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Union Calendar No. 158 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1285 

[Report No. 110–249] 

To provide for the conveyance of a parcel of National Forest System land 

in Kittitas County, Washington, to facilitate the construction of a new 

fire and rescue station, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 1, 2007 

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington (for himself and Mr. REICHERT) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

JULY 23, 2007 

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 March 1, 2007] 

A BILL 

To provide for the conveyance of a parcel of National Forest 

System land in Kittitas County, Washington, to facilitate 

the construction of a new fire and rescue station, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Snoqualmie Pass Land 

3 Conveyance Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. LAND CONVEYANCE, NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 

5 LAND, KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON. 

6 (a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Agri7 culture shall convey, without consideration, to the King and 

8 Kittitas Counties Fire District #51 of King and Kittitas 

9 Counties, Washington (in this section referred to as the 

10 ‘‘District’’), all right, title, and interest of the United States 

11 in and to a parcel of National Forest System land in 

12 Kittitas County, Washington, consisting of approximately 

1.5 acres within the SW1⁄4 of the SE1 13 ⁄4 of section 4, town14 ship 22 north, range 11 east, Willamette meridian, for the 

15 purpose of permitting the District to use the parcel as a 

16 site for a new Snoqualmie Pass fire and rescue station. 

17 (b) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If the Secretary deter18 mines at any time that the real property conveyed under 

19 subsection (a) is not being used in accordance with the pur20 pose of the conveyance specified in such subsection, all right, 

21 title, and interest in and to the property shall revert, at 

22 the option of the Secretary, to the United States, and the 

23 United States shall have the right of immediate entry onto 

24 the property. Any determination of the Secretary under this 

25 subsection shall be made on the record after an opportunity 

26 for a hearing. 


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1 (c) SURVEY.—If necessary, the exact acreage and legal 

2 description of the lands to be conveyed under subsection (a) 

3 shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Sec4 retary. The cost of a survey shall be borne by the District. 

5 (d) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec6 retary may require such additional terms and conditions 

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

8 the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests 

9 of the United States. 


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Union Calendar No. 158 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1285 

[Report No. 110

–249] 

A BILL 

To provide for the conveyance of a parcel of Naposes. new fire and rescue station, and for other pur- Washington, to facilitate the construction of a tional Forest System land in Kittitas County, 

JULY 23, 2007 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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