H.R. 837
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona.
Sponsor: Elijah Crane · 0 cosponsors
Transfers land
If this becomes law
Gila County
it could receive about 232.9 acres of Tonto National Forest land, with its improvements, without paying for the land.
Gila County
it must pay all transfer costs, including any survey and environmental or historic preservation reviews.
Veterans
the land could be used only to serve and support veterans of the Armed Forces.
The Secretary of Agriculture
it could take the land back if the county uses it another way.
Written by AI from the bill's text below; it can be wrong. How it's written
A made-up example
Made-up situation: Gila County sends a written request 90 days after the bill becomes law. The Secretary must transfer the site to the county for free by quitclaim deed. The county pays for the survey and environmental reviews, then uses the site only for services for veterans, such as an office that helps veterans.
The full summary
This bill would require the Secretary of Agriculture to give Gila County, Arizona, about 232.9 acres of Tonto National Forest land, including its buildings, if the county asks within 180 days of the bill becoming law. The county pays the costs of the transfer, and must use the land only to serve and support military veterans. If it is used any other way, the land can go back to the federal government.
Who this affects
- Gila County, Arizona: it could receive the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site at no charge, but must pay the survey and review costs and use the land only to serve and support veterans.
- The Secretary of Agriculture (acting through the Forest Service): it must convey the land if the county asks in time, and may take the land back if it is used for something other than supporting veterans.
Words to know
- Convey: to legally transfer ownership of property.
- Quitclaim deed: a deed that transfers whatever interest the seller has, with no promises about the title.
- Reversion: the land going back to its former owner.
- National Forest System land: federally owned land managed by the Forest Service.
Official summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service.
This bill directs the Forest Service to convey specified property to Gila County, Arizona, upon the county's submission of a written request for such conveyance. The property, identified as the Gila County Area, consists of approximately 232.9 acres of National Forest System land located in the Tonto National Forest in Arizona.
The county must use the land for the purposes of serving and supporting veterans. If any land conveyed under this bill ceases to be used for such purpose, all right, title, and interest in and to the land shall revert to the United States, at the discretion of the Forest Service.
The conveyance must be made with a quitclaim deed and without consideration (value, such as payment, provided in exchange for the property).
The Forest Service must not be required to provide any covenant or warranty for the land and improvements conveyed to the county under such conveyance.
As a condition of the conveyance, the county must pay all the costs associated with the conveyance, including any (1) surveys, (2) environmental analysis or resource survey required under federal law, and (3) analysis required to comply with certain provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act.