A bill to facilitate the exchange of certain lands in the state of Oregon and for other purposes.
PL 95-394 (H.R.12772), enacted 09/30/1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-394—SEPT. 30, 1978 
92 STAT. 811 
Public Law 95-394 
95th Congress 
An Act 
To facilitate the exchange of certain lands in the State of Oregon, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) in order to 
facilitate the exchange of certain lands in the State of Oregon for 
purposes of enlarging the Ecola State Park, the Secretary of the 
Interior (hereinafter referred to as "the Secretary") is authorized and 
directed to convey to the State of Oregon the reversionary interest 
retained by the United States pursuant to the first proviso of the first 
section of the Act of August 11,1916 (39 Stat. 505) in a tract compris-
ing about one hundred and sixty acres and described as the northwest 
quarter, section 8, township 5 north, range 8 west, Willamette 
meridian. Such conveyance shall be made, upon relinquishment to the 
Secretary of patent numbered 602062 by the State, by issuance of a 
new patent describing all lands which were described by patent num-
bered 602062. The conveyance directed by this section shall be made 
only if, in the judgment of the Secretary, the requirements of sections 2 
and 3 of this Act have been met by the State. 
(b) The new patent issued under subsection (a) hereof shall con-
tain all reservations and exceptions required by the Act of August 11, 
1916, and contained in patent numbered 602062 except that the reverter 
provision contained in the proviso referred to in subsection (a) shall 
not apply to the one-hundred-and-sixty-acre tract described in sub-
section (a) of this section. 
SEC. 2. No conveyance shall be made and no new patent issued pur-
suant to this Act unless the State of Oregon has shown to the satis-
faction of the Secretary that— 
(a) the lands described in the first section of this Act will be 
exchanged for lands of at least equal value, or if not of at least 
equal value that the values will be equalized by payment of money 
or other consideration to the State; 
(b) the lands received by the State in exchange are at least as 
suitable for park purposes as the lands conveyed; 
(c) the lands obtained by exchange by the State will be used 
for public park purposes in perpetuity; and 
(d) any amount of money or other consideration paid to the 
State to equalize values on a land exchange under this Act will be 
used for park purposes. 
Sept. 30. 1978 
[H.R. 12772] 
Ecola State Park, 
Oreg. 
Land conveyance. 
39-194 O—80—pt. 1 
55 : QL3 
92 STAT. 812 
PUBLIC LAW 95-394—SEPT. 30, 1978 
SEC. 3. The Secretary, upon his determination that the requirements 
of section 2 of this Act are satisfied, is authorized and directed to enter 
into an agreement or agreements with the State of Oregon whereby, in 
consideration of a conveyance of the reversionary interest of the United 
States in the lands described in the first section of this Act, and issuance 
of a new patent, the State of Oregon agrees that— 
(a) title to the lands acquired and dedicated for public park 
purposes pursuant to section 2 of this Act will vest in the United 
States if such lands ever cease to be used for public park purposes; 
and 
(b) the State of Oregon will include provisions to this eflfect in 
any document of transfer of such property; and 
(c) the State will execute a document to this effect and deliver 
such document to the Secretary. 
Approved September 30, 1978. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1455 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): 
Aug. 15, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 15, considered and passed Senate.