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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3426

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey lands to the City of

Rolla, Missouri.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 3, 1993

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

Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey lands

to the City of Rolla, Missouri.

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

3 SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY.

4 The Secretary of Agriculture (hereafter ‘‘Secretary’’)

5 is authorized to sell to the City of Rolla, Missouri, subject

6 to the terms and conditions set forth in section 2, all right,

7 title, and interest of the United States in and to the fol8 lowing:

9 The property identified as the Rolla Ranger

10 District Administrative Site of the Forest Service lo-
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1 cated in Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri, encompass2 ing 10 acres more or less, the conveyance of which

3 by C. D. and Oma A. Hazlewood to the United

4 States was recorded on May 6, 1936, in book 104,

5 page 286 of the Record of Deeds of Phelps County,

6 Missouri.

7 SEC. 2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

8 (a) CONSIDERATION.—Consideration for the convey9 ance described in section 1 shall be equal to the fair mar10 ket value of the property as determined by an appraisal

11 prepared in accordance with the Uniform Appraisal

12 Standards for Federal Land Acquisition, as published by

13 the Department of Justice, and which is acceptable to the

14 Secretary. Payment of consideration is due in full within

15 6 months of conveyance or, at the option of the City of

16 Rolla, in 20 equal annual installments commencing on

17 January 1 of the first year following the conveyance and

18 annually thereafter until the total amount due has been

19 paid. At the option of the City of Rolla, consideration

20 maybe paid by services, in lieu of cash, the value of which

21 the Secretary finds to be equal to the appraised fair mar22 ket value of the Federal land. The type, valuation, and

23 manner of service must be acceptable to the Secretary and

24 provide for the administration of the Mark Twain Na25 tional Forest on an annual basis not to exceed 20 years.
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1 What constitutes approved services shall be set forth in

2 a Memorandum of Understanding between the involved

3 parties, prior to conveyance. An annual accounting of the

4 service furnished during the preceding year shall be pro5 vided to the Secretary by the City of Rolla by February

6 15 of each year.

7 (b) FUNDS RECEIVED.—Any funds received by the

8 Secretary as consideration for the conveyance authorized

9 by this Act shall be deposited into a special fund in the

10 Treasury which will remain available until expended by the

11 Secretary for the purpose of acquiring lands or interests

12 therein within the State of Missouri for National Forest

13 Service purposes.

14 (c) RELEASE.—Subject to compliance with all Fed15 eral environmental laws prior to transfer, the City of

16 Rolla, upon transfer of the property described in section

17 1, shall agree in writing to hold the United States harm18 less from any and all claims relating to the property, in19 cluding all claims resulting from hazardous materials on

20 the conveyed lands.

21 (d) REVERSION.—The conveyance described in sec22 tion 1 shall be by quitclaim deed in fee simple subject to

23 reversion or right of re-entry upon conditions prescribed

24 by the Secretary in the deed of conveyance or in the event
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1 of noncompliance with the compensation requirements de2 scribed in paragraph (a) of this section.

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