S277Reported by Committee
A bill to release a Federal reversionary interest and convey mineral interests in Chester County, Tennessee, and for other purposes.
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-01-28
Introduced
1
Cosponsors
S
ⓘType
Sponsor
Marsha Blackburn
Republican · TN · Senator
Votes with party: 76.1% (862 recorded votes)
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Cosponsors (1)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 207.
2025-10-27
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryReported By · 2025-10-27
Previously
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryMarkup By · 2025-10-21
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryReferred To · 2025-01-28
Plain-English Summary
This bill provides for the transfer of the Forest Service's interest in the approximately 0.62-acre parcel of land within the Chickasaw State Forest to the state of Tennessee in order to resolve the encroachment of Bethel Baptist Church on that parcel. Both the parcel and the church are located in Chester County, Tennessee. On August 12, 1955, the Forest Service conveyed the parcel to the state but retained a reversionary interest in the land that takes effect if the state forest land ceases to be used for public purposes. The bill directs the Forest Service to release the reversionary interest to the state. Additionally, the Forest Service must convey to the state its mineral interest in the parcel. The conveyance must be done by quitclaim deed and without warranty or consideration (such as payment). As a condition of the release and the conveyance, the state must pay for any administrative costs incurred by the Forest Service in carrying out the release and conveyance. The Forest Service must release the reversionary interest and convey the parcel without undertaking any appraisal, environmental review, or other report.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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