An Act to authorize conveyance of certain lands to the State of Utah based upon fair market value
PL 89-441 (S.265), enacted 06/03/1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89.440-MAY 31, 1966 
[80 STAT. 
May 31, 1966 
[H. R. 12657] 
Alumina and 
bauxite. 
Duty suspen-
sion. 
77A Stat. 432, 
433. 
Public Law 89-440 
AN ACT 
To continue the suspen.sion of dut.v on certain alumiim and bauxite. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) items 
907.15, 909.30, and 911.05 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States 
(19 I'i^.S.C, sec. 1202) are each amended by striking out "On or before 
7/15/66" and inserting in lieu thereof "On or before 7/15/68'-. 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for con-
.sumption, after July 15,1966. 
Approved May 31, 1966. 
June 3,1966 
[S. 265] 
Public Law 89-441 
AN ACT 
To authorize conveyance of certain lands to the State of Utah based upon fair 
market value. 
Great Salt Lake, 
Utah. 
Relicted lands, 
conveyance. 
U.S. mineral 
rights. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate a/nd House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior shall within six months of the date of the passage of this 
Act complete the public land survey around the Great Salt Lake in 
the State of Utah by closing the meander line of that Lake, following 
as accurately as possible the mean high water mark of the Great Salt 
Lake used in fixing the meander line on either side of the unsurveyed 
area. 
SEC. 2. Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Interior shall by quitclaim deed convey to the State of LTtah all 
right, title, and interest of the United States in lands including brines 
and minerals in solution in the brines or precipitated or extracted 
therefrom, lying below the meander line of the Great Salt Lake in such 
State, as duly surveyed heretofore or in accordance with section 1 of 
this Act, whether such lands now are or in the future may become un-
covered by the recession of the waters of said lake: Provided, however^ 
That the provisions of this Act shall not affect (1) any valid existing 
rights or interests, if any, of any person, partnership, association, cor-
poration, or other nongovernmental entity, in or to any of the lands 
within and below said meander line, or (2) any lands within the Bear 
River Migratory Bird Refuge and the Weber Basin Federal rec-
lamation project. 
Such conveyance shall be made when the survey 
required by section 1 has been completed and the agreement required 
by section 6 has been made. 
SEC. 3. The conveyance authorized by this Act shall contain an 
express reservation to the United States of all minerals, except brines 
and minerals in solution in the brines, or precipitated or extracted 
therefrom in whatever Federal lands there may be below the meander 
line of Great Salt Lake, together with the right to prospect for, mine, 
and remove the same. The minerals thus reserved shall thereupon be 
withdrawn from appropriation under the public land laws of the 
LTnited States, including the mining laws, but said minerals, in the 
discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, may l>e disposed of under 
any of the provisions of the mineral leasing laws that he deems appro-
priate: Provided^ That any such lease shall not be inconsistent, as 
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determined by the Secretary of the Interior, with the other uses of 
said lands by the State of Utah, its grantees, lessees, or permittees. 
SEC. 4. As .a condition of the conveyance authorized in this Act, Relinquishment 
and in consideration thereof, the State of Utah shall, (a) upon the° 
^ ^ ^ " ^^"'^• 
express authority of an Act of its legislature, convey to the United 
States by quitclaim deed all of its rights, title, and interest in lands 
upland from the meander line, which lands the State may claim 
against the United States by reason of said lands having been, or 
hereafter becoming, submerged by the waters of Great Salt Lake, and 
(b) pay to the Secretary of the Interior the fair market value, as 
determined by the Secretary, of the lands (including any minerals) 
conveyed to it pursuant to section 2 of this Act. 
The Secretary of 
the Interior, after consultation with the State of Utah, may accept 
in payment in behalf of the United States, in lieu of money only, 
interests in lands, interests in mineral rights, including those beneath 
the lakebed, the relinquishment of land selection rights, or any com-
bination thereof equal to the fair market value. 
SEC. 5. Within nine months after the date of enactment of this 
fair market 
Act the State of Utah shall elect one of the alternatives set out in "'^nTtermination. 
subsection (a) or subsection (b) of this section, and a failure so to 
elect shall render null and void any conveyance pursuant to this Act. 
