I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 207 
To resolve title issues involving real property and equipment acquired using 
funds provided under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2017 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To resolve title issues involving real property and equipment 
acquired using funds provided under the Alaska Kiln 
Drying Grant Program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. RESOLUTION OF REAL PROPERTY AND EQUIP-
MENT TITLE ISSUES UNDER ALASKA KILN 
DRYING GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding part 3019 of 
title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (the Uniform Federal 
Assistance Regulations of the Department of Agriculture), 
title to real property and equipment acquired using funds 
provided by a grant under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant 
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Program, as described under the heading ‘‘State and Pri-
vate Forestry’’ in House Reports 106–914 and 107–234, 
shall vest in the grant recipient in accordance with the 
compensation schedule specified in subsection (b) or as 
provided in subsection (c). 
(b) COMPENSATION SCHEDULE.— 
(1) PERIOD OF APPLICATION.—The compensa-
tion requirements of this subsection apply to a grant 
provided under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Pro-
gram during the four-year period beginning on the 
date on which the grant was closed. 
(2) COMPENSATION SCHEDULE.—If real prop-
erty or equipment acquired using funds provided by 
a grant under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Pro-
gram is no longer to be used for the purposes for 
which the grant was made, the grant recipient may 
sell, or may retain title to, the real property or 
equipment upon payment to the Secretary of Agri-
culture of compensation as follows: 
(A) During the first year of the four-year 
period, the grant recipient shall pay an amount 
equal to 80 percent of the proceeds of the sale, 
if the real property or equipment is sold, or 80 
percent of the market value of the real property 
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or equipment, if title is to be retained by the 
grant recipient. 
(B) During the second year of the four- 
year period, the grant recipient shall pay an 
amount equal to 60 percent of the proceeds of 
the sale, if the real property or equipment is 
sold, or 60 percent of the market value of the 
real property or equipment, if title is to be re-
tained by the grant recipient. 
(C) During the third year of the four-year 
period, the grant recipient shall pay an amount 
equal to 40 percent of the proceeds of the sale, 
if the real property or equipment is sold, or 40 
percent of the market value of the real property 
or equipment, if title is to be retained by the 
grant recipient. 
(D) During the final year of the four-year 
period, the grant recipient shall pay an amount 
equal to 20 percent of the proceeds of the sale, 
if the real property or equipment is sold, or 20 
percent of the market value of the real property 
or equipment, if title is to be retained by the 
grant recipient. 
(c) DIVESTITURE.—After the end of the four-year pe-
riod beginning on the date on which a grant provided 
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under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program was closed, 
real property or equipment acquired using the grant funds 
may be retained or disposed of by the grant recipient with 
no further obligation to the Federal Government. 
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