Title: West Fork Fire Station Act of 2017
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
West Fork Fire Station Act of 2017
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture, on receiving a request from Dolores County in Colorado, to convey to the county, without consideration, approximately 3.61 acres of National Forest System land in the county to be used for a fire station, related infrastructure, and roads to facilitate access to and through such land.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4609 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4609

   To provide for the conveyance of a Forest Service site in Dolores 
            County, Colorado, to be used for a fire station.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 11, 2017

  Mr. Tipton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for the conveyance of a Forest Service site in Dolores 
            County, Colorado, to be used for a fire station.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``West Fork Fire Station Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) County.--The term ``County'' means Dolores County, 
        Colorado.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture.
            (3) West fork fire station conveyance parcel.--The term 
        ``West Fork Fire Station Conveyance Parcel'' means the parcel 
        of approximately 3.61 acres of National Forest System land in 
        the County, as depicted on the map entitled ``Map for West Fork 
        Fire Station Conveyance Parcel'' and dated November 21, 2017.

SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF WEST FORK FIRE STATION CONVEYANCE PARCEL, DOLORES 
              COUNTY, COLORADO.

    (a) In General.--On receipt of a request from the County and 
subject to such terms and conditions as are mutually satisfactory to 
the Secretary and the County, including such additional terms as the 
Secretary determines to be necessary, the Secretary shall convey to the 
County without consideration all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the West Fork Fire Station Conveyance Parcel.
    (b) Costs.--Any costs relating to the conveyance under subsection 
(a), including processing and transaction costs, shall be paid by the 
County.
    (c) Use of Land.--The land conveyed to the County under subsection 
(a) shall be used by the County only for a fire station, related 
infrastructure, and roads to facilitate access to and through the West 
Fork Fire Station Conveyance Parcel.
    (d) Reversion.--If any portion of the land conveyed under 
subsection (a) is used in a manner that is inconsistent with the use 
described in subsection (c), the land shall, at the discretion of the 
Secretary, revert to the United States.
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