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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 340 

To authorize the conveyance of and remove the reversionary interest of the 

United States in certain lands in the City of Tulare, California. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 8, 2019 

Mr. NUNES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize the conveyance of and remove the reversionary 

interest of the United States in certain lands in the 

City of Tulare, California. 

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 ‘‘Tulare Youth Recre5 ation and Women’s History Enhancement Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The City of Tulare requires clear title to 

9 two Parcels of land within the City’s business cor10 ridor. 


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1 (2) The Parcels are part of a right-of-way 

2 granted to the Railroad by the Federal Government 

3 by the Act dated July 27, 1866. 

4 (3) The Parcels, which are currently under 

5 lease to the City, are currently occupied by an out6 door recreation facility for youth and an historic 

7 women’s club. 

8 (4) The City desires to improve and restore 

9 these facilities but cannot absent clear title to the 

10 Parcels. 

11 (5) The United States retained a reversionary 

12 interest in the Parcels conveyed to the Railroad in 

13 1866 and has not exercised this authority. 

14 (6) The Union Pacific Railroad desires to sell 

15 the Parcels to the City. 

16 (7) Public Law 105–195 conveyed the rever17 sionary interest to all surrounding Parcels in 1998, 

18 which were conveyed by the Union Pacific Railroad 

19 to the City. 

20 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCE AND REMOVAL 

21 OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST. 

22 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

24 Tulare, California. 


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1 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en2 titled ‘‘Tulare Railroad Parcels Proposed to be Ac3 quired,’’ dated April 30, 2015. 

4 (3) PARCELS.—The term ‘‘Parcels’’ means the 

5 land identified as ‘‘Tulare Railroad Proposed Par6 cels’’ on the Map. 

7 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

8 the Secretary of the Interior. 

9 (5) RAILROAD.—The term ‘‘Railroad’’ means 

10 Union Pacific Railroad. 

11 (b) REVERSIONARY INTEREST EXTINGUISHED.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—To promote recreational op13 portunities for youth and commemorate women’s 

14 history in the City, the United States authorizes the 

15 conveyance of and relinquishes its reversionary inter16 est in the Parcels retained under the Act of July 27, 

17 1866 (14 Stat. 292, chapter 278). 

18 (2) REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION.—The relin19 quishment of the reversionary interest under para20 graph (1) shall be executed by the Secretary in an 

21 instrument that— 

22 (A) is suitable for recording in the records 

23 of Tulare County, California; and 


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1 (B) references this Act and any prior in2 struments relating to the United States interest 

3 in the Parcels. 

4 (3) COSTS.—Any costs associated with the re5 quired documentation under paragraph (2) shall be 

6 paid by the City. 

7 (4) CONDITION.—The relinquishment of the re8 versionary interest under paragraph (1) shall be ef9 fective on the date that the Railroad conveys the 

10 Parcels to the City. 

11 (c) MAP ON FILE.—The Map shall be kept on file 

12 and available for public inspection in the appropriate of13 fices of the Bureau of Land Management. 

14 (d) PRESERVATION OF EXISTING RIGHTS OF AC15 CESS.—Nothing in this Act shall impair any existing 

16 rights of access in favor of the public or any owner of 

17 adjacent lands over, under or across the Parcels. 

18 (e) SURFACE ENTRY.—The Parcels shall be subject 

19 to the same conditions as those parcels affected by Public 

20 Law 105–195 regarding rights of surface entry. 

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