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Calendar No. 792

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2069

[Report No. 106–402]

To permit the conveyance of certain land in Powell, Wyoming.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

FEBRUARY 10, 2000

Mr. ENZI (for himself and Mr. THOMAS) introduced the following bill; which

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural

Resources

SEPTEMBER 7, 2000

Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, without amendment

A BILL

To permit the conveyance of certain land in Powell,

Wyoming.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF PUBLIC PURPOSE CONDI4 TION.

5 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
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1 (1) the parcel of land described in subsection

2 (c) was patented to the town (now City) of Powell,

3 Wyoming, by the United States General Land Office

4 on October 17, 1934, to help establish a town near

5 the Shoshone Irrigation Project;

6 (2) the land was patented with the condition

7 that it be used forever for a public purpose, as re8 quired by section 3 of the Act of April 16, 1906 (43

9 U.S.C. 566);

10 (3) the land has been used to house the Powell

11 Volunteer Fire Department, which serves the fire12 fighting and rescue needs of a 577 square mile area

13 in northwestern Wyoming;

14 (4) the land is located at the corner of U.S.

15 Highway 14 and the main street of the business dis16 trict of the City;

17 (5) because of the high traffic flow in the area,

18 the location is no longer safe for the public or for

19 the fire department;

20 (6) in response to population growth in the area

21 and to National Fire Protection Association regula22 tions, the fire department has purchased new fire23 fighting equipment that is much larger than the ex24 isting fire hall can accommodate;
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1 (7) accordingly, the fire department must con2 struct a new fire department facility at a new and

3 safe location;

4 (8) in order to relocate and construct a new fa5 cility, the City must sell the land to assist in financ6 ing the new fire department facility; and

7 (9) the Secretary of the Interior concurs that it

8 is in the public interest to eliminate the public pur9 pose condition to enable the land to be sold for that

10 purpose.

11 (b) ELIMINATION OF CONDITION.—

12 (1) WAIVER.—The condition stated in section 3

13 of the Act of April 16, 1906 (43 U.S.C. 566), that

14 land conveyed under that Act be used forever for a

15 public purpose is waived insofar as the condition ap16 plies to the land described in subsection (c).

17 (2) INSTRUMENTS.—The Secretary of the Inte18 rior shall execute and cause to be recorded in the

19 appropriate land records any instruments necessary

20 to evidence the waiver made by paragraph (1).

21 (c) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The parcel of land de22 scribed in this subsection is a parcel of land located in

23 Powell, Park County, Wyoming, the legal description of

24 which is as follows:
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1 Lot 23, Block 54, in the original town of Pow2 ell, according to the plat recorded in Book 82 of

3 plats, Page 252, according to the records of the

4 County Clerk and Recorder of Park County, State of

5 Wyoming.

Calendar No. 792

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2069

[Report No. 106–402]

A BILL

To permit the conveyance of certain land in Powell,

Wyoming.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2000

Reported without amendment