To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey lands to the City of Rolla, Missouri.
PL 104-165 (H.R.701), enacted 07/24/1996

PUBLIC LAW 104-165-^JULY 24, 1996 
110 STAT. 1443 
Public Law 104-165 
104th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey lands to the city of Rolla, 
July 24, 1996 
Missouri. 
[H.R. 701] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LAND CONVEYANCE, ROLLA RANGER DISTRICT ADMINIS-
TRATIVE SITE, ROLLA, MISSOURI. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—Subject to the terms and condi-
tions specified in this section, the Secretary of Agriculture may 
sell to the city of Rolla, Missouri (in this section referred to as 
the "City"), all right, title, and interest of the United States in 
and to the following: 
The property identified as the Rolla Ranger District 
Administrative Site of the Forest Service located in Rolla, 
Phelps County, Missouri, encompassing ten acres more or less, 
the conveyance of which by CD. and Oma A. Hazlewood to 
the United States was recorded on May 6, 1936, in book 104, 
page 286 of the Record of Deeds of Phelps County, Missouri. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the conveyance under 
subsection (a), the City shall pay to the Secretary an amount 
equal to the fair market value of the property as determined by 
an appraisal acceptable to the Secretary and prepared in accordance 
with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisition 
as published by the Department of Justice. Payment shall be due 
in full within six months after the date the conveyance is made, 
or, at the option of the City, in twenty equal annual installments 
commencing on January 1 of the first year following the conveyance 
and annually thereafter until the total amount due has been paid. 
(c) DEPOSIT OF FUNDS RECEIVED.—Funds received by the Sec-
retary under subsection (b) as consideration for the conveyance 
shall be deposited into the special fund in the Treasury authorized 
by the Act of December 4, 1967 (16 U.S.C. 484a, commonly known 
as the Sisk Act). Such funds shall be available, subject to appropria-
tion, until expended by the Secretary. 
(d) RELEASE.—Subject to compliance with all Federal environ-
mental laws prior to transfer, the City, upon conveyance of the 
property under subsection (a), shall agree in writing to hold the 
United States harmless from any and all claims relating to the 
property including all claims resulting from hazardous materials 
on the conveyed lands. 
(e) RIGHT OF REENTRY.—^The conveyance to the City under 
subsection (a) shall be made by quitclaim deed in fee simple, subject 
to a right of reentry in the United States if the Secretary determines 
that the City is not in compliance with the compensation require-
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ments specified in subsection (b) or other condition prescribed by 
the Secretary in the deed of conveyance. 
(f) CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC RESOURCES.—In consultation 
with the State Historic Preservation Office of the State of Missouri, 
the Secretary shall ensure that the historic resources on the prop-
erty to be conveyed are conserved by requiring, at the closing 
on the conveyance of the property, that the City convey an historic 
preservation easement to the State of Missouri assuring the right 
of the State to enter the property for historic preservation purposes. 
The historic preservation easement shall be negotiated between 
the State of Missouri and the City, and the conveyance of the 
easement shall be a condition to the conveyance authorized under 
subsection (a). The protection of the historic resources on the con-
veyed property shall be the responsibility of the State of Missouri 
and the City, and not that of the Secretary. 
Approved July 24, 1996. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 701: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 104-215 (Comm. on Agriculture). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 141 (1995): July 31, considered and passed House. 
Vol. 142 (1996): July 9, considered and passed Senate.