A bill to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey, by quitclaim deed, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain lands that were withdrawn or acquired for the purpose of relocating a portion of the City of American Falls out of the area flooded by the American Falls Reservoir.
PL 98-61 (S.459), enacted 07/28/1983

97 STAT. 298 
PUBLIC LAW 98-61—JULY 28, 1983 
Public Law 98-61 
98th Congress 
An Act 
July 28, 1983 
To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey, by quitclaim deed, all 
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right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to certain lands that were 
withdrawn or acquired for the purpose of relocating a portion of the city of 
American Falls out of the area 
flooded 
by the American Falls Reservoir. 
Land conveyance. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
City of American 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
f.nnH innvpvnnfp °^ *^® Intcrior Is hereby authorized and directed to convey by 
quitclaim deed to the city of American Falls, Idaho, without cost, the 
following real property located within or adjacent to the city limits 
of said city of American Falls, reserving all right-of-way and oil and 
gas in land to the United States: 
(a) The area identified as the Campbell Stebbins Park, containing 
approximately 41.5 acres, including the park area located between 
the Oregon Trail Highway and the Oregon Short Line Railroad, and 
the area identified as a Public Square, containing approximately 8.8 
acres, all as shown on the official plat of the Reclamation Addition 
to the city of American Falls approved October 18, 1923, and re-
corded in the county of Power, Idaho, as instrument numbered 
32042. 
(b) Block 44 of the original townsite of American Falls; containing 
approximately 3.3 acres. 
(c) A tract of land containing 11.7 acres, more or less, described as 
follows: 
Beginning at the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of 
section 21, township 7 south, range 31 east, Boise meridian; 
thence south 45 degrees 16 minutes east, a distance of 1,870.3 
feet, more or less, to the southeast corner of said southwest 
quarter; 
thence north 58 degrees 28 minutes west, a distance of 96.3 
feet; 
thence north 68 degrees 17 minutes west, a distance of 1,339.2 
feet, more or less, to a point on the west section line of said 
section 21, and said point being 548.2 feet north of the southwest 
corner of said section; 
thence north along the west section line a distance of 770.5 
feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of the southwest 
quarter of said section 21, the point of beginning. 
(d) A tract of land containing 8.79 acres more or less in the south 
half of the southwest quarter, section 28, township 7 south, range 31 
east, Boise meridian, Idaho, and more particularly described as 
follows: 
Beginning at the southwest corner of said section 28; 
thence north 44 degrees and 38 minutes east, 1,868.6 feet to 
the 16/17 corner of said section; 
thence east along the north boundary of the southeast quarter 
southwest quarter of said section 28, 367.2 feet to a point; 
thence south 324.9 feet to a point; 
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thence north 89 degrees and 59 minutes west, 92.8 feet to a 
point; 
thence south 49 degrees and 23 minutes west, 361.9 feet to a 
point; 
thence south 78 degrees and 34 minutes west, 708 feet to a 
point; 
thence south 26 degrees and 55 minutes west, 333.7 feet to a 
point; 
thence south 61 degrees and 51 minutes west, 271.6 feet to a 
point; 
thence south 43 degrees and 29 minutes west, 280.3 feet to a 
point on the south boundary of said section 28; 
thence south 89 degrees and 59 minutes west along the south 
boundary of said section 28, 34.9 feet to the place of beginning, 
(e) A tract of land containing 8.0 acres, more or less, located in the 
west half of the southwest quarter, section 28, township 7 south, 
range 31 east, Boise meridian, Idaho, and more particularly de-
scribed as follows: 
Beginning at the southwest corner of section 28; 
thence north 44 degrees 38 minutes east, a distance of 1,886.6 
feet to the northeast corner of the southwest quarter southwest 
quarter, of section 28; 
thence north a distance of 1,320 feet to the northeast corner of 
the northwest quarter southwest quarter of section 28; 
thence west, a distance of 30 feet to a point on the east edge of 
Hillcrest Avenue; 
thence southwesterly along a curve on the side of Hillcrest 
Avenue a distance of 2,955 feet to a point on line between 
sections 28 and 29; 
thence south 65.0 feet to the southwest corner of section 28, 
the place of beginning. 
Such property shall be conveyed subject to the reservation of rights- Rights-of-way. 
of-way for ditches, canals, and pipelines constructed by the 
authority of the United States and to other existing rights-of-way 
of record. The conveyance of such property shall contain a reserva-
tion to the United States of all oil and gas in the land, together with 
the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same under such 
regulation as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. 
Approved July 28, 1983. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 459: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 98-270 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 98-5 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): 
Mar. 2, considered and passed Senate. 
July 18, considered and passed House.