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Union Calendar No. 327 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1800 

[Report No. 115–442] 

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain Federal land to 

facilitate scientific research supporting Federal space and defense programs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 30, 2017 

Mr. BISHOP of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

DECEMBER 6, 2017 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 30, 2017] 


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A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain 

Federal land to facilitate scientific research supporting 

Federal space and defense programs. 


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

3 SECTION 1. LAND CONVEYANCE, WASATCH-CACHE NA4 TIONAL FOREST, RICH COUNTY, UTAH. 

5 (a) LAND CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—Subject to 

6 valid existing rights, not later than 6 months after the date 

7 of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture 

8 shall convey, without consideration, to the Utah State Uni9 versity Research Foundation, (in this section referred to as 

10 the ‘‘Foundation’’) all right, title, and interest of the United 

11 States in and to a parcel of real property consisting of ap12 proximately 80 acres, including improvements thereon, lo13 cated outside of the boundaries of the Wasatch-Cache Na14 tional Forest, Rich County, Utah, within Sections 19 and 

15 30, Township 14 North, Range 5 East, Salt Lake Base and 

16 Meridian for the purpose of permitting the Foundation to 

17 use the property for scientific and educational purposes. 

18 (b) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If the Secretary of Ag19 riculture determines at any time that the real property con20 veyed under subsection (a) is not being used in accordance 

21 with the purpose of the conveyance specified in such sub22 section, all right, title and interest in and to such real prop23 erty, including any improvements thereto, shall, at the op24 tion of the Secretary, revert to and become the property of 

25 the United States, and the United States shall have the 


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1 right of immediate entry onto such real property. A deter2 mination by the Secretary under this subsection shall be 

3 made on the record after an opportunity for a hearing. 

4 (c) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 

5 (1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Ag6 riculture shall require the Foundation to cover the 

7 costs (except any costs for environmental remediation 

8 of the property) to be incurred by the Secretary, or 

9 to reimburse the Secretary for such costs incurred by 

10 the Secretary, to carry out the conveyance under sub11 section (a), including survey costs, costs for environ12 mental documentation, and any other administrative 

13 costs related to the conveyance. If amounts are col14 lected from the Foundation in advance of the Sec15 retary incurring the actual costs, and the amount col16 lected exceeds the costs actually incurred by the Sec17 retary to carry out the conveyance, the Secretary shall 

18 refund the excess amount to the Foundation. 

19 (2) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED.— 

20 Amounts received as reimbursement under paragraph 

21 (1) shall be credited to the fund or account that was 

22 used to cover those costs incurred by the Secretary in 

23 carrying out the conveyance. Amounts so credited 

24 shall be merged with amounts in such fund or ac25 count, and shall be available for the same purposes, 


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1 and subject to the same conditions and limitations, as 

2 amounts in such fund or account. 

3 (d) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage 

4 and legal description of the property to be conveyed under 

5 subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory 

6 to the Secretary of Agriculture. 

7 (e) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec8 retary of Agriculture may require such additional terms 

9 and conditions in connection with the conveyance under 

10 subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to 

11 protect the interests of the United States. 


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Union Calendar No. 327 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1800 

[Report No. 115–442] 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer 

grams. search supporting Federal space and defense procertain Federal land to facilitate scientific reDECEMBER 6, 2017 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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