IIA
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3426
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 5 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994
Received
OCTOBER 8 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey lands
to the City of Rolla, Missouri.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LAND CONVEYANCE, ROLLA RANGER DISTRICT
ADMINISTRATIVE SITE, ROLLA, MISSOURI.
(a) CONVEYANCE
AUTHORIZED.—Subject to the
terms and conditions specified in this section, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture may sell to the City of Rolla, Mis-
souri (in this section referred to as the ‘‘City), all right,
title, and interest of the United States in and to the fol-
lowing:
The property identified as the Rolla Ranger
District Administrative Site of the Forest Service lo-
cated in Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri, encompass-
ing 10 acres more or less, the conveyance of which
by C. D. and Oma A. Hazlewood to the United
States was recorded on May 6, 1936, in book 104,
page 286 of the Record of Deeds of Phelps County,
Missouri.
(b) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the con-
veyance under subsection (a), the City shall pay to the
Secretary an amount equal to the fair market value of the
property, as determined by an appraisal (acceptable to the
Secretary) prepared in accordance with the Uniform Ap-
praisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisition, as pub-
lished by the Department of Justice. Payment shall be due
in full within 6 months after the date the conveyance is
made or, at the option of the City, in 20 equal annual
installments commencing on January 1 of the first year
following the conveyance and annually thereafter until the
total amount due has been paid.
(c) DEPOSIT OF FUNDS RECEIVED.—Funds received
by the Secretary under subsection (b) as consideration for
the conveyance shall be deposited into the special fund in
the Treasury authorized by the Act of December 4, 1967
(16 U.S.C. 484a, commonly known as the Sisk Act). Such
funds shall be available, subject to appropriation, until ex-
pended by the Secretary.
(d) RELEASE.—Subject to compliance with all Fed-
eral environmental laws prior to transfer, the City, upon
conveyance of the property under subsection (a), shall
agree in writing to hold the United States harmless from
any and all claims relating to the property, including all
claims resulting from hazardous materials on the conveyed
lands.
(e) REVERSION.—The conveyance under subsection
(a) shall be made by quitclaim deed in fee simple subject
to reversion to the United States and right of re-entry
upon such conditions as may be prescribed by the Sec-
retary in the deed of conveyance or in the event the City
fails to comply with the compensation requirements speci-
fied in subsection (b).
(f) CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC RESOURCES.—In
consultation with the State Historic Preservation Office
of the State of Missouri, the Secretary shall ensure that
the historic resources on the property to be conveyed are
conserved by requiring, at the closing on the conveyance
of the property, that the City convey an historic preserva-
tion easement to the State of Missouri assuring the right
of the State to enter the property for historic preservation
purposes. The historic preservation easement shall be ne-
gotiated between the State of Missouri and the City, and
the conveyance of the easement shall be a condition to the
conveyance authorized under subsection (a). The protec-
tion of the historic resources on the conveyed property
shall be the responsibility of the State of Missouri and
the City, and not the Secretary.
Passed the House of Representatives October 4,
1994.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.