A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release certain restrictions on a parcel of land located in Henderson, Tennessee.
PL 100-498 (H.R.2835), enacted 10/18/1988

PUBLIC LAW 100-498—OCT. 18, 1988 
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102 STAT. 2489 
Public Law 100-498 
100th Congress 
An Act 
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release certain restrictions on a parcel of 
Oct. 18, 1988 
land located in Henderson, Tennessee. 
[H.R. 2835] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. RELEASE OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST. 
(a) RELEASE.—In order to facilitate a land exchange between the 
Bethel Baptist Church of Henderson, Tennessee, and the State of 
Tennessee, the Secretary of Agriculture shall release the restriction 
described in subsection (b) if, in consideration of such release, the 
State of Tennessee agrees to transfer to the United States a vested 
future interest, similar to such restriction, in the land identified as 
"Lands Subject to Future Vested Interest" on the map referred to in 
subsection (c). 
(b) RESTRICTION.—The restriction referred to in subsection (a) is a 
reversionary interest of the United States in the two parcels of land 
identified as "Lands Divested of Reversionary Interest and Mineral 
Interests" on the map referred to in subsection (c) that— 
(1) requires that such land be used for public purposes; and 
(2) is contained in a deed— 
(A) granting such land from the United States to the 
State of Tennessee; 
(B) dated August 12,1955; and 
(C) registered on page 588 of book 48 of the record of 
deeds for Chester County, Tennessee. 
(c) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—The lands and interests in 
lands that are subject to this Act are those lands identified as 
"Lands Divested of Reversionary Interest and Mineral Interests" 
and "Lands Subject to Future Vested Interest" as generally depicted 
on a map entitled "Chickasaw State Park Exchange, Chester 
County, Tennessee", dated May 27, 1988, numbered page 1 of 3, and 
filed, together with a legal description of such lands, in the Office of 
the Chief of the Forest Service, United States Department of Agri-
culture. Such map and legal description shall have the same force 
and effect as if included in this Act, except that correction of clerical 
and typographical errors in such legal description and map may be 
made by the Secretary of Agriculture. 
SEC. 
2
. 
SALE 
OF 
MINERAL 
RIGHTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to any valid existing rights of third 
parties, the Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the State of 
Tennessee all of the undivided mineral interests of the United 
States in the land identified as "Lands Divested of Reversionary 
Interest and Mineral Interests" on the map referred to in section 
1(c) as soon as practicable after the date of the compliance by the 
State of Tennessee with the provisions of subsection (b)(2). 
102 STAT. 2490 
PUBLIC LAW 100-498—OCT. 18, 1988 
(b) TERMS OF CONVEYANCE.—(1) Within ninety days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
determine— 
(A) the mineral character of the land identified as "Lands 
Divested of Reversionary Interest and Mineral Interests" on the 
map referred to in section 1(c); and 
(B) the fair market value of the mineral interests referred to 
in subsection (a). 
(2) The State of Tennessee shall pay to the United States— 
(A) any administrative costs incurred by the United States in 
conveying such mineral interests to the State of Tennessee, 
including the costs of making the determinations required by 
paragraph (1); and 
(B)(i) the fair market value of such mineral interests; or 
(ii) $1, in the case of the mineral interests in any land 
determined by the Secretary of the Interior to have no value 
and to be under no active mineral development or leasing. 
Approved October 18, 1988. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2835: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-614 (Comm. on Agriculture). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 134 (1988): 
May 10, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 5, considered and passed Senate.