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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 308
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
DECEMBER 6, 1995
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
AN ACT
To provide for the conveyance of certain lands and improve-
ments in Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania, to a non-
profit organization known as the ‘‘Beaver County Cor-
poration for Economic Development’’ to provide a site
for economic development.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hopewell Township
Investment Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF LAND.
(a) ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES.—Sub-
ject to sections 3 and 4, the Administrator of General
Services (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Ad-
ministrator’’) shall convey, without compensation, to a
nonprofit organization known as the ‘‘Beaver County Cor-
poration for Economic Development’’ all right, title, and
interest of the United States in and to those pieces or par-
cels of land in Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania, de-
scribed in subsection (b), together with all improvements
thereon and appurtenances thereto. The purpose of the
conveyance is to provide a site for economic development
in Hopewell Township.
(b) PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.—The land referred to
in subsection (a) is the parcel of land in the township of
Hopewell, county of Beaver, Pennsylvania, bounded and
described as follows:
(1) Beginning at the southwest corner at a
point common to Lot No. 1, same plan, lands now
or formerly of Frank and Catherine Wutter, and the
easterly right-of-way line of Pennsylvania Legislative
Route No. 60 (Beaver Valley Expressway); thence
proceeding by the easterly right-of-way of Pennsylva-
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nia Legislative Route No. 60 by the following three
courses and distances:
(A) North 17 degrees, 14 minutes, 20 sec-
onds West, 213.10 feet to a point.
(B) North 72 degrees, 45 minutes, 40 sec-
onds East, 30.00 feet to a point.
(C) North 17 degrees, 14 minutes, 20 sec-
onds West, 252.91 feet to a point; on a line di-
viding Lot No. 1 from the other part of Lot No.
1, said part now called Lot No. 5, same plan;
thence by last mentioned dividing line, North
78 degrees, 00 minutes, 00 seconds East;
135.58 to a point, a cul-de-sac on Industrial
Drive; thence by said cul-de-sac and the south-
erly side of Industrial Drive by the following
courses and distances:
(i) By a curve to the right having a
radius of 100.00 feet for an arc distance of
243.401 feet to a point.
(ii) Thence by a curve to the right
having a radius of 100.00 feet for an arc
distance of 86.321 feet to a point.
(iii) Thence by 78 degrees, 00 min-
utes, 00 seconds East, 777.78 feet to a
point.
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(iv) Thence, North 12 degrees, 00
minutes, 00 seconds West, 74.71 feet to a
point.
(v) Thence by a curve to the right,
having a radius of 50.00 feet for an arc
distance of 78.54 feet to a point.
(vi) Thence North 78 degrees, 00
minutes, 00 seconds East, 81.24 feet to a
point.
(vii) Thence by a curve to the right,
having a radius of 415.00 feet for an arc
distance of 140.64 feet to a point.
(viii) Thence, South 82 degrees, 35
minutes, 01 second East, 125.00 feet to a
point.
(ix) Thence, South 7 degrees, 24 min-
utes, 59 seconds West, 5.00 feet to a
point.
(x) Thence by a curve to the right,
having a radius of 320.00 feet for an arc
distance of 256.85 feet to a point.
(xi) Thence by a curve to the right
having a radius of 50.00 feet for an arc
distance of 44.18 feet to a point on the
northerly side of Airport Road.
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(2) Thence by the northerly side thereof by the
following:
(A) South 14 degrees, 01 minute, 54 sec-
onds West, 56.94 feet to a point.
(B) Thence by a curve to the right having
a radius of 225.00 feet for an arc distance of
207.989 feet to a point.
(C) Thence South 66 degrees, 59 minutes,
45 seconds West, 192.08 feet to a point on the
southern boundary of Lot No. 1, which line is
also the line dividing Lot No. 1 from lands now
or formerly, of Frank and Catherine Wutter.
(3) Thence by the same, South 75 degrees, 01
minutes, 00 seconds West, 1,351.23 feet to a point
at the place of beginning.
(c) DATE OF CONVEYANCE.—The date of the convey-
ance of property required under subsection (a) shall be
not later than the 90th day following the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
(d) CONVEYANCE TERMS.—
(1) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The conveyance
of property required under subsection (a) shall be
subject to such terms and conditions as may be de-
termined by the Administrator to be necessary to
safeguard the interests of the United States. Such
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terms and conditions shall be consistent with the
terms and conditions set forth in this Act.
(2) QUITCLAIM
DEED.—The conveyance of
property required under subsection (a) shall be by
quitclaim deed.
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON CONVEYANCE.
No part of any land conveyed under section 2 may
be used, during the 30-year period beginning on the date
of conveyance, for any purpose other than economic devel-
opment.
SEC. 4. REVERSIONARY INTEREST.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The property conveyed under sec-
tion 2 shall revert to the United States on any date in
the 30-year period beginning on the date of such convey-
ance on which the property is used for a purpose other
than economic development.
(b) ENFORCING
REVERSION.—The Administrator
shall perform all acts necessary to enforce any reversion
of property to the United States under this section.
(c) INVENTORY OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERVICE.—
Property that reverts to the United States under this sec-
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tion shall be under the control of the General Services Ad-
ministration.
Passed the House of Representatives December 5,
1995.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
By LINDA NAVE,
Deputy Clerk.