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Union Calendar No. 378

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3579

[Report No. 104–711]

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain property containing

a fish and wildlife facility to the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 5, 1996

Mrs. CUBIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Resources

JULY 26, 1996

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 5, 1996]

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain

property containing a fish and wildlife facility to the

State of Wyoming, 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,
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1 SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY TO WYO2 MING.

3 (a) CONVEYANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the

4 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior

5 shall convey to the State of Wyoming without reimburse6 ment, all right, title, and interest of the United States in

7 and to the property described in subsection (b).

8 (b) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The property re9 ferred to in subsection (a) is the property commonly known

10 as ‘‘Ranch A’’ in Crook County, Wyoming, consisting of

11 approximately 680 acres of land including all real prop12 erty, buildings, and all other improvements to real prop13 erty, and all personal property including art, historic light

14 fixtures, wildlife mounts, draperies, rugs, and furniture di15 rectly related to the site, including personal property on

16 loan to museums and other entities, at the time of transfer.

17 (c) USE AND REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—

18 (1) USE.—The property conveyed to the State of

19 Wyoming under this section shall be retained in pub20 lic ownership and be used by the State for the pur21 poses of—

22 (A) fish and wildlife management and edu23 cation; and

24 (B) using, maintaining, displaying, and re25 storing, through State or local agreements, or

26 both, the museum quality real and personal
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1 property and the historical interests and signifi2 cance of the real and personal property, consist3 ent with applicable Federal and State laws.

4 (2) ACCESS BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU5 CATION.—The State of Wyoming shall provide access

6 to the property for institutions of higher education at

7 a compensation level that is agreed to by the State

8 and the institution of higher education.

9 (3) REVERSION.—If the property described in

10 subsection (b) is not used for a purpose consistent

11 with paragraphs (1) and (2), all right, title, and in12 terest in and to the property shall revert to the Unit13 ed States.
Union Calendar No. 378

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3579

[Report No. 104–711]

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey

purposes.cility to the State of Wyoming, and for othercertain property containing a fish and wildlife faJULY 26, 1996

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and