S.Amdt. 135

SA 135. Ms. McSALLY (for herself and Ms. Sinema) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 111 submitted by Ms.
Murkowski (for herself and Mr. Manchin) and intended to be proposed to
the bill S. 47, to provide for the management of the natural resources
of the United States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie
on the table; as follows:

On page 163, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:

SEC. 1124. COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST, ARIZONA.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Observatory.--The term ``Observatory'' means the Lowell
Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest
Service.
(b) Release of Reversionary and Reserved Interests.--
(1) In general.--Subject to valid existing rights, if the
Observatory makes a written request to the Secretary for
conveyance of the parcel of land described in paragraph (2)
not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary shall convey to the Observatory, without
consideration and by quitclaim deed, all right, title, and
interest of the United States in and to that parcel of land.
(2) Land described.--The parcel of land to be conveyed
under paragraph (1) is the National Forest System land--
(A) conveyed by the United States to Percival Lowell and
his heirs by the Act entitled ``An Act granting certain lands
in the Coconino National Forest, in Arizona, for observatory
purposes'', approved May 30, 1910 (36 Stat. 452; chapter
261); and
(B) described as sec. 17, T. 21 N., R. 7 E., of the Gila
and Salt River base and meridian in Coconino County, Arizona.
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