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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2132 
To exempt certain structures from removal from Army Corps of Engineers 
property on Table Rock Lake, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 8, 2019 
Mr. LONG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To exempt certain structures from removal from Army Corps 
of Engineers property on Table Rock Lake, 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. TABLE ROCK LAKE ENCROACHMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) suspend any activities to require eligible 
property owners to remove eligible structures; and 
(2) offer to an eligible property owner a convey-
ance or release that— 
(A) for an eligible structure located on fee 
land, conveys by quitclaim deed the minimum 
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land required to maintain the eligible structure, 
reserving the right to flood the land, if applica-
ble; 
(B) for an eligible structure located on 
land subject to a flowage easement, releases by 
quitclaim deed the easement prohibition; and 
(C) provides that— 
(i) the eligible structure shall not be 
extended further onto fee land or land sub-
ject to the flowage easement; 
(ii) additional structures for human 
habitation shall not be placed on fee land 
or land subject to the flowage easement; 
(iii) the United States shall not be lia-
ble or responsible for damage to the eligi-
ble structure caused by the operation of 
the Lake; and 
(iv) no claim to compensation shall ac-
crue from the exercise of any flowage ease-
ment right. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) EASEMENT PROHIBITION.—The term ‘‘ease-
ment prohibition’’ means the rights acquired by the 
United States, in a flowage easement, to prohibit 
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structures for human habitation on land subject to 
the easement. 
(2) ELIGIBLE
PROPERTY
OWNER.—The term 
‘‘eligible property owner’’ means a person who owns 
an eligible structure. 
(3) ELIGIBLE STRUCTURE.—The term ‘‘eligible 
structure’’ means a structure for human habitation 
that— 
(A) was constructed before December 23, 
1976; and 
(B) is located on fee land or land subject 
to the flowage easement. 
(4) FEE LAND.—The term ‘‘fee land’’ means 
the land acquired in fee title by the United States 
for the Lake. 
(5) FLOWAGE EASEMENT.—The term ‘‘flowage 
easement’’ means an interest in land acquired by the 
United States that includes the right to flood land 
surrounding the Lake. 
(6) LAKE.—The term ‘‘Lake’’ means the Table 
Rock Lake project of the Corps of Engineers, lo-
cated in Missouri and Arkansas, authorized as one 
of the multiple-purpose reservoir projects in the 
White River Basin by section 4 of the Act of June 
28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1218). 
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(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief 
of Engineers. 
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