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Union Calendar No. 105
105th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 960
[Report No. 105-171]
To validate certain conveyances in the City of Tulare, Tulare County,
California, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 5, 1997
Mr. Thomas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
July 8, 1997
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To validate certain conveyances in the City of Tulare, Tulare County,
California, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. FINDINGS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> The Congress finds that:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) It is in the Federal Government's interest to
facilitate local development of jobs in areas of high
unemployment.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Railroad interests in rights-of-way prevent
local communities from obtaining clear title to property for
redevelopment unless the city also obtains the Federal
reversionary interest in those rights-of-way.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) The City of Tulare Redevelopment Agency
requires clear title to 12 parcels of land within the city's
business corridor for development.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) The 12 parcels are part of a right-of-
way.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) The Agency will be hindered in plans for
developing the area or securing needed financing unless the
Agency controls all 12 parcels.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. TULARE CONVEYANCE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, and subject to subsection (c), the following conveyance is hereby
validated to the extent that the conveyances would have been legal or
valid if all right, title, and interest of the United States had been
held by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company at the time of such
conveyance:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Conveyance of parcels from the lands described
in subsection (b) made by the Southern Pacific Transportation
Company or its subsidiaries, predecessors, successors, agents,
or assigns, on or before April 15, 1996.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Conveyance of parcels from the lands described
in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) made after April
15, 1996, by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, or
its successors, agents, or assigns, to the Redevelopment Agency
of the city of Tulare.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Lands Described.--The lands referred to in subsection
(a) are the lands that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) formed part of a railroad right-of-way granted
to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, or its successors,
agents, or assigns, by the Federal Government (including the
right-of-way approved by an Act of Congress on July 27, 1866);
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) are located within the boundaries of Amended
Urban Renewal Plan for California A-8-1 (the Downtown Plan)
adopted by the city of Tulare, California, generally depicted
on the map entitled ``Amended Urban Renewal Plan for California
A-8-1'', dated March 7, 1989.</DELETED>
<DELETED>The map referred to in paragraph (2) shall be on file and
available for public inspection in the offices of the director of the
Bureau of Land Management.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Preservation of Existing Rights of Access.--Nothing in
this section shall impair any existing rights of access in favor of the
public or any owner of adjacent lands over, under or across the lands
which are referred to in subsection (a).</DELETED>
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that:
(1) It is in the Federal Government's interest to
facilitate local development of jobs in areas of high
unemployment.
(2) Railroad interests in rights-of-way prevent local
communities from obtaining clear title to property for
development unless the city also obtains the Federal
reversionary interest in those rights-of-way.
(3) For development purposes, in order to secure needed
financing, the City of Tulare Redevelopment Agency requires
clear title to certain parcels of land within the city's
business corridor that are part of a railroad right-of-way.
SEC. 2. TULARE CONVEYANCE.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsections (c) and (d), all
conveyances to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Tulare,
California, of lands described in subsection (b), heretofore or
hereafter, made directly by the Southern Pacific Transportation
Company, or its successors, are hereby validated to the extent that the
conveyances would be legal or valid if all right, title, and interest
of the United States, except minerals, were held by the Southern
Pacific Transportation Company.
(b) Lands Described.--The lands referred to in subsection (a) are
the parcels shown on the map entitled ``Tulare Redevelopment Agency-
Railroad Parcels Proposed to be Acquired'', dated 5/29/97, that formed
part of a railroad right-of-way granted to the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company, or its successors, agents, or assigns, by the Federal
Government (including the right-of-way approved by an Act of Congress
on July 27, 1866). The map referred to in this subsection shall be on
file and available for public inspection in the offices of the Director
of the Bureau of Land Management.
(c) Preservation of Existing Rights of Access.--Nothing in this
section shall impair any existing rights of access in favor of the
public or any owner of adjacent lands over, under or across the lands
which are referred to in subsection (a).
(d) Minerals.--The United States disclaims any and all right of
surface entry to the mineral estate of lands described in subsection
(b).
Union Calendar No. 105
105th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 960
[Report No. 105-171]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To validate certain conveyances in the City of Tulare, Tulare County,
California, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
July 8, 1997
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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