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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 3187
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a parcel of property of
the Forest Service to Perry County, Arkansas, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY5, 2025
Mr. H
ILLof Arkansas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a parcel
of property of the Forest Service to Perry County, Ar-
kansas, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF SPECIFIED FOREST SERVICE 3
PROPERTY TO PERRY COUNTY, ARKANSAS. 4
(a) R
EQUIREDCONVEYANCE.—Subject to this sec-5
tion, if the County submits to the Secretary a written re-6
quest for conveyance of the property described in sub-7
section (b) not later than 180 days after the date of enact-8
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall convey to the County 9
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all right, title, and interest of the United States in and 1
to the property described in subsection (b). 2
(b) D
ESCRIPTION OFPROPERTY.— 3
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The property referred to in 4
subsection (a) is the parcel of real property, includ-5
ing all land and improvements, generally referred to 6
as parcel 850–10555–001 in the urban property 7
records of the County, consisting of approximately 8
0.81 acres of Forest Service land located at 1069 9
Fourche Avenue, Perryville, Arkansas 72126. 10
(2) S
URVEY.—The exact acreage and legal de-11
scription of land to be conveyed under subsection (a) 12
shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the 13
Secretary. 14
(c) T
ERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The conveyance 15
under subsection (a) shall be— 16
(1) subject to valid existing rights; 17
(2) made without consideration; 18
(3) made by quitclaim deed; and 19
(4) subject to such other terms and conditions 20
as the Secretary considers to be appropriate to pro-21
tect the interests of the United States. 22
(d) C
OSTS OFCONVEYANCE.—As a condition of the 23
conveyance under subsection (a), the County shall pay all 24
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costs associated with the conveyance, including the cost 1
of— 2
(1) a survey, if necessary, under subsection 3
(b)(2); 4
(2) any environmental analysis or resources 5
survey required under Federal law; and 6
(3) any analysis required to comply with divi-7
sion A of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code 8
(commonly referred to as the ‘‘National Historic 9
Preservation Act’’). 10
(e) E
NVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.—Notwith-11
standing section 120(h)(3)(A) of the Comprehensive Envi-12
ronmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 13
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)(3)(A)), the Secretary shall not 14
be required to provide any covenant or warranty for the 15
property and improvements conveyed to the County under 16
subsection (a). 17
(f) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 18
(1) C
OUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Perry 19
County, Arkansas. 20
(2) S
ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 21
the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 22
Chief of the Forest Service. 23
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