Dalles Watershed Development Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Dalles Watershed Development Act defines the City as The Dalles, Oregon and the Secretary as the Secretary of Agriculture acting through the Chief of the Forest Service. If the City requests the conveyance within one year, the Secretary must convey all U.S. right, title, and interest in approximately 150 acres of National Forest System land in Mount Hood National Forest, generally depicted as Parcel A on the November 4, 2024 The Dalles Conveyance Parcel A map. The land is conveyed without consideration by quitclaim deed, subject to valid existing rights and any additional terms needed to protect U.S. interests.
The City must pay all costs associated with the conveyance, including survey costs. The exact acreage and legal description are determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary, and the Secretary may correct minor map errors. The City must use the land for public purposes, including municipal water supply, water use, related infrastructure needs, and expansions. If the City uses the land inconsistently with that public-purpose requirement, the land reverts to the United States.
Who Benefits and How
The City of The Dalles, The Dalles municipal water customers, local water-system planners, city infrastructure contractors, and residents served by The Dalles water supply benefit because the city receives land needed for municipal water supply and related infrastructure without paying purchase consideration. Third parties with valid existing rights benefit because those rights remain protected, and Forest Service map custodians benefit from authority to correct minor map errors.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The City of The Dalles bears survey, administrative, and conveyance costs and must keep the land in public-purpose water use or risk reversion. Forest Service land-conveyance staff, Mount Hood National Forest officials, survey contractors, and Agriculture Department real-estate officials bear compliance duties to process the request, determine legal descriptions, preserve valid rights, apply deed terms, maintain the public inspection map, and monitor the reversion condition.
Key Provisions
- Defines the City as The Dalles, Oregon and the Secretary as the Agriculture Secretary acting through the Forest Service Chief.
- Requires the Secretary to convey about 150 acres of Mount Hood National Forest land if the City requests the conveyance within one year.
- Provides that the conveyance is without consideration, by quitclaim deed, and subject to valid existing rights.
- Requires the City to pay survey and conveyance costs.
- Restricts the conveyed land to public purposes, including municipal water supply and related infrastructure.
- Provides reversion to the United States if the land is used inconsistently with the public-purpose condition.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Directs the Forest Service to convey about 150 acres of Mount Hood National Forest land to the City of The Dalles, Oregon, without consideration for municipal water supply and infrastructure, while requiring the city to pay conveyance costs and preserving reversion if the land is misused.
Key Policy Areas
Public Lands, Water Infrastructure, Local Government
Primary Purpose
Directs the Forest Service to convey about 150 acres of Mount Hood National Forest land to the City of The Dalles, Oregon, without consideration for municipal water supply and infrastructure, while requiring the city to pay conveyance costs and preserving reversion if the land is misused.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- City of The Dalles
- The Dalles municipal water customers
- Local water-system planners
- City infrastructure contractors
- Residents served by The Dalles water supply
- Third parties with valid existing rights
- Forest Service map custodians
Identified Costs
- City of The Dalles
- Forest Service land-conveyance staff
- Mount Hood National Forest officials
- Survey contractors
- Agriculture Department real-estate officials
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy …
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Mr. Hurd (CO) moved to suspend the rules and pass …
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 …
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate …
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5075-5076)
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
City of The Dalles, City of The Dalles finance staff
Positive-direction: City of The Dalles
Negative-direction: City of The Dalles finance staff
Local water-system planners, The Dalles municipal water customers
Forest Service land-conveyance staff, Mount Hood National Forest officials
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "city"
- → City of The Dalles, Oregon
- "mount_hood"
- → Mount Hood National Forest
- "forest_service"
- → U.S. Forest Service
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