HR837
Transfer of Pleasant Valley Ranger District Land to Gila County
In one sentence
This bill requires the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer approximately 232.9 acres of land in the Tonto National Forest to Gila County, Arizona, for use in supporting veterans.
What it does
- Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer specific land to Gila County if the county submits a written request within 180 days of the law's enactment.
- Identifies the property as approximately 232.9 acres of National Forest System land in the Tonto National Forest, Arizona.
- Requires the transfer to be made via a quitclaim deed without any payment or value exchanged.
- Requires Gila County to pay all costs associated with the transfer, including surveys, environmental analysis, and historic preservation reviews.
- Restricts the county to using the land only for serving and supporting veterans of the Armed Forces.
- Allows the land to revert to the United States if the county uses it for any purpose other than supporting veterans.
Who it affects
- Gila County, Arizona, which will receive the land and bear the costs of the transfer.
- The U.S. Forest Service, which must process the transfer and may reclaim the land if conditions are not met.
- Veterans of the Armed Forces, who are the intended beneficiaries of the land's use.
Limits and unknowns
- The bill requires the county to submit a written request within 180 days of enactment; if this deadline is missed, the transfer is not required.
- The exact acreage and legal description of the land will be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary of Agriculture, which may differ slightly from the approximate 232.9 acres listed.
- The Secretary of Agriculture may add other terms and conditions to protect the interests of the United States, which are not specified in the bill text.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Quitclaim deed
- A legal document that transfers ownership of property without guaranteeing that the seller has clear title or that the property is free of liens or other claims.
- Reversion
- The return of property rights to the original owner (in this case, the United States) if specific conditions attached to the transfer are not met.
- Without consideration
- A transfer of property where no money or other value is paid in exchange for the land.
Official record
Sources
Read the official summary
This bill directs the Forest Service to convey specified property to Gila County, Arizona, upon the county's submission of a written request for such conveyance. The property, identified as the Gila County Area, consists of approximately 232.9 acres of National Forest System land located in the Tonto National Forest in Arizona. The county must use the land for the purposes of serving and supporting veterans. If any land conveyed under this bill ceases to be used for such purpose, all right, title, and interest in and to the land shall revert to the United States, at the discretion of the Forest Service. The conveyance must be made with a quitclaim deed and without consideration (value, such as payment, provided in exchange for the property). The Forest Service must not be required to provide any covenant or warranty for the land and improvements conveyed to the county under such conveyance. As a condition of the conveyance, the county must pay all the costs associated with the conveyance, including any (1) surveys, (2) environmental analysis or resource survey required under federal law, and (3) analysis required to comply with certain provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act.
Official activity
Bill history
- Presented to President.House floor actions
- Presented to President.Library of Congress
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.Senate
- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5226)Senate
- Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.Library of Congress
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 660.Senate
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report.Senate
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report.Library of Congress
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.Senate
- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.Senate
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.House floor actions
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H480)House floor actions
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H480)Library of Congress
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 837.House floor actions
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H480-481)House floor actions
- Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.House floor actions
- Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.House floor actions
- Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress
- Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress