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Union Calendar No. 440 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 805 

[Report No. 115–579] 

To authorize the conveyance of and remove the reversionary interest of the 

United States in certain lands in the City of Tulare, California. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 1, 2017 

Mr. NUNES (for himself and Mr. VALADAO) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

FEBRUARY 26, 2018 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To authorize the conveyance of and remove the reversionary 

interest of the United States in certain lands in the 

City of Tulare, California. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tulare Youth Recre5 ation and Women’s History Enhancement Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The City of Tulare requires clear title to 

9 two Parcels of land within the City’s business cor10 ridor. 

11 (2) The Parcels are part of a right-of-way 

12 granted to the Railroad by the Federal Government 

13 by the Act dated July 27, 1866. 

14 (3) The Parcels, which are currently under 

15 lease to the City, are currently occupied by an out16 door recreation facility for youth and a historic 

17 women’s club. 

18 (4) The City desires to improve and restore 

19 these facilities but cannot absent clear title to the 

20 Parcels. 

21 (5) The United States retained a reversionary 

22 interest in the Parcels conveyed to the Railroad in 

23 1866 and has not exercised this authority. 

24 (6) The Union Pacific Railroad desires to sell 

25 the Parcels to the City. 


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1 (7) Public Law 105–195 conveyed the rever2 sionary interest to all surrounding Parcels in 1998, 

3 which were conveyed by the Union Pacific Railroad 

4 to the City. 

5 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCE AND REMOVAL 

6 OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the City of 

9 Tulare, California. 

10 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en11 titled ‘‘Tulare Railroad Parcels Proposed to be Ac12 quired’’, dated April 30, 2015. 

13 (3) PARCELS.—The term ‘‘Parcels’’ means the 

14 land identified as ‘‘Tulare Railroad Proposed Par15 cels’’ on the Map. 

16 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

17 the Secretary of the Interior. 

18 (5) RAILROAD.—The term ‘‘Railroad’’ means 

19 the Union Pacific Railroad. 

20 (b) REVERSIONARY INTEREST EXTINGUISHED.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—To promote recreational op22 portunities for youth and commemorate women’s 

23 history in the City, the United States authorizes the 

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1 est in the Parcels retained under the Act of July 27, 

2 1866 (14 Stat. 292, chapter 278). 

3 (2) REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION.—The relin4 quishment of the reversionary interest under para5 graph (1) shall be executed by the Secretary in an 

6 instrument that— 

7 (A) is suitable for recording in the records 

8 of Tulare County, California; and 

9 (B) references this Act and any prior in10 struments relating to the United States interest 

11 in the Parcels. 

12 (3) COSTS.—Any costs associated with the re13 quired documentation under paragraph (2) shall be 

14 paid by the City. 

15 (4) CONDITION.—The relinquishment of the re16 versionary interest under paragraph (1) shall be ef17 fective on the date that the Railroad conveys the 

18 Parcels to the City. 

19 (c) MAP ON FILE.—The Map shall be kept on file 

20 and available for public inspection in the appropriate of21 fices of the Bureau of Land Management. 

22 (d) PRESERVATION OF EXISTING RIGHTS OF AC23 CESS.—Nothing in this Act shall impair any existing 

24 rights of access in favor of the public or any owner of 

25 adjacent lands over, under or across the Parcels. 


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1 (e) SURFACE ENTRY.—The Parcels shall be subject 

2 to the same conditions as those parcels affected by Public 

3 Law 105–195 regarding rights of surface entry. 


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Union Calendar No. 440 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 805 

[Report No. 115–579] 

A BILL 

To authorize the conveyance of and remove the retain lands in the City of Tulare, California. versionary interest of the United States in cerFEBRUARY 26, 2018 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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