Tulare Youth Recreation and Women’s History Enhancement Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 340 To authorize the conveyance of and remove the reversionary interest of the United States in certain lands in the City of Tulare, California. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 8, 2019 Mr. NUNES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To authorize the conveyance of and remove the reversionary interest of the United States in certain lands in the City of Tulare, California. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tulare Youth Recre- 4 ation and Women’s History Enhancement Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 The Congress finds the following: 7 (1) The City of Tulare requires clear title to 8 two Parcels of land within the City’s business cor- 9 ridor. 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:59 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H340.IH H340 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 340 IH (2) The Parcels are part of a right-of-way 1 granted to the Railroad by the Federal Government 2 by the Act dated July 27, 1866. 3 (3) The Parcels, which are currently under 4 lease to the City, are currently occupied by an out- 5 door recreation facility for youth and an historic 6 women’s club. 7 (4) The City desires to improve and restore 8 these facilities but cannot absent clear title to the 9 Parcels. 10 (5) The United States retained a reversionary 11 interest in the Parcels conveyed to the Railroad in 12 1866 and has not exercised this authority. 13 (6) The Union Pacific Railroad desires to sell 14 the Parcels to the City. 15 (7) Public Law 105–195 conveyed the rever- 16 sionary interest to all surrounding Parcels in 1998, 17 which were conveyed by the Union Pacific Railroad 18 to the City. 19 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCE AND REMOVAL 20 OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST. 21 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 22 (1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the City of 23 Tulare, California. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:59 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H340.IH H340 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 340 IH (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en- 1 titled ‘‘Tulare Railroad Parcels Proposed to be Ac- 2 quired,’’ dated April 30, 2015. 3 (3) PARCELS.—The term ‘‘Parcels’’ means the 4 land identified as ‘‘Tulare Railroad Proposed Par- 5 cels’’ on the Map. 6 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 7 the Secretary of the Interior. 8 (5) RAILROAD.—The term ‘‘Railroad’’ means 9 Union Pacific Railroad. 10 (b) REVERSIONARY INTEREST EXTINGUISHED.— 11 (1) IN GENERAL.—To promote recreational op- 12 portunities for youth and commemorate women’s 13 history in the City, the United States authorizes the 14 conveyance of and relinquishes its reversionary inter- 15 est in the Parcels retained under the Act of July 27, 16 1866 (14 Stat. 292, chapter 278). 17 (2) REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION.—The relin- 18 quishment of the reversionary interest under para- 19 graph (1) shall be executed by the Secretary in an 20 instrument that— 21 (A) is suitable for recording in the records 22 of Tulare County, California; and 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:59 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H340.IH H340 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 340 IH (B) references this Act and any prior in- 1 struments relating to the United States interest 2 in the Parcels. 3 (3) COSTS.—Any costs associated with the re- 4 quired documentation under paragraph (2) shall be 5 paid by the City. 6 (4) CONDITION.—The relinquishment of the re- 7 versionary interest under paragraph (1) shall be ef- 8 fective on the date that the Railroad conveys the 9 Parcels to the City. 10 (c) MAP ON FILE.—The Map shall be kept on file 11 and available for public inspection in the appropriate of- 12 fices of the Bureau of Land Management. 13 (d) PRESERVATION OF EXISTING RIGHTS OF AC- 14 CESS.—Nothing in this Act shall impair any existing 15 rights of access in favor of the public or any owner of 16 adjacent lands over, under or across the Parcels. 17 (e) SURFACE ENTRY.—The Parcels shall be subject 18 to the same conditions as those parcels affected by Public 19 Law 105–195 regarding rights of surface entry. 20 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:59 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H340.IH H340 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS