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of course, transferring the other lands 

will let them have a library on their 

own city ground and be able to take 

care of the water needs for the community. 

So I thank my colleagues on both 

sides of the aisle for support of S. 270. 

This is one of those commonsense bills 

that actually brings us together and we 

can get some work done here for the 

people back home. 

Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, we have 

no further speakers. If the gentleman 

from Colorado has no further need of 

time, I will yield back the balance of 

my time. 

Mr. LAMBORN. I, too, Mr. Speaker, 

yield back the balance of my time. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. POE

of Texas). The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from 

Colorado (Mr. LAMBORN) that the 

House suspend the rules and pass the 

bill, S. 270. 

The question was taken. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the 

opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being 

in the affirmative, the ayes have it. 

Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I object 

to the vote on the ground that a 

quorum is not present and make the 

point of order that a quorum is not 

present. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. 

The point of no quorum is considered 

withdrawn. 

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WALLOWA FOREST SERVICE 

COMPOUND CONVEYANCE ACT 

Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I move 

to suspend the rules and pass the bill 

(S. 271) to require the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a property conveyance with the city of Wallowa, Oregon, and for other purposes. 

The Clerk read the title of the bill. 

The text of the bill is as follows: 

S. 271 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wallowa 

Forest Service Compound Conveyance Act’’. 

SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE TO CITY OF WALLOWA, OREGON. 

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

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

of Wallowa, Oregon. 

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

means the Secretary of Agriculture. 

(3) WALLOWA FOREST SERVICE COMPOUND.— 

The term ‘‘Wallowa Forest Service Compound’’ means the approximately 1.11 acres 

of National Forest System land that— 

(A) was donated by the City to the Forest 

Service on March 18, 1936; and 

(B) is located at 602 First Street, Wallowa, 

Oregon. 

(b) CONVEYANCE.—On the request of the 

City submitted to the Secretary by the date 

that is not later than 1 year after the date of 

enactment of this Act and subject to the provisions of this Act, the Secretary shall convey to the City all right, title, and interest 

of the United States in and to the Wallowa 

Forest Service Compound. 

(c) CONDITIONS.—The conveyance under 

subsection (b) shall be— 

(1) by quitclaim deed; 

(2) for no consideration; and 

(3) subject to— 

(A) valid existing rights; and 

(B) such terms and conditions as the Secretary may require. 

(d) USE OF WALLOWA FOREST SERVICE COMPOUND.—As a condition of the conveyance 

under subsection (b), the City shall— 

(1) use the Wallowa Forest Service Compound as a historical and cultural interpretation and education center; 

(2) ensure that the Wallowa Forest Service 

Compound is managed by a nonprofit entity; 

(3) agree to manage the Wallowa Forest 

Service Compound with due consideration 

and protection for the historic values of the 

Wallowa Forest Service Compound; and 

(4) pay the reasonable administrative costs 

associated with the conveyance. 

(e) REVERSION.—In the quitclaim deed to 

the City, the Secretary shall provide that 

the Wallowa Forest Service Compound shall 

revert to the Secretary, at the election of 

the Secretary, if any of the conditions under 

subsection (c) or (d) are violated. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 

Colorado (Mr. LAMBORN) and the gentleman from the Northern Mariana Islands (Mr. SABLAN) each will control 20 

minutes. 

The Chair recognizes the gentleman 

from Colorado. 

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GENERAL LEAVE

Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I ask 

unanimous consent that all Members 

may have 5 legislative days to revise 

and extend their remarks and include 

extraneous material on the bill under 

consideration. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there 

objection to the request of the gentleman from Colorado? 

There was no objection. 

Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 

myself such time as I may consume. 

S. 271 authorizes the conveyance of 

just over an acre of Forest Service land 

to the city of Wallowa, Oregon. The 

city originally donated this parcel to 

the Forest Service in 1936 to allow the 

Agency to construct a ranger station 

and other facilities. 

The site was used for many decades, 

but now sits vacant. A local nonprofit 

organization has proposed developing 

the facilities as an interpretive site. S. 

271 would allow the Forest Service to 

convey the land back to the city for 

such development. 

I urge my colleagues to support this 

bill. 

I reserve the balance of my time. 

Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 

myself as much time as I may consume. 

(Mr. SABLAN asked and was given 

permission to revise and extend his remarks.) 

Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, S. 271, introduced by Senators RON WYDEN and 

JEFF MERKLEY, transfers approximately 1 acre of land from the Wallowa 

National Forest to the City of 

Wallowa, Oregon. A local nonprofit organization will use the facility for 

local historical and cultural preservation, interpretation, and education. We 

do not object to this legislation. 

