Tulare Youth Recreation and Women’s History Enhancement Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Tulare Youth Recreation and Women's History Enhancement Act would address title to two mapped parcels in Tulare, California. The parcels are part of a railroad right-of-way originally granted by the federal government in 1866. The United States retained a reversionary interest, Union Pacific Railroad now wants to sell the parcels to the city, and the city currently leases land occupied by a youth outdoor-recreation facility and a historic women's club.
The bill would authorize the parcel conveyance and relinquish the federal reversionary interest. That relinquishment would become effective only on the date Union Pacific conveys the parcels to the City of Tulare. The measure does not itself transfer Union Pacific's ownership, establish a purchase price, or require the railroad to complete a sale.
The Interior Secretary would execute a recordable instrument that references this Act and prior instruments affecting the federal interest. Tulare would pay all costs associated with that required documentation. The Bureau of Land Management would keep the April 30, 2015 parcel map on file and available for public inspection.
Existing public and adjacent-landowner access rights over, under, or across the parcels would remain unimpaired. The parcels would also remain subject to the same surface-entry conditions applied to surrounding parcels by Public Law 105-195. The bill provides no federal appropriation or grant for buying, improving, operating, or restoring the youth recreation facility or historic women's club.
Who Benefits and How
The City of Tulare could obtain clearer title after completing a transaction with Union Pacific, removing a federal property interest that the findings identify as an obstacle to improving and restoring the facilities. Union Pacific could complete a sale without the retained federal reversionary interest clouding the title. Youth using the recreation facility and organizations using the historic women's club could benefit if the city later funds and carries out improvements. Public users and adjacent owners retain existing access.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The City of Tulare must pay every cost associated with preparing and recording the required documentation and must separately complete any purchase terms with Union Pacific. The Interior Department must prepare the instrument and the Bureau of Land Management must keep the map available for inspection. The United States gives up its reversionary property interest when the private-to-city conveyance occurs. No federal funding is provided for the city's acquisition or later facility work.
Key Provisions
- Authorizes conveyance of two specified Union Pacific parcels to Tulare.
- Relinquishes the federal reversionary interest when the railroad conveys the parcels.
- Requires a recordable Interior Department instrument.
- Requires Tulare to pay all documentation costs.
- Preserves existing public and adjacent-owner access rights.
- Retains surface-entry conditions from Public Law 105-195.
- Provides no purchase, recreation, or historic-restoration funding.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Relinquish the United States' reversionary interest in two specified former railroad right-of-way parcels when Union Pacific Railroad conveys them to the City of Tulare, enabling clearer title for youth recreation and women's history facilities.
Key Policy Areas
Public Lands, Railroads, Local Government, Recreation, Historic Preservation
Primary Purpose
Relinquish the United States' reversionary interest in two specified former railroad right-of-way parcels when Union Pacific Railroad conveys them to the City of Tulare, enabling clearer title for youth recreation and women's history facilities.
Policy Domains
Sections 2-3 - findings and relinquishment of the federal parcel interest
Identified Gains
- City of Tulare seeking clear parcel title
- Union Pacific Railroad seeking to convey the parcels
- Youth using the outdoor recreation facility
- Organizations using the historic women's club
- Public users holding existing parcel access rights
- Adjacent landowners holding existing parcel access rights
Identified Costs
- City of Tulare paying documentation costs
- Interior Department officials preparing the recordable instrument
- Bureau of Land Management staff maintaining the public map
- United States relinquishing its reversionary property interest
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeSubcommittee Hearings Held
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Mr. Valadao (for himself and Mr. Fong) introduced the following …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
City of Tulare paying documentation costs, City of Tulare seeking clear parcel title, Interior Department officials preparing the instrument
Positive-direction: City of Tulare seeking clear parcel title
Negative-direction: City of Tulare paying documentation costs, Interior Department officials preparing the instrument, United States relinquishing its reversionary interest
Adjacent landowners holding existing parcel access rights, Public users holding existing parcel access rights
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "city"
- → City of Tulare, California
- "interior"
- → Secretary of the Interior and Bureau of Land Management
- "railroad"
- → Union Pacific Railroad
- "united_states"
- → United States as holder of the reversionary interest
- "access_holders"
- → Public users and owners of adjacent land with access rights
- "facility_users"
- → Youth recreation and historic women's club users
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Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
The land identified as Tulare Railroad Proposed Parcels on the map dated April 30, 2015.
Union Pacific Railroad.
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