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Union Calendar No. 256

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1725

[Report No. 106–446]

To provide for the conveyance by the Bureau of Land Management to Douglas

County, Oregon, of a county park and certain adjacent land.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 6, 1999

Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself and Mr. WALDEN of Oregon) introduced the

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

NOVEMBER 4, 1999

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union

and ordered to be printed

A BILL

To provide for the conveyance by the Bureau of Land Management to Douglas County, Oregon, of a county park

and certain adjacent land.

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 ‘‘Miwaleta Park Expan5 sion Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. LAND CONVEYANCE, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGE2 MENT LAND, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—

4 (1) CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary of the Inte5 rior (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’)

6 shall convey, without consideration, to Douglas

7 County, Oregon (referred to in this section as the

8 ‘‘County’’), all right, title, and interest of the United

9 States in and to a parcel of land (including improve10 ments on the land) described in paragraph (2) and

11 consisting of—

12 (A) Miwaleta Park, a county park man13 aged under agreement by the County on Fed14 eral land managed by the Bureau of Land Man15 agement; and

16 (B) an adjacent tract of Federal land man17 aged by the Bureau of Land Management.

18 (2) LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—The parcel of land

19 referred to in paragraph (1) is the parcel in the SW

1⁄4 of the NE 1⁄4; SE 1⁄4 of the NW 1 20 ⁄4 of sec. 27,

21 T31S, R4W, W.M., Douglas County, Oregon, de22 scribed as follows:

23 The property lying between the southerly right24 of-way line of the relocated Cow Creek County

25 Road No. 36 and contour elevation 1881.5

26 MSL, comprising approximately 28.50 acres.
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1 (b) USE OF LAND.—

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—After conveyance of land

3 under subsection (a), the County may manage and

4 exercise any program or policy that the County con5 siders appropriate in the use of the land for park

6 purposes.

7 (2) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary deter9 mines that the land conveyed under subsection

10 (a) is not being used for park purposes—

11 (i) all right, title, and interest in and

12 to the land, including any improvements on

13 the land, shall revert to the United States;

14 and

15 (ii) the United States shall have the

16 right of immediate entry onto the land.

17 (B) DETERMINATION ON THE RECORD.—

18 Any determination of the Secretary under sub19 paragraph (A) shall be made on the record.

20 (c) SURVEY.—The exact acreage and legal descrip21 tion of the land to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall

22 be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary

23 and paid for by the County.

24 (d) IMPACT ON FERC WITHDRAWAL.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The conveyance of land

2 under subsection (a) shall have no effect on the con3 ditions and rights provided in Federal Energy Regu4 latory Commission Withdrawal No. 7161.

5 (2) CONFLICTS.—In a case of conflict between

6 the use of the conveyed land as a park and the pur7 poses of the withdrawal, the purposes of the with8 drawal shall prevail.

9 (e) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—Except as provided in

10 subsection (c), costs associated with the conveyance under

11 subsection (a) shall be borne by the party incurring the

12 costs.

13 (f) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec14 retary may require such additional terms and conditions

15 in connection with the conveyance under subsection (a) as

16 the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the inter17 ests of the United States.

Union Calendar No. 256

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1725

[Report No. 106–446]

A BILL

To provide for the conveyance by the Bureau of

Land Management to Douglas County, Oregon,of a county park and certain adjacent land.

NOVEMBER 4, 1999

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the

State of the Union and ordered to beprinted