IIB 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1800 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 14, 2018 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

and Forestry 

AN ACT 

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain 

Federal land to facilitate scientific research supporting 

Federal space and defense programs. 

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. LAND CONVEYANCE, WASATCH-CACHE NA2 TIONAL FOREST, RICH COUNTY, UTAH. 

3 (a) LAND CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—Subject to 

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

5 date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Ag6 riculture shall convey, without consideration, to the Utah 

7 State University Research Foundation, (in this section re8 ferred to as the ‘‘Foundation’’) all right, title, and interest 

9 of the United States in and to a parcel of real property 

10 consisting of approximately 80 acres, including improve11 ments thereon, located outside of the boundaries of the 

12 Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Rich County, Utah, with13 in Sections 19 and 30, Township 14 North, Range 5 East, 

14 Salt Lake Base and Meridian for the purpose of permit15 ting the Foundation to use the property for scientific and 

16 educational purposes. 

17 (b) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If the Secretary of 

18 Agriculture determines at any time that the real property 

19 conveyed under subsection (a) is not being used in accord20 ance with the purpose of the conveyance specified in such 

21 subsection, all right, title and interest in and to such real 

22 property, including any improvements thereto, shall, at the 

23 option of the Secretary, revert to and become the property 

24 of the United States, and the United States shall have 

25 the right of immediate entry onto such real property. A 


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1 determination by the Secretary under this subsection shall 

2 be made on the record after an opportunity for a hearing. 

3 (c) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 

4 (1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 

5 Agriculture shall require the Foundation to cover the 

6 costs (except any costs for environmental remedi7 ation of the property) to be incurred by the Sec8 retary, or to reimburse the Secretary for such costs 

9 incurred by the Secretary, to carry out the convey10 ance under subsection (a), including survey costs, 

11 costs for environmental documentation, and any 

12 other administrative costs related to the conveyance. 

13 If amounts are collected from the Foundation in ad14 vance of the Secretary incurring the actual costs, 

15 and the amount collected exceeds the costs actually 

16 incurred by the Secretary to carry out the convey17 ance, the Secretary shall refund the excess amount 

18 to the Foundation. 

19 (2) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED.— 

20 Amounts received as reimbursement under para21 graph (1) shall be credited to the fund or account 

22 that was used to cover those costs incurred by the 

23 Secretary in carrying out the conveyance. Amounts 

24 so credited shall be merged with amounts in such 

25 fund or account, and shall be available for the same 


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1 purposes, and subject to the same conditions and 

2 limitations, as 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 

8 Secretary of Agriculture may require such additional 

9 terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance 

10 under subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appro11 priate to protect the interests of the United States. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 13, 

2018. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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