An Act to provide for the conveyance to the State of Oregon of the land and improvements known as the Clackamas National Guard target range, at Clackamas Oreg., to be used for National Guard purposes.
PL 84-872 (H.R.9699), enacted 08/01/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 872-AUG. 1, 1956 
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Approved August 1, 1956. 
Penalty. 
Public Law 872 
CHAPTER 823 
AN ACT 
To provide for the conveyance to the State of Oregon of the land and improve-
ments known as the Clackamas National Guard target range, at Clackamas, 
Oregon, to be used for National Guard purposes. 
August 1, 1956 
[H. R. 9699] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Army is authorized to convey to the State of Oregon all the 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a tract of land 
in Clackamas County, Oregon, comprising two hundred thirty-three 
and ninety-one one-hundredths acres, more or less, together with 
buildings and improvements thereon, being the same property now 
utilized by the State of Oregon National Guard as a firing range and 
storage depot, subject, however, to reservation in the United States of 
all mineral rights, including gas and oil, in the land authorized to 
be conveyed by this Act. 
SEC. 2. The conveyance of the property identified in section 1 of 
(his Act to the State of Oregon shall be made without consideration 
therefor and upon condition that it shall be used for military purposes 
only, and in the event it shall not be used for such purposes title 
thereto shall immediately revert to the United States, and, in addi-
tion, title to all improvements made by the State of Oregon during 
its occupancy shall vest in the United States without payment of com-
pensation therefor. 
The deed of conveyance shall contain the further 
provision that whenever the Congress of the United States shall de-
clare a state of war or other national emergency, or the President 
declares a state of emergency to exist, and upon determination by the 
Secretary of Defense that the property so conveyed is useful or neces-
sary for military, air, or naval purposes, or in the interest of national 
defense, the United States shall have the right, without payment 
of any kind, to reenter upon the property and use the same or any 
part thereof, including any and all improvements made by the State 
of Oregon, for a period not to exceed the duration of such state of 
war or national emergency plus six months, and upon cessation of 
such use, such property shall revert to the State of Oregon, together 
with any or all improvements thereon and appurtenances appertaining 
thereto. 
SEC. 3. The cost of any surveys necessary as an incident of the con-
veyance authorized herein shall be borne by the grantee. 
Approved August 1, 1956. 
C l a c k a m a s 
County, Greg. 
Conveyance. 
Reservation. 
Conditions. 
National e m e r -
gency. 
Survey cost.