I reserve the balance of my time. 

Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 

such time as he may consume to my 

friend and colleague from Oregon (Mr. 

WALDEN). 

Mr. WALDEN. Mr. Speaker, I thank 

my colleagues who have brought this 

legislation forward as well. Again, this, 

like the prior bill, it’s a partnership between Senator WYDEN and myself, as 

we’ve worked together to resolve some 

of these land issues out in Oregon. 

This one’s kind of interesting. In 

1936, the City of Wallowa actually donated this parcel of land to the U.S. 

Forest Service, and what we’re doing 

today is giving it back to the city. 

They had a Forest Service compound 

there for many years and then, at some 

point, probably 20, 30 years ago, quit 

using it for that purpose and, basically, 

the buildings are in horrible disrepair. 

I was out there a few weeks ago and 

toured the compound site with Gwen 

Trice and some of the county officials 

and took a look at the facility as it is 

today and, literally, they’ve had water 

damage inside. One place the ceiling 

had caved in. 

But they have this plan. They have 

this plan to turn this into this interpretive site to honor and teach the history about Maxville, which was a railroad logging town that existed about 15 

miles north of Wallowa. 

Now, what’s interesting about this, 

the emergence of the Maxville project 

really reflects the local community’s 

deep appreciation for the preservation 

of this unique history, and they want 

to use this facility and restore it to 

display photographs and really tell the 

story and bring students in to let them 

learn about Maxville heritage and what 

went on there. 

Now, the interpretive center seeks to 

gather, catalog, preserve, and interpret 

this rich history of the multicultural 

logging community of Maxville. 

Maxville itself operated until the early 

1930s and was unique in that it included 

50-or-so African Americans and their 

families and was home to the only segregated school in Oregon. 

Previous historic records only made 

small mention of these African Americans. But in the last 3 years, the 

Maxville heritage project has fostered 

a reawakening of the interest in this 

rich chapter of history through public 

lectures and school visits and 

Elderhostel lectures and stories that 

have run across the Nation now. 

With the groundswell of historic artifacts and stories emerging from descendents and those with relationships 

to people from Maxville, a large number of video image audio programs are 

being put together. So what we’re 

doing here today allows this localgrown idea, this vision that Gwen Trice 

and her supporters have to be able to 

rehabilitate this compound, restore 

these beautiful buildings—once beautiful—they’re in pretty bad disrepair 

now. She’s got a job ahead of her. 


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But it will help this small town in 

northeast Oregon add to its many attractions, natural and other, and tell 

this unique history about this special 

logging community that existed just 

north of Wallowa. 

So I thank my colleagues on both 

sides of the aisle for once again, in a 

spirit of bipartisanship, actually solving some problems around here that 

matter to people back home. 

Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, we have 

no objection to S. 271, and I have no 

further speakers. 

I yield back the balance of my time. 

Mr. LAMBORN. I, too, yield back the 

balance of my time. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 

question is on the motion offered by 

the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. 

LAMBORN) that the House suspend the 

rules and pass the bill, S. 271. 

The question was taken. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the 

opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being 

in the affirmative, the ayes have it. 

Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I object 

to the vote on the ground that a 

quorum is not present and make the 

point of order that a quorum is not 

present. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. 

The point of no quorum is considered 

withdrawn. 

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AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN— 

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 

OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. 

NO. 112–128) 

The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 

from the President of the United 

States; which was read and, together 

with the accompanying papers, referred 

to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

and ordered to be printed: 

To the Congrses of the United States: 

Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), I hereby report 

that I have issued an Executive Order 

(the ‘‘order’’) that takes additional 

steps with respect to the national 

emergency declared in Executive Order 

12957 of March 15, 1995. 

In Executive Order 12957, the President found that the actions and policies of the Government of Iran threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. 

To deal with that threat, the President 

in Executive Order 12957 declared a national emergency and imposed prohibitions on certain transactions with respect to the development of Iranian petroleum resources. To further respond 

to that threat, Executive Order 12959 of 

May 6, 1995, imposed comprehensive 

trade and financial sanctions on Iran. 

