Lowell Observatory Conveyance Act

Lowell Observatory Conveyance Act

This bill directs the Forest Service, if the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, requests the conveyance of a certain parcel of land in Coconino National Forest that was originally conveyed by the United States to Percival Lowell and his heirs for observatory purposes, to convey all interest of the United States in such land to the observatory.  

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3642 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3642

  To require the Secretary of Agriculture to release reversionary and 
 reserved interests in certain land in the Coconino National Forest in 
                         the State of Arizona.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 15, 2018

    Mr. Kyl introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of Agriculture to release reversionary and 
 reserved interests in certain land in the Coconino National Forest in 
                         the State of Arizona.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lowell Observatory Conveyance Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Observatory.--The term ``Observatory'' means the Lowell 
        Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.

SEC. 3. RELEASE OF REVERSIONARY AND RESERVED INTERESTS.

    (a) In General.--Subject to valid existing rights, if the 
Observatory makes a written request to the Secretary for conveyance of 
the parcel of land described in subsection (b) not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall convey to 
the Observatory, without consideration and by quitclaim deed, all 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to that parcel 
of land.
    (b) Land Described.--The parcel of land to be conveyed under 
subsection (a) is the National Forest System land--
            (1) conveyed by the United States to Percival Lowell and 
        his heirs by the Act entitled ``An Act granting certain lands 
        in the Coconino National Forest, in Arizona, for observatory 
        purposes'', approved May 30, 1910 (36 Stat. 452; chapter 261); 
        and
            (2) described as sec. 17, T. 21 N., R. 7 E., of the Gila 
        and Salt River base and meridian in Coconino County, Arizona.
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