106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 977

AN ACT

To provide for the conveyance by the Bureau of Land Management to Douglas County, Oregon, of a county park

and certain adjacent land.

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 ‘‘Miwaleta Park Expan5 sion Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. LAND CONVEYANCE, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGE2 MENT LAND, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—

4 (1) CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary of the Inte5 rior (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’)

6 shall convey, without consideration, to Douglas

7 County, Oregon (referred to in this section as the

8 ‘‘County’’), all right, title, and interest of the United

9 States in and to a parcel of land (including improve10 ments on the land) described in paragraph (2) and

11 consisting of—

12 (A) Miwaleta Park, a county park man13 aged under agreement by the County on Fed14 eral land managed by the Bureau of Land Man15 agement; and

16 (B) an adjacent tract of Federal land man17 aged by the Bureau of Land Management.

18 (2) LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—The parcel of land

19 referred to in paragraph (1) is the parcel in the

SW1⁄4 of the NE1⁄4; SE1⁄4 of the NW1 20 ⁄4 of sec. 27,

21 T. 31 S., R. 4 W., W.M., Douglas County, Oregon,

22 described as follows:

23 The property lying between the southerly right24 of-way line of the relocated Cow Creek County

25 Road No. 36 and contour elevation 1881.5

26 MSL, comprising approximately 28.50 acres.
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1 (b) USE OF LAND.—

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—After conveyance of land

3 under subsection (a), the County shall manage the

4 land for public park purposes in a manner so as not

5 to adversely affect attainment of the objectives of

6 the adjacent Late Successional Reserve as described

7 in the Northwest Forest Plan, and in accordance

8 with a management plan for the area developed in

9 cooperation with the United States Fish and Wildlife

10 Service.

11 (2) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary deter13 mines that the land conveyed under subsection

14 (a) is not being used for public park purposes,

15 at the option of the Secretary—

16 (i) all right, title, and interest in and

17 to the land, including any improvements on

18 the land, shall revert to the United States;

19 and

20 (ii) the United States shall have the

21 right of immediate entry onto the land.

22 (B) DETERMINATION ON THE RECORD.—

23 Any determination of the Secretary under sub24 paragraph (A) shall be made on the record.
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1 (c) SURVEY.—The exact acreage and legal descrip2 tion of the land to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall

3 be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary

4 and paid for by the County.

5 (d) IMPACT ON FERC WITHDRAWAL.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The conveyance of land

7 under subsection (a) shall have no effect on the con8 ditions and rights provided in Federal Energy Regu9 latory Commission Withdrawal No. 7161.

10 (2) CONFLICTS.—In a case of conflict between

11 the use of the conveyed land as a park and the pur12 poses of the withdrawal, the purposes of the with13 drawal shall prevail.

14 (e) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—Except as provided in

15 subsection (c), costs associated with the conveyance under

16 subsection (a) shall be borne by the party incurring the

17 costs.

18 (f) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec19 retary may require such additional terms and conditions

20 in connection with the conveyance under subsection (a) as
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1 the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the inter2 ests of the United States.

Passed the Senate November 19, 1999.

Attest:

Secretary.
106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 977

AN ACT

To provide for the conveyance by the Bureau of

Land Management to Douglas County, Oregon,of a county park and certain adjacent land.