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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3427
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey lands within the State
of Missouri to local governments located within the State of Missouri.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 3, 1993
Mr. EMERSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey lands
within the State of Missouri to local governments located
within the State of Missouri.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
The Secretary of Agriculture (hereafter ‘‘Secretary’’)
is authorized to sell to local governments within the State
of Missouri certain lands and interests therein and im-
provements thereon of the United States within the Coun-
ties of Phelps, Howell, Carter, and Ripley, subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in section 2. The lands and
interests and improvements to be conveyed shall be limited
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to Forest Service Administrative Sites that, in the discre-
tion of the Secretary, are no longer needed for National
Forest purposes.
SEC. 2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
(a) CONSIDERATION.—Consideration for a convey-
ance described in section 1 shall be equal to the fair mar-
ket value of the properties as determined by an appraisal
prepared in accordance with the Uniform Appraisal
Standards for Federal Land Acquisition, as published by
the Department of Justice, and which are acceptable to
the Secretary. Payment of consideration is due in full
within 6 months of conveyance or, at the option of the
local government, in 20 equal annual installments com-
mencing on January 1 of the first year following the con-
veyance and annually thereafter until the total amount
due has been paid. At the option of the local government,
consideration may be paid by services, in lieu of cash, the
value of which the Secretary finds to be equal to the ap-
praised fair market value of the Federal land. The type,
valuation, and manner of services must be acceptable to
the Secretary and provide for the administration of the
Mark Twain National Forest on an annual basis not to
exceed 20 years. What constitutes approved services shall
be set forth in a Memorandum of Understanding between
the involved parties prior to conveyance. An annual ac-
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counting of the services accomplished during the preceding
year shall be provided to the Secretary by the local govern-
ment by February 15 of each year.
(b) FUNDS RECEIVED.—Any funds received by the
Secretary as consideration for the conveyances authorized
by this Act shall be deposited into a special fund in the
Treasury which will remain available until expended by the
Secretary for the purpose of acquiring lands or interests
therein within the State of Missouri for National Forest
Service purposes.
(c) RELEASE.—Subject to compliance with all Fed-
eral environmental laws prior to transfer, the participating
local government, upon transfer of the property described
in section 1, 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.
(d) REVERSION.—The conveyances described in sec-
tion 1 shall be by quitclaim deed in fee simple subject to
reversion or right of reentry upon conditions prescribed
by the Secretary in the deed of conveyance or in the event
of noncompliance with the compensation requirements de-
scribed in paragraph (a) of this section.
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