Title: To remove reversionary clauses on property owned by the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, the reversionary interests of the United States in and to specified nonfederal land in Anchorage for the purpose of unencumbering its title and enabling its economic development.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 213 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 213

To remove reversionary clauses on property owned by the municipality of 
                           Anchorage, Alaska.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2017

 Mr. Young of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To remove reversionary clauses on property owned by the municipality of 
                           Anchorage, Alaska.

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

SECTION 1. ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, CONVEYANCE OF REVERSIONARY INTERESTS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) City.--The term ``City'' means the Municipality of 
        Anchorage, Alaska.
            (2) Non-federal land.--The term ``non-Federal land'' means 
        certain parcels of land located in the City and owned by the 
        City, which are more particularly described as follows:
                    (A) Tracts 4 and 6, Tudor Municipal Campus, 
                Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, 
                State of Alaska, consisting of approximately 7.9 acres 
                in Tract 4 and 19.8 acres in Tract 6, located along Dr. 
                Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue.
                    (B) Lot 18A Less W20', Block 16, Original Townsite 
                of Anchorage, Anchorage Recording District, Third 
                Judicial District, State of Alaska, consisting of 
                approximately 0.16 acres, commonly known as Cottage 25, 
                located at 646 West 3rd Avenue.
                    (C) Lots 1, 2, and 3, Block K, North Addition #4 to 
                Townsite of Anchorage, Anchorage Recording District, 
                Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, consisting of 
                approximately 0.482 acres, commonly known as Wireless 
                Station located on Manor Avenue in Government Hill.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
    (b) Conveyance of Reversionary Interests, Anchorage, Alaska.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, the Secretary shall convey to the City, without 
        consideration, the reversionary interests of the United States 
        in and to the non-Federal land for the purpose of unencumbering 
        the title to the non-Federal land to enable economic 
        development of the non-Federal land.
            (2) Legal descriptions.--As soon as practicable after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, the exact legal descriptions of 
        the non-Federal land shall be determined in a manner 
        satisfactory to the Secretary.
            (3) Costs.--The City shall pay all costs associated with 
        the conveyance under paragraph (1), including the costs of any 
        surveys, recording costs, and other reasonable costs.
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