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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5246 
To remove the Federal claim to navigational servitude for a parcel of land 
in Texas City, Texas, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2016 
Mr. WEBER of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To remove the Federal claim to navigational servitude for 
a parcel of land in Texas City, Texas, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TEXAS CITY SHIP CHANNEL, TEXAS CITY, 
TEXAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The portion of the Texas City 
Ship Channel, Texas City, Texas, described in subsection 
(b) shall not be subject to navigational servitude beginning 
on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) DESCRIPTION.—The portion of the Texas City 
Ship Channel described in this subsection is a tract or par-
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cel containing 393.53 acres (17,142,111 square feet) of 
land situated in the City of Texas City Survey, Abstract 
Number 681, and State of Texas Submerged Lands 
Tracts 98A and 99A, Galveston County, Texas, said 
393.53 acre tract being more particularly described as fol-
lows: 
(1) Beginning at the intersection of an edge of 
fill along Galveston Bay with the most northerly east 
survey line of said City of Texas City Survey, Ab-
stract No. 681, the same being a called 375.75 acre 
tract patented by the State of Texas to the City of 
Texas City and recorded in Volume 1941, Page 750 
of the Galveston County Deed Records (G.C.D.R.), 
from which a found U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
Brass Cap stamped ‘‘R 4-3’’ set in the top of the 
Texas City Dike along the east side of Bay Street 
bears North 56° 14′ 32″ West, a distance of 
6,045.31 feet and from which a found U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers Brass Cap stamped ‘‘R 4-2’’ set 
in the top of the Texas City Dike along the east side 
of Bay Street bears North 49° 13′ 20″ West, a dis-
tance of 6,693.64 feet. 
(2) Thence, over and across said State Tracts 
98A and 99A and along the edge of fill along said 
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Galveston Bay, the following eight (8) courses and 
distances: 
(A) South 75° 49′ 13″ East, a distance of 
298.08 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(B) South 81° 16′ 26″ East, a distance of 
170.58 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(C) South 79° 20′ 31″ East, a distance of 
802.34 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(D) South 75° 57′ 32″ East, a distance of 
869.68 feet to a point for the beginning of a 
non-tangent curve to the right. 
(E) Easterly along said non-tangent curve 
to the right having a radius of 736.80 feet, a 
central angle of 24° 55′ 59″, a chord of South 
68° 47′ 35″ East – 318.10 feet, and an arc 
length of 320.63 feet to a point for the begin-
ning of a non-tangent curve to the left. 
(F) Easterly along said non-tangent curve 
to the left having a radius of 373.30 feet, a 
central angle of 31° 57′ 42″, a chord of South 
66° 10′ 42″ East – 205.55 feet, and an arc 
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length of 208.24 feet to a point for the begin-
ning of a non-tangent curve to the right. 
(G) Easterly along said non-tangent curve 
to the right having a radius of 15,450.89 feet, 
a central angle of 02° 04′ 10″, a chord of South 
81° 56′ 20″ East – 558.04 feet, and an arc 
length of 558.07 feet to a point for the begin-
ning of a compound curve to the right and the 
northeasterly corner of the tract herein de-
scribed. 
(H) Southerly along said compound curve 
to the right and the easterly line of the tract 
herein described, having a radius of 1,425.00 
feet, a central angle of 133° 08′ 00″, a chord 
of South 14° 20′ 15″ East – 2,614.94 feet, and 
an arc length of 3,311.15 feet to a point on a 
line lying 125.00 feet northerly of and parallel 
with the centerline of an existing levee for the 
southeasterly corner of the tract herein de-
scribed. 
(3) Thence, continuing over and across said 
State Tracts 98A and 99A and along lines lying 
125.00 feet northerly of, parallel, and concentric 
with the centerline of said existing levee, the fol-
lowing twelve (12) courses and distances: 
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(A) North 78° 01′ 58″ West, a distance of 
840.90 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(B) North 76° 58′ 35″ West, a distance of 
976.66 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(C) North 76° 44′ 33″ West, a distance of 
1,757.03 feet to a point for the beginning of a 
tangent curve to the left. 
(D) Southwesterly, along said tangent 
curve to the left having a radius of 185.00 feet, 
a central angle of 82° 27′ 32″, a chord of South 
62° 01′ 41″ West – 243.86 feet, and an arc 
length of 266.25 feet to a point for the begin-
ning of a compound curve to the left. 
(E) Southerly, along said compound curve 
to the left having a radius of 4,535.58 feet, a 
central angle of 11° 06′ 58″, a chord of South 
15° 14′ 26″ West – 878.59 feet, and an arc 
length of 879.97 feet to an angle point of the 
tract herein described. 
(F) South 64° 37′ 11″ West, a distance of 
146.03 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
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(G) South 67° 08′ 21″ West, a distance of 
194.42 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(H) North 34° 48′ 22″ West, a distance of 
789.69 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(I) South 42° 47′ 10″ West, a distance of 
161.01 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(J) South 42° 47′ 10″ West, a distance of 
144.66 feet to a point for the beginning of a 
tangent curve to the right. 
