S.Amdt. 3272

SA 3272. Mr. BOOZMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3224 proposed by Mr. Roberts (for himself and Ms.
Stabenow) to the bill H.R. 2, to provide for the reform and
continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of
Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 125__. RELEASE OF INTEREST IN LAND, PINE TREE RESEARCH
STATION, ARKANSAS.

(a) Release of Interest.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), after execution
of the agreement described in subsection (b), the Secretary
shall release the condition in the deed with respect to the
land described in subsection (c) that the land shall be used
for public purposes, and if at any time the land ceases to be
so used, the land conveyed shall immediately revert to and
become revested in the United States.
(2) Condition.--The release under paragraph (1) shall be
subject to the condition that--
(A) proceeds from the sale of any land described in
subsection (c) shall be reinvested by the Board of Trustees
of the University of Arkansas to benefit the public research
and extension programs of the University of Arkansas System
Division of Agriculture; and
(B) if the proceeds are not used as described in
subparagraph (A), the proceeds from the sale of the land
described in subsection (c) shall be transferred to the
United States.
(3) Application of bankhead-jones farm tenant act.--Section
32(c) of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C.
1011(c)) shall not apply to the release under paragraph (1).
(b) Agreement.--The Secretary shall enter into an agreement
with the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas,
satisfactory to the Secretary of Agriculture, that requires
that--
(1) the proceeds from a sale of any portion of the land
described in subsection (c) shall inure to the benefit of the
University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture for use
in the public research and extension programs of the
University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture,
including facilities and operations for those programs; and
(2) the proceeds of a disposition described in paragraph
(1) shall be--
(A) deposited and held in an account open to inspection by
the Secretary; and
(B) if withdrawn from the account, used for the purpose
described in paragraph (1).
(c) Land Described.--The land referred to in subsections
(a) and (b) is the land conveyed, sold, and quitclaimed to
the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas by the
United States, through the Director of Lands of the Forest
Service in accordance with section 32(c) of the Bankhead-
Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1011(c)) on February 2, 1978,
containing 11,849.90 acres from 23 different sections, with
the deed recorded in the St. Francis County records in book
376, page 376 by the St. Francis County Circuit Clerk, and
generally described as: ``all those certain tracts, or
parcels of land embraced within the Forrest City (Pine Tree)
Land Utilization Project, AK-LU-4, lying and being in the
County of St. Francis, State of Arkansas, 5th Principal
Meridian''.
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