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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4029 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to transfer all Federal land, facilities, 

and any other assets associated with the Ozark National Scenic 

Riverways to the State of Missouri for the purposes of maintaining 

a State park, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 10, 2014 

Mr. SMITH of Missouri introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to transfer all Federal land, facilities, and any other assets associated with 

the Ozark National Scenic Riverways to the State of 

Missouri for the purposes of maintaining a State park, 

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. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds as follows: 

5 (1) The Ozark National Scenic Riverways was 

6 created under the auspices of protecting public ac7 cess to the area indefinitely. 


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1 (2) The National Park Service has begun to 

2 prevent members of the public from accessing the 

3 lands that compose the park. 

4 (3) The State of Missouri is able to maintain 

5 the park and ensure that it continues in substan6 tially the same fashion as it has while maintaining 

7 public access. 

8 SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF OZARK NATIONAL SCENIC 

9 RIVERWAYS. 

10 The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the establish11 ment of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in the State 

12 of Missouri, and for other purposes’’, approved August 27, 

13 1964 (16 U.S.C. 460m, et seq.), is amended by adding 

14 at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 9. Not later than one year after the date of 

16 the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall convey 

17 to the State of Missouri, for no consideration, all right, 

18 title, and interest of the United States in and to all Fed19 eral land, facilities, and any other assets associated with 

20 the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, subject to the fol21 lowing conditions: 

22 ‘‘(1) The Federal Government shall pay all of 

23 the costs of the conveyance under this section. 


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1 ‘‘(2) A covenant or restriction shall be in the 

2 deed to the land and facilities conveyed under this 

3 section requiring— 

4 ‘‘(A) that the State of Missouri shall main5 tain and operate the land, facilities, and assets 

6 conveyed under this section, at the cost to the 

7 State, in substantially the same fashion as such 

8 land, facilities, and assets were being main9 tained by the Department of the Interior on the 

10 day before the date of the enactment of this 

11 section; 

12 ‘‘(B) that if the State of Missouri attempts 

13 to sell, in whole or in part, the land, facilities, 

14 or assets conveyed under this section, such the 

15 land, facilities, and assets shall revert to the 

16 United States, at the discretion of the Sec17 retary, at no cost to the United States; 

18 ‘‘(C) that if the land and facilities con19 veyed under this section are no longer used as 

20 described in subparagraph (A), the land and fa21 cilities shall revert to the United States, at the 

22 discretion of the Secretary, at no cost to the 

23 United States; and 

24 ‘‘(D) any other terms and conditions that 

25 the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 10. The first section and sections 2 through 

2 8 of this Act shall not apply during any period during 

3 which title to the land associated with the Ozark National 

4 Scenic Riverways is not held by the United States.’’. 

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