(K) Westerly, along said tangent curve to 
the right having a radius of 310.00 feet, a cen-
tral angle of 59° 50′ 28″, a chord of South 72° 
42′ 24″ West – 309.26 feet, and an arc length 
of 323.77 feet to an angle point of the tract 
herein described. 
(L) North 77° 22′ 21″ West, a distance of 
591.41 feet to the intersection of said parallel 
line with the edge of fill adjacent to the easterly 
edge of the Texas City Turning Basin for the 
southwesterly corner of the tract herein de-
scribed, from which a found U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers Brass Cap stamped ‘‘SWAN 2’’ 
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(F) North 26° 41′ 15″ West, a distance of 
46.02 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(G) North 01° 31′ 59″ West, a distance of 
219.78 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(H) North 15° 54′ 07″ West, a distance of 
104.89 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(I) North 04° 00′ 34″ East, a distance of 
72.94 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(J) North 06° 46′ 38″ West, a distance of 
78.89 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(K) North 12° 07′ 59″ West, a distance of 
182.79 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(L) North 20° 50′ 47″ West, a distance of 
105.74 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(M) North 02° 02′ 04″ West, a distance of 
184.50 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
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(N) North 08° 07′ 11″ East, a distance of 
102.23 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(O) North 08° 16′ 00″ West, a distance of 
213.45 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(P) North 03° 15′ 16″ West, a distance of 
336.45 feet to a point for the beginning of a 
non-tangent curve to the left. 
(Q) Northerly along said non-tangent 
curve to the left having a radius of 896.08 feet, 
a central angle of 14° 00′ 05″, a chord of North 
09° 36′ 03″ West – 218.43 feet, and an arc 
length of 218.97 feet to a point for the begin-
ning of a non-tangent curve to the right. 
(R) Northerly along said non-tangent 
curve to the right having a radius of 483.33 
feet, a central angle of 19° 13′ 34″, a chord of 
North 13° 52′ 03″ East – 161.43 feet, and an 
arc length of 162.18 feet to a point for the 
northwesterly corner of the tract herein de-
scribed. 
(5) Thence, continuing over and across said 
City of Texas City Survey, and along the edge of fill 
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along said Galveston Bay, the following fifteen (15) 
courses and distances: 
(A) North 30° 45′ 02″ East, a distance of 
189.03 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(B) North 34° 20′ 49″ East, a distance of 
174.16 feet to a point for the beginning of a 
non-tangent curve to the right. 
(C) Northeasterly along said non-tangent 
curve to the right having a radius of 202.01 
feet, a central angle of 25° 53′ 37″, a chord of 
North 33° 14′ 58″ East – 90.52 feet, and an 
arc length of 91.29 feet to a point for the be-
ginning of a non-tangent curve to the left. 
(D) Northeasterly along said non-tangent 
curve to the left having a radius of 463.30 feet, 
a central angle of 23° 23′ 57″, a chord of North 
48° 02′ 53″ East – 187.90 feet, and an arc 
length of 189.21 feet to a point for the begin-
ning of a non-tangent curve to the right. 
(E) Northeasterly along said non-tangent 
curve to the right having a radius of 768.99 
feet, a central angle of 16° 24′ 19″, a chord of 
North 43° 01′ 40″ East – 219.43 feet, and an 
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arc length of 220.18 feet to an angle point of 
the tract herein described. 
(F) North 38° 56′ 50″ East, a distance of 
126.41 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(G) North 42° 59′ 50″ East, a distance of 
128.28 feet to a point for the beginning of a 
non-tangent curve to the right. 
(H) Northerly along said non-tangent 
curve to the right having a radius of 151.96 
feet, a central angle of 68° 36′ 31″, a chord of 
North 57° 59′ 42″ East – 171.29 feet, and an 
arc length of 181.96 feet to a point for the 
most northerly corner of the tract herein de-
scribed. 
(I) South 77° 14′ 49″ East, a distance of 
131.60 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(J) South 84° 44′ 18″ East, a distance of 
86.58 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(K) South 58° 14′ 45″ East, a distance of 
69.62 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
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(L) South 49° 44′ 51″ East, a distance of 
149.00 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(M) South 44° 47′ 21″ East, a distance of 
353.77 feet to a point for the beginning of a 
non-tangent curve to the left. 
(N) Easterly along said non-tangent curve 
to the left having a radius of 253.99 feet, a 
central angle of 98° 53′ 23″, a chord of South 
83° 28′ 51″ East – 385.96 feet, and an arc 
length of 438.38 feet to an angle point of the 
tract herein described. 
(O) South 75° 49′ 13″ East, a distance of 
321.52 feet to the point of beginning and con-
taining 393.53 acres (17,142,111 square feet) 
of land. 
Æ 
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