Title: To establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain Federal property around the Jamestown Reservoir in the State of North Dakota, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
This bill directs the Bureau of Reclamation to convey to the Stutsman County Park Board in Jamestown, North Dakota, all U.S. interest in recreation land and permitted cabin land at no cost. As a condition of the conveyances, the board shall agree to pay all survey and other administrative costs necessary for the preparation and completion of any patents for, and transfers of title to, the land.
The board shall manage the recreation land: (1) for recreation and public purposes consistent with the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, (2) for public access, (3) for fish and wildlife habitat, or (4) to preserve its natural character. The board shall manage the permitted cabin land for cabins or recreational residences in existence as of this bill's enactment or for any of the recreation land management purposes.
Reclamation shall convey to North Dakota all U.S. interest in the game and fish headquarters, on the condition that the headquarters continue to be used as a game and fish headquarters or for substantially similar purposes.
The bill exempts the United States from liability for damages, including flood damages, except for damages caused by an act or omission of a U.S. employee, agent, or contracts before the enactment of this bill.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6039 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6039

To establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain Federal property 
 around the Jamestown Reservoir in the State of North Dakota, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 7, 2018

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain Federal property 
 around the Jamestown Reservoir in the State of North Dakota, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Board.--The term ``Board'' means the Stutsman County 
        Park Board in Jamestown, North Dakota.
            (2) Game and fish headquarters.--The term ``game and fish 
        headquarters'' means the land depicted as ``Game and Fish 
        Headquarters'' on the Map.
            (3) Jamestown reservoir.--The term ``Jamestown Reservoir'' 
        means the Jamestown Reservoir constructed as a unit of the 
        Missouri-Souris Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, as 
        authorized by section 9 of the Act of December 22, 1944 
        (commonly known as the ``Flood Control Act of 1944'') (58 Stat. 
        891, chapter 665).
            (4) Management agreement.--The term ``Management 
        Agreement'' means the management agreement entitled 
        ``Management Agreement between the United States of America and 
        Stutsman County Park Board for the Management, Development, 
        Operation and Maintenance of Recreation and Related 
        Improvements and Facilities at Jamestown Reservoir Stutsman 
        County, North Dakota'', numbered 15-LM-60-2255, and dated 
        February 17, 2015.
            (5) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map prepared by the 
        Bureau of Reclamation, entitled ``Jamestown Reservoir'', and 
        dated May 2018.
            (6) Permitted cabin land.--The term ``permitted cabin 
        land'' means the land depicted as ``Permitted Cabin Lands'' on 
        the Map.
            (7) Property.--The term ``property'' means any cabin site 
        located on permitted cabin land for which a permit is in effect 
        on the date of enactment of this Act.
            (8) Recreation land.--The term ``recreation land'' means 
        the land depicted as ``Recreation and Public Purpose Lands'' on 
        the Map.
            (9) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of 
        Reclamation.
            (10) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of North 
        Dakota, acting through the North Dakota Game and Fish 
        Department.

SEC. 2. CONVEYANCES TO STUTSMAN COUNTY PARK BOARD.

