Tulare Youth Recreation and Women’s History Enhancement Act

Tulare Youth Recreation and Women's History Enhancement Act

This bill declares that, in order to promote recreational opportunities for youth and commemorate women's history in the city of Tulare, California, the United States authorizes the conveyance of, and relinquishes its reversionary interest in, specified Tulare Railroad Proposed Parcels that were retained as a right-of-way for the construction of a railroad and telegraph to the Pacific coast in 1866.

The relinquishment of the U.S. reversionary interest shall be effective when Union Pacific Railroad conveys the parcels to the city of Tulare.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 340 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 8, 2019

  Mr. Nunes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tulare Youth Recreation and Women's 
History Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The City of Tulare requires clear title to two Parcels 
        of land within the City's business corridor.
            (2) The Parcels are part of a right-of-way granted to the 
        Railroad by the Federal Government by the Act dated July 27, 
        1866.
            (3) The Parcels, which are currently under lease to the 
        City, are currently occupied by an outdoor recreation facility 
        for youth and an historic women's club.
            (4) The City desires to improve and restore these 
        facilities but cannot absent clear title to the Parcels.
            (5) The United States retained a reversionary interest in 
        the Parcels conveyed to the Railroad in 1866 and has not 
        exercised this authority.
            (6) The Union Pacific Railroad desires to sell the Parcels 
        to the City.
            (7) Public Law 105-195 conveyed the reversionary interest 
        to all surrounding Parcels in 1998, which were conveyed by the 
        Union Pacific Railroad to the City.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCE AND REMOVAL OF REVERSIONARY 
              INTEREST.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) City.--The term ``City'' means the City of Tulare, 
        California.
            (2) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map entitled ``Tulare 
        Railroad Parcels Proposed to be Acquired,'' dated April 30, 
        2015.
            (3) Parcels.--The term ``Parcels'' means the land 
        identified as ``Tulare Railroad Proposed Parcels'' on the Map.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (5) Railroad.--The term ``Railroad'' means Union Pacific 
        Railroad.
    (b) Reversionary Interest Extinguished.--
            (1) In general.--To promote recreational opportunities for 
        youth and commemorate women's history in the City, the United 
        States authorizes the conveyance of and relinquishes its 
        reversionary interest in the Parcels retained under the Act of 
        July 27, 1866 (14 Stat. 292, chapter 278).
            (2) Required documentation.--The relinquishment of the 
        reversionary interest under paragraph (1) shall be executed by 
        the Secretary in an instrument that--
                    (A) is suitable for recording in the records of 
                Tulare County, California; and
                    (B) references this Act and any prior instruments 
                relating to the United States interest in the Parcels.
            (3) Costs.--Any costs associated with the required 
        documentation under paragraph (2) shall be paid by the City.
            (4) Condition.--The relinquishment of the reversionary 
        interest under paragraph (1) shall be effective on the date 
        that the Railroad conveys the Parcels to the City.
    (c) Map on File.--The Map shall be kept on file and available for 
public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 
Management.
    (d) Preservation of Existing Rights of Access.--Nothing in this Act 
shall impair any existing rights of access in favor of the public or 
any owner of adjacent lands over, under or across the Parcels.
    (e) Surface Entry.--The Parcels shall be subject to the same 
conditions as those parcels affected by Public Law 105-195 regarding 
rights of surface entry.
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