A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release the condition requiring that a parcel of land conveyed to New York State be used for public purposes and to convey United States mineral interests in the parcel to New York State.
PL 99-199 (H.R.2976), enacted 12/23/1985

PUBLIC LAW 99-199—DEC. 23, 1985 
99 STAT. 1661 
Public Law 99-199 
99th Congress 
An Act 
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to releeise the condition requiring that a parcel 
Dec. 23, 1985 
of land conveyed to New York State be used for public purposes and to convey 
[H.R. 2976] 
United States mineral interests in the parcel to New York State. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. 
SECTION 1. (a) Upon compliance by the State of New York with the 
requirements contained in section 3 of this Act, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall release on behalf of the United States the condi-
tion described in subsection (b) of this section with respect to the 
parcel of land described in section 4 of this Act. 
(b) The condition to be released pursuant to subsection (a) of this 
section is the condition (contained in a quitclaim deed dated July 28, 
1961, which conveys from the United States to the State of New 
York certain land in Allegany County and which was recorded on 
May 23, 1962, in the office of the Allegsmy County Clerk in the Book 
of Deeds 546 at page 632) providing that the land conveyed be used 
for public purposes and that the land revert to the United States if it 
is not used for public purposes. 
(c) Section 32(c) of the Bankhead^ones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 
1011(c)) is inapplicable to the release provided for by subsection (a) of 
this section. 
SEC. 2. Upon application by the State of New York and compliance 
by the State with the requirements contained in section 3, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the State of New York— 
(1) without compensation, all the undivided mineral interests 
of the United States in the parcel of land described in section 4 
for which the Secretary of the Interior determines that there is 
no active mineral development or leasing and that there is no 
fair market value; and 
(2) upon payment to the United States of an amount equal to 
the fair market value (as determined by the Secretary of the 
Interior) of such mineral interests, all the undivided mineral 
interests of the United States in the parcel of land described in 
section 4 which are not subject to paragraph (1) of this section. 
SEC. 3. Before the condition described in subsection (b) of section 1 
may be released pursuant to subsection (a) of that section or any 
mineral interest may be conveyed pursuant to section 2, the State of 
New York must— 
(1) sign an agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture stat- Contracts. 
ing that the State of New York will convey the parcel of land 
described in section 4 to the Bellville Wesleyan Church of rural 
Caneadea, New York, for a fair and equitable consideration, and 
deposit the proceeds from such conveyance in an account open 
to inspection by the Secretary of Agriculture, and used, if 
withdrawn from such account, exclusively for public purposes; 
and 
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(2) pay into the Treasury of the United States as miscellane-
ous receipts a sum of money which the Secretary of Agriculture 
and the Secretary of the Interior jointly deem is sufficient to 
provide for the administrative costs— 
(A) of determining the existence of mineral interests in 
the parcel of land described in section 4; 
(B) of establishing the fair market value of the mineral 
interests located in that parcel of land; 
(C) of releasing the condition pursuant to section 1; and 
(D) of conveying that parcel of land pursuant to section 2. 
SEC. 4. The parcel of land with respect to which the condition is to 
be released pursuant to section 1 and which contains the undivided 
minergd interests to be conveyed pursuant to section 2 is a tract of 
land of approximately 5.8 acres located in great lot 55 as depicted by 
tax map 102 of the town of New Hudson, New York, and is part of 
the land conveyed by the deed referred to in subsection (b) of section 
1. The boundary of the parcel begins at a point 883.08 feet south of 
the northeast comer of great lot 55 at the center line of Bogan Road; 
thence south a distance of 288.42 feet to a point; thence west along 
the boundary of a parcel of land owned by the Bellville Wesleyan 
Church a distance of 165 feet to a point; thence south along the 
boundary of such parcel a distance of 99 feet to a point; thence west 
a distance of 495 feet to a point; thence north a distance of 387.42 
feet to a point; thence east a distance of 660 feet to the place of 
beginning. 
Approved December 23, 1985. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2976: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 99-424 (Comm. on Agriculture). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 131 (1985): 
Dec. 9, considered and passed House. 
Dec. 11, considered and passed Senate.