A bill to provide for the transfer of certain lands in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes.
PL 100-157 (H.R.1366), enacted 11/09/1987

101 STAT. 894 
PUBLIC LAW 100-157—NOV. 9, 1987 
colleges. 
Public Law 100-157 
100th Congress 
An Act 
Nov. 9, 1987 
To provide for the transfer of certain lands in the State of Arizona, and for other 
[H.R. 1366] 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Real property. 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to convey the 
property described in section 2 of this Act to the Payson Unified 
School District No. 10, Arizona (hereafter, the "school district"), in 
accordance with this Act. 
SEC. 2. The property referred to in section 1 is that parcel of land 
comprising approximately sixty acres, known as the Payson School 
Site, in the town of Payson, county of Gila, Arizona. 
SEC. 3. (a) Conveyance of the property described in section 2 shall 
be made upon a request of the governing body of the school district 
submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture no later than thirty years 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) Conveyance of title to the property described in section 2, upon 
a timely request by the school district shall be in consideration for 
payment to the United States of an amount equal to— 
(1) administrative costs associated with the preparation of 
title and legal description of such property, and the fair market 
value of such property (as determined by the Secretary of 
Agriculture on the basis of continued use of the property for 
school purposes) as of December 1, 1986, 
(2) reduced by an amount equal to the total amounts paid to 
the United States by the school district for use of such property 
(pursuant to agreements between the school district and the 
Secretary of Agriculture) subsequent to January 1, 1961 and 
prior to the date of the request by the school district for 
conveyance of such property pursuant to this Act (but such 
reduction shall not be greater than the total amount described 
in paragraph 1). 
SEC. 4. Any conveyance made pursuant to this Act shall be subject 
to such terms and conditions, consistent with this Act, as the 
Secretary of Agriculture determines necessary or desirable in the 
public interest, including but not limited to the treatment of exist-
ing easements or rights-of-way for roads and other purposes. 
SEC. 5. During the period specified in section 3(a), the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall permit the school district to continue to occupy 
and use the property described in section 2 for school purposes upon 
condition that the school district make annual payments to the 
United States for such use of the property, but such payments shall 
not exceed $12,500 in any one year. 
SEC. 6. Payments pursuant to section 3 and section 5 shall be 
considered to have been deposited with the Secretary of Agriculture 
pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
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484a), and shall be handled in the same manner as amounts so 
deposited pursuant to such Act. 
SEC. 7. (a) Title to any real property conveyed pursuant to this Act 
shall revert to the United States if the school district attempts to 
convey or otherwise transfer ownership of any portion of such 
property to any other party or attempts to encumber such title, or 
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permits the use of any portion of such property for any purpose 
incompatible with the purposes specified in subsection (b) of this 
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section. 
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(b) Real property conveyed pursuant to this Act shall be used for a 
public school. 
Approved November 9, 1987, 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1366: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-188 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 100-196 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 133 (1987): 
June 29, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 22, considered and passed Senate. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 23 (1987): 
Nov. 9, Presidential statement.