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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2146

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Marion National Fish

Hatchery and the Claude Harris National Aquacultural Research Center

to the State of Alabama, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 27, 1996

Mr. SHELBY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Marion

National Fish Hatchery and the Claude Harris National

Aquacultural Research Center to the State of Alabama,

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,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Marion National Fish

5 Hatchery and Claude Harris National Aquacultural Re6 search Center Conveyance Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF MARION NATIONAL FISH HATCH2 ERY AND CLAUDE HARRIS NATIONAL

3 AQUACULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER TO THE

4 STATE OF ALABAMA.

5 (a) CONVEYANCE REQUIREMENT.—

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

7 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec8 retary of the Interior shall convey to the State of

9 Alabama without reimbursement, and subject to the

10 condition described in paragraph (2), all right, title,

11 and interest of the United States in and to the prop12 erties described in subsection (b) for use by the

13 Game and Fish Division of the Department of Con14 servation and Natural Resources of the State of Ala15 bama (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Game and

16 Fish Division’’) as part of the fish culture program

17 of the State of Alabama or for other purposes ap18 proved in writing by the Regional Director of the

19 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

20 (2) LEASE OF CLAUDE HARRIS NATIONAL

21 AQUACULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER.—As a condi22 tion of the conveyance under paragraph (1), the

23 Game and Fish Division shall offer to lease, for

24 whatever period of time requested by the Station

25 and provided by Alabama law, the property de26 scribed in subsection (b)(1)(B) to the Alabama Agri-
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1 culture Experiment Station, at no cost to the Sta2 tion or to the Game and Fish Division. If the Sta3 tion declines the offer or fails to renew any lease,

4 the Game and Fish Division shall offer to lease any

5 portion of the property, to another public entity.

6 (b) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTIES.—The properties

7 referred to in subsection (a)(1) consist of—

8 (1)(A) the portion of the Marion National Fish

9 Hatchery leased to the Game and Fish Division, lo10 cated 7 miles northeast of Marion, Alabama, on

11 State Highway 175, as described in Amendment No.

12 2 to the Cooperative Agreement dated June 6, 1974,

13 between the United States Fish and Wildlife Service

14 and the Game and Fish Division, consisting of ap15 proximately 300 acres; and

16 (B) the Claude Harris National Aquacultural

17 Research Center, located 7 miles northeast of Mar18 ion, Alabama, on State Highway 175, as described

19 in a document of the United States Fish and Wild20 life Service entitled ‘‘EXHIBIT A’’ and dated March

21 19, 1996, consisting of approximately 298 acres;

22 (2) all improvements and related personal prop23 erty under the control of the Secretary of the Inte24 rior that are located on the properties described in
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1 paragraph (1), including buildings, structures, and

2 equipment; and

3 (3) all easements, leases, and water and timber

4 rights relating to the properties described in para5 graph (1).

6 (c) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—

7 (1) REQUIREMENT.—If any property conveyed

8 to the State of Alabama under this section is used

9 for any purpose other than the use authorized under

10 subsection (a), all right, title, and interest in and to

11 all property conveyed under this section shall revert

12 to the United States.

13 (2) CONDITION OF PROPERTY ON REVER14 SION.—In the case of a reversion of property under

15 paragraph (1), subject to any sale or lease of timber

16 or mineral interests on or under the property, the

17 State of Alabama shall ensure that all property re18 verting to the United States under this subsection is

19 in substantially the same condition as, or in better

20 condition than, at the time of conveyance under sub21 section (a).

22 (d) JURISDICTION.—Effective at the time of convey23 ance of the properties under subsection (a), the United
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1 States retrocedes jurisdiction over the properties to the

2 State of Alabama.

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