To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a parcel of property of the Forest Service to Perry County, Arkansas, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to convey a specific Forest Service parcel to Perry County, Arkansas. The parcel is about 0.81 acres, including land and improvements, listed in county urban property records as parcel 850-10555-001 at 1069 Fourche Avenue in Perryville. Perry County must submit a written request within 180 days after enactment. The conveyance must transfer all right, title, and interest of the United States by quitclaim deed, without consideration, subject to valid existing rights, reversion, and terms the Secretary considers appropriate to protect federal interests. The exact acreage and legal description must be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. Perry County must pay all conveyance costs, including survey costs, environmental analysis or resource surveys required by federal law, and National Historic Preservation Act compliance analysis. The Secretary is not required to provide a CERCLA covenant or warranty for the property or improvements. The county must use the property only for public purposes, such as education and youth development, or the property may revert to the United States at the Secretary's discretion.
Who Benefits and How
Perry County government, Perryville residents, local education programs, youth development programs, community-service organizations, students using county facilities, county public-works staff, and local taxpayers benefit because the county receives a no-cost federal land conveyance for public purposes instead of purchasing the parcel on the market.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Perry County officials, Perry County budget staff, county survey contractors, environmental-review consultants, historic-preservation reviewers, Forest Service real-property staff, the Secretary of Agriculture, and third-party rights holders bear burdens because the county must request the transfer quickly, pay survey and compliance costs, accept quitclaim terms without a federal environmental warranty, preserve valid existing rights, and keep the property in public-purpose use to avoid reversion.
Key Provisions
- Requires conveyance of about 0.81 acres of Forest Service land at 1069 Fourche Avenue in Perryville to Perry County.
- Requires Perry County to submit a written request within 180 days after enactment.
- Provides a no-cost quitclaim deed subject to valid existing rights, protective terms, and reversion.
- Requires Perry County to pay survey, environmental-review, resource-survey, and historic-preservation compliance costs.
- Waives the federal CERCLA covenant or warranty requirement and limits use to public purposes such as education and youth development.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires the Agriculture Secretary, acting through the Forest Service, to convey about 0.81 acres at 1069 Fourche Avenue in Perryville, Arkansas to Perry County by quitclaim deed without consideration if requested within 180 days, with county-paid survey and review costs, public-purpose use limits, reversion rights, and no federal CERCLA warranty.
Key Policy Areas
Public Lands, Local Government, Education
Primary Purpose
Requires the Agriculture Secretary, acting through the Forest Service, to convey about 0.81 acres at 1069 Fourche Avenue in Perryville, Arkansas to Perry County by quitclaim deed without consideration if requested within 180 days, with county-paid survey and review costs, public-purpose use limits, reversion rights, and no federal CERCLA warranty.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Perry County government
- Perryville residents
- Local education programs
- Youth development programs
- Community-service organizations
- Students using county facilities
- County public-works staff
- Local taxpayers
Identified Costs
- Perry County officials
- Perry County budget staff
- County survey contractors
- Environmental-review consultants
- Historic-preservation reviewers
- Forest Service real-property staff
- Secretary of Agriculture
- Third-party rights holders
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived; read twice and placed on the calendar
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, …
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules …
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5888-5889)
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were …
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate …
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5883-5884)
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Perry County budget staff, Perry County government
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a parcel of property of the Forest Service to Per…
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "county"
- → Perry County, Arkansas
- "secretary"
- → Secretary of Agriculture acting through the Chief of the Forest Service
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