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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7126 

To exempt certain structures from removal from Army Corps of Engineers 

property on Table Rock Lake, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 14, 2018 

Mr. LONG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To exempt certain structures from removal from Army Corps 

of Engineers property on Table Rock Lake, 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. TABLE ROCK LAKE ENCROACHMENT. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 

5 (1) suspend any activities to require eligible 

6 property owners to remove eligible structures; and 

7 (2) offer to an eligible property owner a convey8 ance or release that— 

9 (A) for an eligible structure located on fee 

10 land, conveys by quitclaim deed the minimum 


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1 land required to maintain the eligible structure, 

2 reserving the right to flood the land, if applica3 ble; 

4 (B) for an eligible structure located on 

5 land subject to a flowage easement, releases by 

6 quitclaim deed the easement prohibition; and 

7 (C) provides that— 

8 (i) the eligible structure shall not be 

9 extended further onto fee land or land sub10 ject to the flowage easement; 

11 (ii) additional structures for human 

12 habitation shall not be placed on fee land 

13 or land subject to the flowage easement; 

14 (iii) the United States shall not be lia15 ble or responsible for damage to the eligi16 ble structure caused by the operation of 

17 the Lake; and 

18 (iv) no claim to compensation shall ac19 crue from the exercise of any flowage ease20 ment right. 

21 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 (1) EASEMENT PROHIBITION.—The term ‘‘ease23 ment prohibition’’ means the rights acquired by the 

24 United States, in a flowage easement, to prohibit 


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1 structures for human habitation on land subject to 

2 the easement. 

3 (2) ELIGIBLE PROPERTY OWNER.—The term 

4 ‘‘eligible property owner’’ means a person who owns 

5 an eligible structure. 

6 (3) ELIGIBLE STRUCTURE.—The term ‘‘eligible 

7 structure’’ means a structure for human habitation 

8 that— 

9 (A) was constructed before December 23, 

10 1976; and 

11 (B) is located on fee land or land subject 

12 to the flowage easement. 

13 (4) FEE LAND.—The term ‘‘fee land’’ means 

14 the land acquired in fee title by the United States 

15 for the Lake. 

16 (5) FLOWAGE EASEMENT.—The term ‘‘flowage 

17 easement’’ means an interest in land acquired by the 

18 United States that includes the right to flood land 

19 surrounding the Lake. 

20 (6) LAKE.—The term ‘‘Lake’’ means the Table 

21 Rock Lake project of the Corps of Engineers, lo22 cated in Missouri and Arkansas, authorized as one 

23 of the multiple-purpose reservoir projects in the 

24 White River Basin by section 4 of the Act of June 

25 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1218). 


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1 (7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief 

3 of Engineers. 

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