A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release a reversionary interest of the United States in certain land located in Putnam County, Florida, and to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain mineral interests of the United States in such land to the State of Florida.
PL 100-133 (H.R.1205), enacted 10/16/1987

101 STAT. 808 
PUBLIC LAW 100-133—OCT. 16, 1987 
Public Law 100-183 
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100th Congress 
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An Act 
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release a reversionary interest of the United 
Oct. 16, 1987 
States in certain land located in Putnam County, Florida, and to direct the 
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Secretary of the Interior to convey certain mineral interests of the United States in 
such land to the State of Florida. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. RELEASE OF REVP]RSIONARY INTEREST. 
(a) RELEASE.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall take such actions 
as are necessary to release the restriction described in subsection 0^) 
if, in consideration of such release, the State of Florida 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 land identified as 
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"Lands Divested of Reversionary and Mineral Interests" on the map 
referred to in subsection (c) that— 
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(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 
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State Board of Education of Florida; 
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(B) dated October 19, 1954; and 
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(C) recorded at page 337 of book 224 of the record of deeds 
for Putnam County, Florida. 
(c) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—The lands and interests in 
lands that are subject to this Act are those lands identified as 
"Lands Subject to Future Vested Interest" and "Lands Divested of 
Reversionary and Mineral Interests" as generally depicted on a map 
entitled "Wilcox Exchange, Putnam County, Florida", dated Feb-
ruary 27, 1987, 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 Agriculture. Such map and 
legal description shall have the same force and effect as if included 
in this Act, except that cori-ection 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 
Florida all of the undivided mineral interests of the United States in 
the land identified as "Lands Divested of Reversionary and Mineral 
Interests" on the map referred to in section 1(c) as soon as prac-
ticable after the date of the compliance by the State of Florida with 
the provisions of subsection (b)(2). 
PUBLIC LAW 100-133—OCT. 16, 1987 
101 STAT. 809 
(b) TERMS OF CONVEYANCE.—(1) Within 90 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 and Mineral Interests" on the map 
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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 Florida shall pay to the United States— 
(A) any administrative costs incurred by the United States in 
conveying such mineral interests to the State of Florida, includ-
ing the costs of making the determinations required by para-
graph (1); and 
(B)(i) the fair market value of such mineral interests; or 
(ii) $1, in the case of 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 16, 1987. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1205: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-65 (Comm. on Agriculture). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 100-181 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 133 (1987): 
May 27, considered and passed House. 
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Oct. 1, considered and passed Senate.