104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1802

AN ACT

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain

property containing a fish and wildlife facility to the

State of Wyoming, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY TO WYO2 MING.

3 (a) CONVEYANCE.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days

5 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec6 retary of the Interior shall convey in ‘‘as is’’ condi7 tion, to the State of Wyoming without reimburse8 ment—

9 (A) all right, title, and interest of the

10 United States in and to the portion of the prop11 erty commonly known as ‘‘Ranch A’’ in Crook

12 County, Wyoming, other than the portion de13 scribed in paragraph (2), consisting of approxi14 mately 600 acres of land (including all real

15 property, buildings, and all other improvements

16 to real property) and all personal property (in17 cluding art, historic light fixtures, wildlife

18 mounts, draperies, rugs, and furniture directly

19 related to the site, including personal property

20 on loan to museums and other entities at the

21 time of transfer);

22 (B) all right, title, and interest of the

23 United States in and to all buildings and relat24 ed improvements and all personal property as25 sociated with the buildings on the portion of the

26 property described in paragraph (2); and
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1 (C) a permanent right of way across the

2 portion of the property described in paragraph

3 (2) to use the buildings conveyed under sub4 paragraph (B).

5 (2) RANCH A.—Subject to the exceptions de6 scribed in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph

7 (1), the United States shall retain all right, title,

8 and interest in and to the portion of the property

9 commonly known as ‘‘Ranch A’’ in Crook County,

10 Wyoming, described as Township 52 North, Range

61 West, Section 24 N1⁄2 SE1 11 ⁄4, consisting of ap12 proximately 80 acres of land.

13 (b) USE AND REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—

14 (1) USE.—The property conveyed to the State

15 of Wyoming under this section shall be retained by

16 the State and be used by the State for the purposes

17 of—

18 (A) fish and wildlife management and edu19 cational activities; and

20 (B) using, maintaining, displaying, and re21 storing, through State or local agreements, or

22 both, the museum-quality real and personal

23 property and the historical interests and signifi24 cance of the real and personal property, consist25 ent with applicable Federal and State laws.
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1 (2) ACCESS BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU2 CATION.—The State of Wyoming shall provide ac3 cess to the property for institutions of higher edu4 cation at a compensation level that is agreed to by

5 the State and the institutions of higher education.

6 (3) REVERSION.—All right, title, and interest in

7 and to the property described in subsection (a) shall

8 revert to the United States if—

9 (A) the property is used by the State of

10 Wyoming for any other purpose than the pur11 poses set forth in paragraph (1);

12 (B) there is any development of the prop13 erty (including commercial or recreational de14 velopment, but not including the construction of

15 small structures, to be used for the purposes set

16 forth in subsection (b)(1), on land conveyed to

17 the State of Wyoming under subsection

18 (a)(1)(A)); or

19 (C) the State does not make every reason20 able effort to protect and maintain the quality

21 and quantity of fish and wildlife habitat on the

22 property.

23 (c) ADDITION TO THE BLACK HILLS NATIONAL

24 FOREST.—
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1 (1) TRANSFER.—Administrative jurisdiction of

2 the property described in subsection (a)(2) is trans3 ferred to the Secretary of Agriculture, to be included

4 in and managed as part of the Black Hills National

5 Forest.

6 (2) NO HUNTING OR MINERAL DEVELOP7 MENT.—No hunting or mineral development shall be

8 permitted on any of the land transferred to the ad9 ministrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agri10 culture by paragraph (1).

Passed the Senate September 24, 1996.

Attest:

Secretary.
104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1802

AN ACT

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey

purposes.cility to the State of Wyoming, and for othercertain property containing a fish and wildlife fa-