A bill to authorize the Secretary of Interior to convey, without consideration, certain lands in Lane County, Oregon.
PL 98-137 (H.R.1062), enacted 10/25/1983

97 STAT. 864 
PUBLIC LAW 98-137—OCT. 25, 1983 
Public Law 98-137 
98th Congress 
Oct. 25, 1983 
[H.R. 1062] 
Lane County, 
Oreg. 
Land 
conveyance. 
An Act 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey, without consideration, certain 
lands in Lane County, Oregon. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, the Secretary 
of the Interior may convey, without consideration, to any person 
claiming to have been deprived of title to any portion of real 
property in Lane County, Oregon, as a result of the Bureau of Land 
Management survey entitled "Resurvey and Subdivision of Section 
31, Township 21 South, Range 1 West", dated November 12,1959, all 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to such portion 
of real property if application therefor, accompanied by such proof 
of title, description of land, and other information, as the Secretary 
of the Interior may require, is received by such Secretary within five 
years after the date of enactment of this Act. 
JIM WRIGHT 
Speaker pro Tempore. 
HOWARD H . BAKER, JR. 
Acting President of the Senate pro Tempore. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S., 
October 25, 1983. 
The House of Representatives having proceeded to reconsider the 
bill (H.R. 1062) entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey, without consideration, certain lands in Lane 
County, Oregon", returned by the President of the United States 
with his objections, to the House of Representatives, in which it 
originated, it was 
Resolved, That the said bill pass, two-thirds of the House of 
Representatives agreeing to pass the same. 
BENJAMIN J. GUTHRIE 
Clerk. 
I certify that this Act originated in the House of Representatives. 
BENJAMIN J. GUTHRIE 
Clerk. 
By W. Raymond Colley 
Deputy Clerk. 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, 
October 25 (legislative day, October 2U 1983. 
The Senate having proceeded to reconsidered the bill (H.R. 1062) 
entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey, 
without consideration, certain lands in Lane County, Oregon", re-
turned by the President of the United States with his objections, to 
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97 STAT. 865 
the House of Representatives, in which it originated, and passed by 
the House of Representatives on reconsideration of the same, it was 
Resolved, That the said bill pass, two-thirds of the Senators 
present having voted in the affirmative. 
Attest: 
WiLUAM F. HiLDENBRAND 
Secretary. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1062 (S. 1042): 
HOUSE REPORT No. 98-84 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 98-257 accompanying S. 1042 (Comm. on Energy and Natural 
Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): 
Oct. 3, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 6, considered and passed Senate. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 19, No. 42 (1983): 
Oct. 19, Presidential veto message. 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): 
Oct. 25, House and Senate overrode veto. 
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