I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5866 
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to release a reversionary interest 
in certain land in the Black River State Forest in Millston, Wisconsin, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 28, 2025 
Mr. VAN ORDEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to release a rever-
sionary interest in certain land in the Black River State 
Forest in Millston, Wisconsin, 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. RELEASE OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DELI, INC..—The term ‘‘Deli, Inc.’’ means 
Deli, Inc., a sphagnum moss production business lo-
cated in Millston, Wisconsin. 
(2) DELI LAND.—The term ‘‘Deli land’’ means 
the approximately 37.27 acres of land owned or 
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optioned to acquire, subject to the approval of the 
land exchange by the Wisconsin Department of Nat-
ural Resources, the Wisconsin Natural Resources 
Board, and the Governor of Wisconsin, in 2 separate 
parcels, by Deli, Inc., and located in Millston, Wis-
consin, as depicted on the map and as described as 
follows: 
(A) A parcel of real property containing 
approximately 31.3 acres (which includes land 
within the road right-of-way), together with any 
improvements— 
(i) comprising the NE1⁄4NE1⁄4 sec. 
29, T. 20 N., R. 2 W., Town of Millston, 
Jackson County, Wisconsin; 
(ii) excluding— 
(I) land lying north of the rail-
road right-of-way; and 
(II) a parcel 150 feet wide, with 
50 feet lying to the northeast, and 
100 feet to the southwest, of a line 
commencing at a point 5 feet east of 
the northwest corner of the quarter- 
quarter section described in clause (i), 
thence south 56° east 39’ a distance 
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of 222 feet, thence south 57° east 31’ 
a distance of 1359 feet; and 
(iii) subject to— 
(I) any public water use or ease-
ments on Lee Lake; and 
(II) any easements or restrictions 
of record, public roadways, zoning and 
use ordinances, and the railroad right- 
of-way. 
(B) A parcel of real property containing 
approximately 
5.97 
acres 
located 
in 
the 
SW1⁄4SW1⁄4 sec. 20, T. 20 N., R. 4 W., Town 
of Millston, Jackson County, Wisconsin, com-
prising lot 7 of Certified Survey Map No. 4483, 
as recorded in volume 19S of the certified sur-
vey maps, page 334, as Document No. 413440 
in the Jackson County Register of Deeds. 
(3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Black River State Forest – Deli, Inc.’’ and 
dated June 26, 2023. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Wisconsin. 
(5) STATE
FOREST
LAND.—The term ‘‘State 
forest land’’ means the approximately 31.83 acres of 
land located in the Black River State Forest in 
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Millston, Wisconsin, as depicted on the map and as 
described as follows: 
(A) A parcel containing 23.13 acres— 
(i) comprising the portion of the 
E1⁄2SE1⁄4 sec. 20, T. 20 N., R. 2. W., 
Town of Millston, Jackson County, Wis-
consin, lying south of the Interstate High-
way 94 southern right-of-way; and 
(ii) excluding a triangular parcel in 
the southwest corner described as com-
mencing at the southwest corner, thence 
east 260 feet, thence northwesterly to a 
point on the west boundary thereof 200 
feet north of the southwest corner, thence 
south to the place of beginning. 
(B) A parcel containing 8.70 acres com-
prising the portion of the NE1⁄4NE1⁄4 sec. 29, 
T. 20 N., R. 2. W., Town of Millston, Jackson 
County, Wisconsin, lying north of the railroad 
right-of-way, forming a triangular piece and de-
scribed as commencing at the northeast corner 
of that quarter-quarter section, thence west 
1010 feet to the north line of the railroad right- 
of-way, thence southeasterly along the boundary 
of the railroad to the east line of that quarter- 
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quarter section, thence north on the east line 
750 feet to the place of beginning. 
(b) CONDITIONAL RELEASE.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(A) the State forest land is subject to a re-
versionary interest of the United States pursu-
ant to section 32(c) of The Bankhead-Jones 
Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1011(c)), requiring 
that the State forest land be used for public 
purposes in perpetuity; and 
(B) the State and Deli, Inc. have agreed 
that the State will convey the State forest land 
in exchange for the Deli land, and the Deli land 
will be added to Black River State Forest in the 
State. 
(2) CONDITIONAL RELEASE.—If the State of-
fers in a written agreement to convey the State for-
est land to Deli, Inc., in exchange for the conveyance 
of the Deli land to the State— 
(A) the reversionary interest of the United 
States in the State forest land shall be released; 
and 
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture shall pro-
vide, as expeditiously as possible, recordable evi-
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dence of the release under subparagraph (A) in 
the form of a quitclaim deed, which shall— 
(i) convey any interest of the United 
States in the State forest land without 
consideration; and 
(ii) be provided to the State for re-
cording before the exchange deeds are re-
corded. 
(3) CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture, in consultation with the State, may make 
any necessary corrections to the legal description of 
the State forest land for purposes of the quitclaim 
deed described in paragraph (2)(B). 
Æ 
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