To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the New Hope Cemetery Association a small parcel of National Forest System land in the State of Arkansas for use as a cemetery.
Rep. John Boozman (R-AR)Legislative Activity
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
March 26, 2004
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Introduced in House
March 18, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
March 18, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
March 19, 2004
RE-REFERRAL OF H.R. 3997 - Mr. Nunes asked unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3997 and that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Resources. Agreed to without objection.
March 23, 2004 • 7:18 PM
Rereferred to the House Committee on Resources.
March 23, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
March 26, 2004
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3997 and that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Resources.
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[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3997 Reference Change House (RCH)]
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3997
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the New Hope
Cemetery Association a small parcel of National Forest System land in
the State of Arkansas for use as a cemetery.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 18, 2004
Mr. Boozman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture
March 23, 2004
The Committee on Agriculture discharged
March 23, 2004
Rereferred to the Committee on Resources
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A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the New Hope
Cemetery Association a small parcel of National Forest System land in
the State of Arkansas for use as a cemetery.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF SMALL PARCEL OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND,
POPE COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
(a) Conveyance on Condition Subsequent.--Not later than 90 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, subject to valid existing
rights and the condition stated in subsection (c), the Secretary of
Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service (referred
to in this section as the ``Secretary''), shall convey to the New Hope
Cemetery Association (referred to in this section as the
``association''), for no consideration, all right, title, and interest
of the United States in and to the parcel of land described in
subsection (b).
(b) Description of Land.--The parcel of land referred to in
subsection (a) is the parcel of National Forest System land (including
any improvements on the land) that--
(1) is known as ``New Hope Cemetery Tract 6686c'';
(2) consists of approximately 1.1 acres; and
(3) is more particularly described as a portion of the SE
\1/4\ of the NW \1/4\ of section 30, T. 11, R. 17W, Pope
County, Arkansas.
(c) Condition on Use of Land.--
(1) In general.--The association shall use the parcel
conveyed under subsection (a) as a cemetery.
(2) Reversion.--If the Secretary, after notice to the
association and an opportunity for a hearing, makes a finding
that the association has used or permitted the use of the
parcel for any purpose other than the purpose specified in
paragraph (1), and the association fails to discontinue that
use, title to the parcel shall, at the option of the Secretary,
revert to the United States, to be administered by the
Secretary.
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