Executive Order 13059 of August 19, 

1997, consolidated and clarified the previous orders. To take additional steps 

with respect to the national emergency 

declared in Executive Order 12957 and 

to implement section 105(a) of the 

Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

2010 (Public Law 111–195) (22 U.S.C. 8501 

et seq.) (CISADA), I issued Executive 

Order 13553 on September 28, 2010, to 

impose sanctions on officials of the 

Government of Iran and other persons 

acting on behalf of the Government of 

Iran determined to be responsible for 

or complicit in certain serious human 

rights abuses. To take further additional steps with respect to the threat 

posed by Iran and to provide implementing authority for a number of the 

sanctions set forth in the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172) 

(50 U.S.C. 1701 note) (ISA), as amended 

by CISADA, I issued Executive Order 

13574 on May 23, 2011, to authorize the 

Secretary of the Treasury to implement certain sanctions imposed by the 

Secretary of State pursuant to ISA, as 

amended by CISADA. I also issued Executive Order 13590 on November 20, 

2011, to take additional steps with respect to this emergency by authorizing 

the Secretary of State to impose sanctions on persons providing certain 

goods, services, technology, or support 

that contribute either to Iran’s development of petroleum resources or to 

Iran’s production of petrochemicals, 

and to authorize the Secretary of the 

Treasury to implement some of those 

sanctions. On February 5, 2012, in order 

to take further additional steps pursuant to this emergency, and to implement section 1245(c) of the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81), I issued 

Executive Order 13599 blocking the 

property of the Government of Iran, all 

Iranian financial institutions, and persons determined to be owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, 

such parties. Most recently, on April 

22, 2012, and May 1, 2012, I issued Executive Orders 13606 and 13608, respectively. Executive Orders 13606 and 13608 

each take additional steps with respect 

to various emergencies, including the 

emergency declared in Executive Order 

12957 concerning Iran, to address the 

use of computer and information technology to commit serious human rights 

abuses and efforts by foreign persons to 

evade sanctions. 

The order takes additional steps with 

respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12957, particularly in light of the Government of 

Iran’s use of revenues from petroleum, 

petroleum products, and petrochemicals for illicit purposes; Iran’s continued attempts to evade international 

sanctions through deceptive practices; 

and the unacceptable risk posed to the 

international financial system by 

Iran’s activities. Subject to certain exceptions and conditions, the order authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury 

and the Secretary of State, as set forth 

in the order, to impose sanctions on 

persons as described in the order, all as 

more fully described below. 

Section 1 of the order authorizes the 

Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to impose financial sanctions on foreign financial institutions determined to 

have knowingly conducted or facilitated certain significant financial 

transactions with the National Iranian 

Oil Company (NIOC) or Naftiran Intertrade Company (NICO), or for the purchase or acquisition of petroleum, petroleum products, or petrochemical 

products from Iran. 

Section 2 of the order authorizes the 

Secretary of State, in consultation 

with the Secretary of the Treasury, the 

Secretary of Commerce, and the United 

States Trade Representative, and with 

the President of the Export-Import 

Bank, the Chairman of the Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and other agencies and officials as 

appropriate, to impose any of a number 

of sanctions on a person upon determining that the person: 

knowingly engaged in a significant 

transaction for the purchase or acquisition of petroleum, petroleum products, 

or petrochemical products from Iran; 

is a successor entity to a person determined to meet the criterion above; 

owns or controls a person determined 

to meet the criterion above, and had 

knowledge that the person engaged in 

the activities referred to therein; or 

is owned or controlled by, or under 

common ownership or control with, a 

person determined to meet the criterion above, and knowingly participated in the activities referred to 

therein. 

Sections 3 and 4 of the order provide 

that, for persons determined to meet 

any of the criteria specified in section 

2 of the order, the heads of the relevant 

agencies, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall implement the 

sanctions imposed by the Secretary of 

State. The sanctions provided for in 

sections 3 and 4 of the order include the 

following actions: 

the Board of Directors of the ExportImport Bank shall deny approval of the 

issuance of any guarantee, insurance, 

extension of credit, or participation in 

an extension of credit in connection 

with the export of any goods or services to the sanctioned person; 

agencies shall not issue any specific 

license or grant any other specific permission or authority under any statute 

that requires the prior review and approval of the United States Government as a condition for the export or 

reexport of goods or technology to the 

sanctioned person; 

for a sanctioned person that is a financial institution: the Chairman of 

the Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System and the President of 

the Federal Reserve Bank of New York 

shall take such actions as they deem 

appropriate, including denying designation, or terminating the continuation of any prior designation of, the 

sanctioned person as a primary dealer 

in United States Government debt instruments; or agencies shall prevent 

the sanctioned person from serving as 


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