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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 701
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey lands to the city of
Rolla, Missouri.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 26, 1995
Mr. EMERSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey lands
to the city of Rolla, Missouri.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LAND 
CONVEYANCE, 
ROLLA 
RANGER 
DIS-
TRICT ADMINISTRATIVE SITE, ROLLA, MIS-
SOURI.
(a) CONVEYANCE
AUTHORIZED.—Subject to the
terms and conditions specified in this section, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture may sell to the city of Rolla, Missouri
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘City’’), all right, title,
and interest of the United States in and to the following:
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The property identified as the Rolla Ranger District Ad-
ministrative Site of the Forest Service located in Rolla,
Phelps County, Missouri, encompassing ten acres more or
less, the conveyance of which by C.D. and Oma A.
Hazlewood to the United States was recorded on May 6,
1936, in book 104, page 286 of the Record of Deeds of
Phelps County, Missouri.
(b) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the con-
veyance under subsection (a), the City shall pay to the
Secretary an amount equal to the fair market value of the
property as determined by an appraisal acceptable to the
Secretary and prepared in accordance with the Uniform
Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisition as pub-
lished by the Department of Justice. Payment shall be due
in full within six months after the date the conveyance
is made or, at the option of the City, in twenty equal an-
nual installments commencing on January 1 of the first
year following the conveyance and annually thereafter
until the total amount due has been paid.
(c) DEPOSIT OF FUNDS RECEIVED.—Funds received
by the Secretary under subsection (b) as consideration for
the conveyance shall be deposited into the special fund in
the Treasury authorized by the Act of December 4, 1967
(16 U.S.C. 484a, commonly known as the Sisk Act). Such
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funds shall be available, subject to appropriation, until ex-
pended by the Secretary.
(d) RELEASE.—Subject to compliance with all Fed-
eral environmental laws prior to transfer, the City, upon
conveyance of the property under subsection (a), shall
agree in writing to hold the United States harmless from
any and all claims relating to the property, including all
claims resulting from hazardous materials on the conveyed
lands.
(e) REVERSION.—The conveyance under subsection
(a) shall be made by quitclaim deed in fee simple subject
to reversion to the United States and right of reentry upon
such conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary in
the deed of conveyance or in the event the City fails to
comply with the compensation requirements specified in
subsection (b).
(f) CONVERSION OF HISTORIC RESOURCES.—In con-
sultation with the State Historic Preservation Office of the
State of Missouri, the Secretary shall ensure that the his-
toric resources on the property to be conveyed are con-
served by requiring, at the closing on the conveyance of
the property, that the City convey an historic preservation
easement to the State of Missouri assuring the right of
the State to enter the property for historic preservation
purposes. The historic preservation easement shall be ne-
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gotiated between the State of Missouri and the City, and
the conveyance of the easement shall be a condition to the
conveyance authorized under subsection (a). The protec-
tion of the historic resources on the conveyed property
shall be the responsibility of the State of Missouri and
the City, and not that of the Secretary.
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