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115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6666
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 15, 2018
Received
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant to States and local governments easements and rights-of-way over Federal land within Gateway National Recreation Area for construction, operation, and maintenance of projects for control and prevention of flooding and shoreline erosion.
Authority to grant easements and rights-of-way over Federal lands within Gateway National Recreation Area
Section 3 of Public Law 92–592 (16 U.S.C. 460cc–2) is amended by adding at the end the following:
Authority To grant easements and rights-of-Way
In general
The Secretary of the Interior may grant, to any State or local government, an easement or right-of-way over Federal lands within Gateway National Recreation Area for construction, operation, and maintenance of projects for control and prevention of flooding and shoreline erosion.
Charges and reimbursement of costs
The Secretary may grant such an easement or right-of-way without charge for the value of the right so conveyed, except for reimbursement of costs incurred by the United States for processing the application therefore and managing such right. Amounts received as such reimbursement shall be credited to the relevant appropriation account.
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Passed the House of Representatives November 14, 2018.
Karen L. Haas,
Clerk