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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1139 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1139

   To require the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a property 
  conveyance with the city of Wallowa, Oregon, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 21, 2009

   Mr. Wyden introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
   To require the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a property 
  conveyance with the city of Wallowa, Oregon, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wallowa Forest Service Compound 
Conveyance Act''.

SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE TO CITY OF WALLOWA, OREGON.

    (a) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) City.--The term ``City'' means the city of Wallowa, 
        Oregon.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture.
            (3) Wallowa forest service compound.--The term ``Wallowa 
        Forest Service Compound'' means the Wallowa Ranger Station that 
        is--
                    (A) located at 602 West First Street, Wallowa, 
                Oregon; and
                    (B) under the jurisdiction of the Secretary.
    (b) Duty of Secretary.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
enactment of this Act, subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary 
shall convey to the City, without consideration and by quitclaim deed, 
all right, title, and interest of the United States, except as provided 
in subsections (c) and (d), in and to the Wallowa Forest Service 
Compound.
    (c) Use of Wallowa Forest Service Compound.--As a condition of the 
conveyance under subsection (b), the City shall--
            (1) use the Wallowa Forest Service Compound as an 
        interpretive center;
            (2) ensure that the Wallowa Forest Service Compound is 
        managed by a nonprofit entity; and
            (3) agree to manage the Wallowa Forest Service Compound--
                    (A) with due consideration and protection for the 
                historic values of the Wallowa Forest Service Compound; 
                and
                    (B) in accordance with such terms and conditions as 
                are agreed to by the Secretary and the City.
    (d) Reversion.--In the quitclaim deed to the City, the Secretary 
shall provide that the Wallowa Forest Service Compound shall revert to 
the Secretary, at the election of the Secretary, if the Wallowa Forest 
Service Compound is--
            (1) used for a purpose other than the purposes described in 
        subsection (c)(1); or
            (2) managed by the City in a manner that is inconsistent 
        with subsection (c)(3).
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