The State— 
(a) may request the Secretary of the Interior to determine the 
fair market value of the lands as of the date of the completed 
survey: 
(1) In reaching a determination of the fair market value 
as of that time, the Secretary shall make a comprehensive 
study of the lands and minerals which are the subject of 
this Act; 
(2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to limit or 
prevent the Secretary from giving consideration to all factors 
he deems pertinent to an equitable resolution of the question 
of the proper consideration to be paid by the State of Utah 
to the United States for such lands; 
(3) The Secretary shall transmit his value determination 
to the Governor of the State of Utah not later than two years 
after he receives the request referred to above in this subsec-
tion. 
If payment by the State of Utah of the fair market 
value is not made within two years after the receipt of the 
Secretary's value determination, the conveyance authorized 
by section 2 of this Act shall be null and void; or 
(b) may maintain an action in the Supreme Court of the 
United States to secure a judicial determination of the right, title 
and interest of the United States in the lands conveyed to the 
State of Utah pursuant to section 2 of this Act. 
Consent to join 
the United States as a defendant to such an action is hereby given. 
Within two years from the completion of the action, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall determine the fair market value, as of the date 
of the decision of the court, of such lands (including minerals) 
conveyed to the State pursuant to section 2 of this Act as may be 
found by the court to have been the property of the United States 
prior to the conveyance. 
If payment by the State of Utah of the 
lair market value is not made within two years after the receipt 
of the Secretary's value determination, the conveyance authorized 
by section 2 of this Act shall be null and void. 
SEC. 6. Pending resolution of the amount and manner of compensa- 
^'ate issuance 
tion to be paid by the State of Utah to the United States as provided ° ''^""^ ^' ^ '"' 
herein, the State of Utah is authorized after making the agreement 
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Administration. 
Title litiga-
tion. 
required by this section to issue permits, licenses, and leases covering 
such of these lands as the State deems necessary or appropriate to 
further the development of the water and mineral resources of the 
Great Salt Lake, or for other purposes. 
The State of Utah, by or 
pursuant to an express act of its legislature, shall agree to assume the 
obligation to administer the lands, for the purposes set forth above, in 
the manner of a trustee and any proceeds derived by the State of Utah 
therefrom shall be paid to the United States, until compensation for 
the full value of said lands as herein provided is made. 
Such proceeds 
paid to the United States shall be to the credit of the State of Utah as 
part of the compensation for which provision is made herein. 
If the 
question of the title to the United States is litigated as authorized by 
section 5(b) of this Act, and it is determined that the United States 
has no right, title, or interest in lands from which revenues have been 
derived and paid to the ITnited States pursuant to this section, the 
revenues paid to the United States shall be returned to the State of 
L'tah without interest. 
In the event the conveyance authorized by section 2 of this Act 
becomes null and void, then any valid ])ermits, licenses, and leases 
issued by the State under authority of this section, shall be deemed 
permits, licenses, and leases of the United States and shall be admin-
istered by the Secretary in accordance with the terms and provisions 
thereof. 
Approved June 3, 1966. 
June 8, 1966 
[H. R. 10476] 
Public Law 89-442 
AN ACT 
To retrocede to the State of Kansas concurrent .inrisdiction over Haskell 
Institute. 
Haskell Insti-
tute, Kansas. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and TlouHe of Repre-seritatlreH of the 
Vnited States of America in Congress assembled. That there is hereby 
retroceded to the State of Kansas by the United States concurrent 
jurisdiction over the site of Haskell Institute, at Lawrence, Kansas. 
Approved June 8, 1966. 
June 9, 1966 
[H. J. Res. 763] 
National Flag 
Week. 
Proclamation. 
Public Law 89-443 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Authorizing the President to proclaim the week in which June 14 occurs as 
National Flag Week. 
Resolved hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America 
in Congress assembled, That the President is 
authorized and requested to issue annually a proclamation designating 
the week in which June 14 occurs as National Flag Week, and calling 
upon all citizens to display the flag of the United States on those days. 
Approved June 9, 1966.