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Union Calendar No. 820
115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6678
[Report No. 115–1053]
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 24, 2018
Mrs. Comstock introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
November 27, 2018
Additional sponsor: Ms. Norton
November 27, 2018
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain National Park Service land in Fairfax County, Virginia, to the Friends of the Claude Moore Farm.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Claude Moore Farm Land Conveyance Act
.
Definitions
In this Act:
Friends
The term Friends
means the Friends of the Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run, Inc.
Secretary
The term Secretary
means the Secretary of the Interior.
Land conveyance
Conveyance required
Subject to valid existing rights, if not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Friends submit to the Secretary in writing a request for the conveyance of the National Park Service land described in subsection (b)(1) for use as an 18th Century living history museum open to the public, the Secretary shall convey to the Friends, without consideration and all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the parcel of National Park Service land described in subsection (b)(1), including any improvements thereon.
Description of land
In general
The National Park Service land is the approximately 69-acres generally depicted as Claude Moore Colonial Farm Land Assignment
on the map entitled George Washington Memorial Parkway, Claude Moore Colonial Farm Land Assignment, McLean, Virginia
numbered 850_146239, and dated June 2018.
Map
The map referenced in paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate office of the National Park Service. The Secretary may correct minor errors in the map.
Costs of conveyance
As a condition of the conveyance under subsection (a), all costs associated with the conveyance under subsection (a) shall be paid by the Friends.
Time for completion of conveyance
Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Friends submit the written request described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall complete the conveyance under that subsection.
Reversion
If the land conveyed to the Friends under subsection (a) ceases to be used as an 18th Century living history museum open to the public, the land shall, at the discretion of the Secretary, revert to the United States.
November 27, 2018
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed