A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to release on behalf of the United States certain restrictions contained in a previous conveyance of land to the city of Albuquerque, N. Mex., and for other purposes.
PL 97-431 (H.R.4568), enacted 01/08/1983

PUBLIC LAW 97-431—JAN. 8, 1983 
96 STAT. 2273 
Public Law 97 
97th Congress 
-481 
An Act 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to release on behalf of the United States 
certain restrictions contained in a previous conveyance of leind to the city of 
Albuquerque, New Mexico, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That (a) subject to 
subsection (b), the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in this Act 
referred to as the "Secretary") shall release, by quitclaim deed or 
other good and sufficient instrument, on behalf of the United States, 
with respect to the land described in subsection (c) which was 
conveyed by the United States to the city of Albuquerque, New 
Mexico, by a patent numbered 30-64-0081, all conditions in such 
patent— 
(1) which require that such land be used for a public purpose 
pursuant to a plan approved by the Secretary, and 
(2) which prohibit the transfer of title or control of such land 
by the patentee or its successor. 
(b) The Secretary shall not deliver the release authorized by 
subsection (a) until the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, simulta-
neously with such delivery— 
(1) consummates an exchange of the land described in subsec-
tion (c) for the land described in subsections (d) and (e); and 
(2) enters into a recordable agreement, in consideration of 
such release, that is satisfactory to the Secretary providing 
that— 
(A) the city of Albuquerque will carry out at its sole 
expense a plan of development for the lands described in 
subsections (d) and (e), such plan to be submitted for the 
Secretary's written approved within one year after the date 
of the exchange and to be implemented by the city substan-
tially in accordance with a timetable to be set forth in the 
plan; 
(B) the city of Albuquerque will not use or permit the use 
of the lands described in subsections (d) and (e) which are 
received by the city of Albuquerque in exchange for the 
land described in subsection (c) for any purpose except 
exclusively for a community park or for other public pur-
poses that are described in the plan of development, as 
approved by the Secretary; 
(C) the city of Albuquerque will not transfer or attempt to 
transfer title to, or control over, any land described in 
subsections (d) or (e) after the city of Albuquerque receives 
title to such lands; and 
(D) the city of Albuquerque will forfeit to the United 
States the title to and possession of the land described in 
subsections (d) and (e) if such property should ever cease to 
be used for a community park or for other public purposes 
described in the approved development plan, or if the city of 
Jan. 8, 1983 
[H.R. 4568]" 
Albuquerque, 
N. Mex. 
Previous land 
conveyance, 
release of certain 
restrictions. 
Recordable 
agreement. 
96 STAT. 2274 
PUBLIC LAW 97-431—JAN. 8, 1983 
Secretary's 
release 
authority. 
Albuquerque attempts to transfer title to, or control over, 
such lands after the city receives title to such lands. 
(c) The land referred to in subsection (a) which was conveyed by 
the United States to the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, on 
December 31, 1963, by a patent numbered 30-64-0081 is the follow-
ing two tracts or parcels: 
(1) One tract or parcel containing 1.250 acres, more or less, 
which is all of the north half southwest quarter northeast 
quarter southwest quarter southwest quarter of section 33, 
township 11 north, range 4 east. New Mexico principal merid-
ian, county of Bernalillo, State of New Mexico. 
(2) A second tract or parcel which is all of the south half 
northeast quarter northwest quarter southwest quarter south-
west quarter and the south 26 feet of the north half northeast 
quarter northwest quarter southwest quarter southwest quarter 
of section 33, township 11 north, range 4 east, New Mexico 
principal meridian, county of Bernalillo, State of New Mexico. 
(d) The land referred to in subsection (b) which was conveyed by 
the United States to the devisees of Tom Hughes on October 17, 
1955, by patent number 1155047 is the tract or parcel containing 
1.624 acres, more or less, which is all of lot 58 (also known as north 
half northwest quarter northeast quarter southwest quarter south-
west quarter) of section 33, township 11 north, range 4 east. New 
Mexico principal meridian, county of Bernalillo, State of New 
Mexico. 
(e) The land referred to in subsection (b) which was conveyed by 
the United States to Leybum B. Kimble on March 2, 1955, by a 
patent numbered 1150213 is all of the south half northwest quarter 
northeast quarter southwest quarter southwest quarter of section 
33, township 11 north, range 4 east. New Mexico principal meridian, 
county of Bernalillo, State of New Mexico. 
SEC. 2. This Act does not affect— 
(1) any right to coal, oil, gas or other mineral deposit, or 
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any right, 
title or interest held by the United States in any land described 
in this Act. 
SEC. 3. The authority of the Secretary to execute and deliver the 
release required by the first section of this Act shall not be limited 
by the Act entitled "An Act to authorize acquisition or use of public 
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96 STAT. 2275 
lands by States, counties, or municipalities for recreational pur-
poses.", approved June 14,1926 (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 
Approved January 8, 1983. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4568: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 97-635 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982): 
Aug. 2, considered and passed House. 
Dec. 23, considered and passed Senate.