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105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1883

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

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’’)—

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

18 the State of Alabama; or

19 (B) for any other purpose approved in

20 writing by the regional director of the United

21 States Fish and Wildlife Service for the region

22 in which the properties are located.

23 (2) LEASE OF CLAUDE HARRIS NATIONAL

24 AQUACULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER.—

25 (A) TO ALABAMA AGRICULTURE EXPERI26 MENT STATION.—As a condition of the convey-
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1 ance under paragraph (1), the Game and Fish

2 Division shall offer to lease the property de3 scribed in subsection (b)(1)(B) to the Alabama

4 Agriculture Experiment Station—

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

6 Game and Fish Division; and

7 (ii) for the period requested by the

8 Station and provided by Alabama law.

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

10 Station declines the offer or fails to renew any

11 lease, the Game and Fish Division shall offer to

12 lease any portion of the property to another

13 public entity.

14 (b) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTIES.—The properties

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

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

17 Hatchery leased to the Game and Fish Division, lo18 cated 7 miles northeast of Marion, Alabama, on

19 State Highway 175, as described in Amendment No.

20 2 to the Cooperative Agreement dated June 6, 1974,

21 between the United States Fish and Wildlife Service

22 and the Game and Fish Division, consisting of ap23 proximately 300 acres; and

24 (B) the Claude Harris National Aquacultural

25 Research Center, located 7 miles northeast of Mar-
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1 ion, Alabama, on State Highway 175, as described

2 in a document of the United States Fish and Wild3 life Service entitled ‘‘EXHIBIT A’’ and dated March

4 19, 1996, consisting of approximately 298 acres;

5 (2) all improvements and related personal prop6 erty under the control of the Secretary of the Inte7 rior that are located on the properties described in

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

9 equipment; and

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

11 rights relating to the properties described in para12 graph (1).

13 (c) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—

14 (1) REQUIREMENT.—If any property conveyed

15 to the State of Alabama under this section is used

16 for any purpose other than the use authorized under

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

18 all property conveyed under this section shall revert

19 to the United States.

20 (2) CONDITION OF PROPERTY ON REVER21 SION.—In the case of a reversion of property under

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

23 or mineral interests on or under the property, the

24 State of Alabama shall ensure that all property re25 verting to the United States under this subsection is
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1 in substantially the same condition as, or in better

2 condition than, at the time of conveyance under sub3 section (a).

4 (d) JURISDICTION.—Effective at the time of convey5 ance of the properties under subsection (a), the United

6 States retrocedes jurisdiction over the properties to the

7 State of Alabama.

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