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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 952
5	5	To convey the reversionary interest of the United States in certain land
6	6	in Sacramento, California.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	FEBRUARY4, 2025
9	9	Ms. M
10	10	ATSUIintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
11	11	Committee on Natural Resources
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To convey the reversionary interest of the United States
14	14	in certain land in Sacramento, California.
15	15	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
16	16	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
17	17	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
18	18	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reversionary Interest 4
19	19	Conveyance Act’’. 5
20	20	SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF UNITED STATES INTEREST IN 6
21	21	CERTAIN LAND. 7
22	22	(a) D
23	23	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 8
24	24	(1) C
25	25	OVERED LAND.—The term ‘‘covered land’’ 9
26	26	means the approximately 8.43 acres of land under 10
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30	30	the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of 1
31	31	Land Management in Sacramento, California, as 2
32	32	generally depicted as ‘‘Proposed Easements to be 3
33	33	Released’’ on the map titled ‘‘Lands Proposed for 4
34	34	Release from Any and All Reversionary Interests of 5
35	35	the United States, including interests under the Act 6
36	36	of July 1, 1862 (12 Stat. 489)’’, dated November 7, 7
37	37	2022. 8
38	38	(2) B
39	39	UYER.—(A) The term ‘‘buyer’’ means the 9
40	40	owner of record of any of the parcels included in the 10
41	41	covered land at the time of the requested convey-11
42	42	ance. 12
43	43	(B) Buyer may only request and purchase the 13
44	44	covered land’s reversionary interest for the parcels of 14
45	45	which the owner is the owner of record at the time 15
46	46	of request. 16
47	47	(3) R
48	48	EVERSIONARY INTEREST .—The term ‘‘re-17
49	49	versionary interest’’ means all reversionary interests 18
50	50	of the United States in the covered land. 19
51	51	(4) S
52	52	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 20
53	53	the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bu-21
54	54	reau of Land Management. 22
55	55	(b) C
56	56	ONVEYANCE.—Not later than two years after 23
57	57	the Secretary receives a request from the buyer, the Sec-24
58	58	retary shall offer to the buyer the applicable reversionary 25
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62	62	interest subject to the requirements in subsection (c), and 1
63	63	shall convey the lands to buyer upon payment of the ap-2
64	64	praised value. 3
65	65	(c) R
66	66	EQUIREMENTS.—Any conveyance under this sec-4
67	67	tion— 5
68	68	(1) shall be subject to valid existing rights; and 6
69	69	(2) shall be for not less than fair market value. 7
70	70	(d) P
71	71	AYMENT OFFAIRMARKETVALUE.—The Sec-8
72	72	retary shall determine the fair market value of the applica-9
73	73	ble reversionary interest— 10
74	74	(1) in accordance with the Federal Land Policy 11
75	75	and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 12
76	76	seq.); and 13
77	77	(2) based on an appraisal that is conducted in 14
78	78	accordance with— 15
79	79	(A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 16
80	80	Federal Land Acquisitions; and 17
81	81	(B) the Uniform Standards of Professional 18
82	82	Appraisal Practice. 19
83	83	(e) C
84	84	OSTS.—In addition to the fair market value de-20
85	85	termined under subsection (d), the buyer shall pay all 21
86	86	costs related to the applicable conveyance of the rever-22
87	87	sionary inter est, including all surveys, appraisals, and 23
88	88	other administrative costs. 24
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92	92	(f) PROCEEDSFROM THESALE OFLAND.—The pro-1
93	93	ceeds from the sale of the applicable reversionary interest 2
94	94	shall be— 3
95	95	(1) deposited in the Federal Land Disposal Ac-4
96	96	count established by section 206(a) of the Federal 5
97	97	Land Transaction Facilitation Act (43 U.S.C. 6
98	98	2305(a)); and 7
99	99	(2) used in accordance with that Act. 8
100	100	SEC. 3. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION. 9
101	101	Nothing in this Act shall— 10
102	102	(1) diminish the right-of-way associated with 11
103	103	the covered land in section 2 to a width of less than 12
104	104	50 feet on each side of the center of the main track 13
105	105	or tracks established and maintained by the South-14
106	106	ern Pacific Transportation Company on the date of 15
107	107	the enactment of this Act; or 16
108	108	(2) validate or confirm any right or title to, or 17
109	109	interest in the land referred to in section 2 arising 18
110	110	out of adverse possession, prescription, or abandon-19
111	111	ment, and not confirmed by conveyance made by the 20
112	112	Southern Pacific Transportation Company before 21
113	113	the date of the enactment of this Act. 22
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