    (a) Conveyances to Stutsman County Park Board.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to the management requirements of 
        paragraph (3) and the easements and reservations under section 
        4, not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this 
        Act, the Secretary shall convey to the Board all right, title, 
        and interest of the United States in and to--
                    (A) the recreation land; and
                    (B) the permitted cabin land.
            (2) Costs.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph 
                (B), the Secretary shall convey the land described in 
                paragraph (1) at no cost.
                    (B) Title transfer; land surveys.--As a condition 
                of the conveyances under paragraph (1), the Board shall 
                agree to pay all survey and other administrative costs 
                necessary for the preparation and completion of any 
                patents for, and transfers of title to, the land 
                described in paragraph (1).
            (3) Management.--
                    (A) Recreation land.--The Board shall manage the 
                recreation land conveyed under paragraph (1)--
                            (i) for recreation and public purposes 
                        consistent with the Act of June 14, 1926 
                        (commonly known as the ``Recreation and Public 
                        Purposes Act'') (44 Stat. 741, chapter 578; 43 
                        U.S.C. 869 et seq.);
                            (ii) for public access;
                            (iii) for fish and wildlife habitat; or
                            (iv) to preserve the natural character of 
                        the recreation land.
                    (B) Permitted cabin land.--The Board shall manage 
                the permitted cabin land conveyed under paragraph (1)--
                            (i) for cabins or recreational residences 
                        in existence as of the date of enactment of 
                        this Act; or
                            (ii) for any of the recreation land 
                        management purposes described in subparagraph 
                        (A).
            (4) Haying and grazing.--With respect to recreation land 
        conveyed under paragraph (1) that is used for haying or grazing 
        authorized by the Management Agreement as of the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Board may continue to permit haying 
        and grazing in a manner that is permissible under the one or 
        more haying or grazing contracts in effect as of the date of 
        enactment of this Act.
    (b) Reversion.--If a parcel of land conveyed under subparagraph (A) 
or (B) of subsection (a)(1) is used in a manner that is inconsistent 
with the requirements described in subparagraph (A) or (B), 
respectively, of subsection (a)(3), the parcel of land shall, at the 
discretion of the Secretary, revert to the United States.
    (c) Sale of Permitted Cabin Land by Board.--
            (1) In general.--If the Board sells any parcel of permitted 
        cabin land conveyed under subsection (a)(1)(B), the parcel 
        shall be sold at fair market value, as determined by a third-
        party appraiser in accordance with the Uniform Standards of 
        Professional Appraisal Practice, subject to paragraph (2).
            (2) Improvements.--For purposes of an appraisal conducted 
        under paragraph (1), any improvements on the permitted cabin 
        land made by a permit holder shall not be included in the 
        appraised value of the land.
            (3) Proceeds from the sale of land by the board.--If the 
        Board sells a parcel of permitted cabin land conveyed under 
        subsection (a)(1)(B), the Board shall pay to the Secretary the 
        amount of any proceeds of the sale that exceed the costs of 
        preparing the sale by the Board.
    (d) Availability of Funds to the Secretary.--Any amounts paid to 
the Secretary for land conveyed by the Secretary under this Act shall 
be made available to the Secretary, without further appropriation, for 
activities relating to the operation of the Jamestown Dam and 
Reservoir.

SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF GAME AND FISH HEADQUARTERS TO THE STATE.

    (a) Conveyance of Game and Fish Headquarters.--Not later than 5 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
convey to the State all right, title, and interest of the United States 
in and to the game and fish headquarters, on the condition that the 
game and fish headquarters continue to be used as a game and fish 
headquarters or substantially similar purposes.
    (b) Reversion.--If land conveyed under subsection (a) is used in a 
manner that is inconsistent with the requirements described in that 
subsection, the land shall, at the discretion of the Secretary, revert 
to the United States.

SEC. 4. RESERVATIONS, EASEMENTS, AND OTHER OUTSTANDING RIGHTS.

    (a) In General.--Each conveyance to the Board or the State pursuant 
to this Act shall be made subject to--
            (1) valid existing rights;
            (2) operational requirements of the Pick-Sloan Missouri 
        River Basin Program, as authorized by section 9 of the Act of 
        December 22, 1944 (commonly known as the ``Flood Control Act of 
        1944'') (58 Stat. 891, chapter 665), including the Jamestown 
        Reservoir;
            (3) any flowage easement reserved by the United States to 
        allow full operation of the Jamestown Reservoir for authorized 
        purposes;
            (4) reservations described in the Management Agreement;
            (5) oil, gas, and other mineral rights reserved of record, 
        as of the date of enactment of this Act, by, or in favor of, 
        the United States or a third party;
            (6) any permit, license, lease, right-of-use, flowage 
        easement, or right-of-way of record in, on, over, or across the 
        applicable property or Federal land, whether owned by the 
        United States or a third party, as of the date of enactment of 
        this Act;
            (7) a deed restriction that prohibits building any new 
        permanent structure on property below an elevation of 1,454 
        feet; and
            (8) the granting of applicable easements for--
                    (A) vehicular access to the property; and
                    (B) access to, and use of, all docks, boathouses, 
                ramps, retaining walls, and other improvements for 
                which access is provided in the permit for use of the 
                property as of the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Liability; Taking.--
            (1) Liability.--The United States shall not be liable for 
        flood damage to a property subject to a permit, the Board, or 
        the State, or for damages arising out of any act, omission, or 
        occurrence relating to a permit holder, the Board, or the 
        State, other than for damages caused by an act or omission of 
        the United States or an employee, agent, or contractor of the 
        United States before the date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) Taking.--Any temporary flooding or flood damage to the 
        property of a permit holder, the Board, or the State, shall not 
        be considered to be a taking by the United States.

SEC. 5. INTERIM REQUIREMENTS.

    During the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act 
and ending on the date of conveyance of a property or parcel of land 
under this Act, the provisions of the Management Agreement that are 
applicable to the property or land, or to leases between the State and 
the Secretary, and any applicable permits, shall remain in force and 
effect.
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