IIB 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 805 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 26, 2018 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AN ACT 

To authorize the conveyance of and remove the reversionary 

interest of the United States in certain lands in the 

City of Tulare, California. 

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 ‘‘Tulare Youth Recre3 ation and Women’s History Enhancement Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 The Congress finds the following: 

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

7 two Parcels of land within the City’s business cor8 ridor. 

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

10 granted to the Railroad by the Federal Government 

11 by the Act dated July 27, 1866. 

12 (3) The Parcels, which are currently under 

13 lease to the City, are currently occupied by an out14 door recreation facility for youth and a historic 

15 women’s club. 

16 (4) The City desires to improve and restore 

17 these facilities but cannot absent clear title to the 

18 Parcels. 

19 (5) The United States retained a reversionary 

20 interest in the Parcels conveyed to the Railroad in 

21 1866 and has not exercised this authority. 

22 (6) The Union Pacific Railroad desires to sell 

23 the Parcels to the City. 

24 (7) Public Law 105–195 conveyed the rever25 sionary interest to all surrounding Parcels in 1998, 


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1 which were conveyed by the Union Pacific Railroad 

2 to the City. 

3 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCE AND REMOVAL 

4 OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

7 Tulare, California. 

8 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en9 titled ‘‘Tulare Railroad Parcels Proposed to be Ac10 quired’’, dated April 30, 2015. 

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

12 land identified as ‘‘Tulare Railroad Proposed Par13 cels’’ on the Map. 

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

15 the Secretary of the Interior. 

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

17 the Union Pacific Railroad. 

18 (b) REVERSIONARY INTEREST EXTINGUISHED.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—To promote recreational op20 portunities for youth and commemorate women’s 

21 history in the City, the United States authorizes the 

22 conveyance of and relinquishes its reversionary inter23 est in the Parcels retained under the Act of July 27, 

24 1866 (14 Stat. 292, chapter 278). 


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1 (2) REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION.—The relin2 quishment of the reversionary interest under para3 graph (1) shall be executed by the Secretary in an 

4 instrument that— 

5 (A) is suitable for recording in the records 

6 of Tulare County, California; and 

7 (B) references this Act and any prior in8 struments relating to the United States interest 

9 in the Parcels. 

10 (3) COSTS.—Any costs associated with the re11 quired documentation under paragraph (2) shall be 

12 paid by the City. 

13 (4) CONDITION.—The relinquishment of the re14 versionary interest under paragraph (1) shall be ef15 fective on the date that the Railroad conveys the 

16 Parcels to the City. 

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

18 and available for public inspection in the appropriate of19 fices of the Bureau of Land Management. 

20 (d) PRESERVATION OF EXISTING RIGHTS OF AC21 CESS.—Nothing in this Act shall impair any existing 

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

23 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. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 25, 2018. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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