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Calendar No. 493

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1883

[Report No. 105–263]

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

MARCH 31, 1998

Mr. SHELBY (for himself and Mr. SESSIONS) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and

Public Works

JULY 24, 1998

Reported by Mr. CHAFEE, with amendments

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

3 Hatchery and Claude Harris National Aquacultural Re4 search Center Conveyance Act’’.

5 SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF MARION NATIONAL FISH HATCH6 ERY AND CLAUDE HARRIS NATIONAL

7 AQUACULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER TO THE

8 STATE OF ALABAMA.

9 (a) CONVEYANCE REQUIREMENT.—

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

11 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec12 retary of the Interior shall convey to the State of

13 Alabama without reimbursement, and subject to the

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

15 and interest of the United States in and to the prop16 erties described in subsection (b) for use by the

17 Game and Fish Division of the Department of Con18 servation and Natural Resources of the State of Ala19 bama (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Game and

20 Fish Division’’)—

21 (A) as part of the fish culture program of

22 the State of Alabama; or

23 (B) for any other purpose approved in

24 writing by the regional director of the United

25 States Fish and Wildlife Service for the region

26 in which the properties are located.
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1 (2) LEASE OF CLAUDE HARRIS NATIONAL

2 AQUACULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER.—

3 (A) TO ALABAMA AGRICULTURE EXPERI4 MENT STATION.—As a condition of the convey5 ance under paragraph (1), the Game and Fish

6 Division shall offer to lease the property de7 scribed in subsection (b)(1)(B) to the Alabama

8 Agriculture Experiment Station—

9 (i) at no cost to the Station or the

10 Game and Fish Division; and

11 (ii) for the period requested by the

12 Station and provided by Alabama law.

13 (B) TO ANOTHER PUBLIC ENTITY.—If the

14 Station declines the offer or fails to renew any

15 lease, the Game and Fish Division shall offer to

16 lease any portion of the property to another

17 public entity.

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

19 of the State of Alabama.

20 (2) LEASE OF CLAUDE HARRIS NATIONAL

21 AQUACULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER.—As a condition

22 of the conveyance under paragraph (1), the Game and

23 Fish Division shall offer to lease the property de24 scribed in subsection (b)(1)(B) to the Alabama Agri25 culture Experiment Station—
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1 (A) at no cost to the Station or the Game

2 and Fish Division; and

3 (B) for the period requested by the Station

4 and provided by Alabama law.

5 (b) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTIES.—The properties

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

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

8 Hatchery leased to the Game and Fish Division, lo9 cated 7 miles northeast of Marion, Alabama, on

10 State Highway 175, as described in Amendment No.

11 2 to the Cooperative Agreement dated June 6, 1974,

12 between the United States Fish and Wildlife Service

13 and the Game and Fish Division, consisting of ap14 proximately 300 acres; and

15 (B) the Claude Harris National Aquacultural

16 Research Center, located 7 miles northeast of Mar17 ion, Alabama, on State Highway 175, as described

18 in a document of the United States Fish and Wild19 life Service entitled ‘‘EXHIBIT A’’ and dated March

20 19, 1996, consisting of approximately 298 acres;

21 (2) all improvements and related personal prop22 erty under the control of the Secretary of the Inte23 rior that are located on the properties described in

24 paragraph (1), including buildings, structures, and

25 equipment; and
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1 (3) all easements, leases, and water and timber

2 rights relating to the properties described in para3 graph (1).

4 (c) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—

5 (1) REQUIREMENT.—If any property conveyed

6 to the State of Alabama under this section is used

7 for any purpose other than the use authorized under

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

9 all property conveyed under this section shall revert

10 to the United States.

11 (2) CONDITION OF PROPERTY ON REVER12 SION.—In the case of a reversion of property under

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

14 or mineral interests on or under the property, the

15 State of Alabama shall ensure that all property re16 verting to the United States under this subsection is

17 in substantially the same condition as, or in better

18 condition than, at the time of conveyance under sub19 section (a).

20 (d) JURISDICTION.—Effective at the time of convey21 ance of the properties under subsection (a), the United

22 States retrocedes jurisdiction over the properties to the

23 State of Alabama.
Calendar No. 493

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1883

[Report No. 105–263]

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey

purposes.Center to the State of Alabama, and for otherClaude Harris National Aquacultural Researchthe Marion National Fish Hatchery and the

JULY 24, 1998

Reported with amendments