall convey to the City, without 

12 consideration and without additional warrants or liability 

13 on behalf of the United States, fee simple title to the par14 cel of Forest Service land described in subsection (b). 

15 (b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The parcel of Forest Service 

17 land referred to in subsection (a) is the approxi18 mately 12 acres of land identified in U.S. Survey 

19 10099, as depicted on the plat entitled ‘‘Subdivision 

20 of U.S. Survey No. 10099’’ and recorded as Plat 

21 2003–1 on January 21, 2003, Petersburg Recording 

22 District, Alaska. 

23 (2) EXCLUDED LAND.—The parcel of Forest 

24 Service land conveyed under subsection (a) does not 

25 include the portion of U.S. Survey 10099 that is 
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1 north of the right-of-way for Forest Development 

2 Road 3030–295 and southeast of Tract CC–8. 

3 (c) RIGHT-OF-WAY.—The United States may reserve 

4 a right-of-way to provide access to the Forest Service land 

5 excluded from the conveyance to the City under subsection 

6 (b)(2). 

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