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H.R. 2475 (97th): An act to modify a withdrawal of certain lands in Mono County, California, to facilitate an exchange for certain other lands in Mono County, California, and for other purposes.

The text of the bill below is as of Jan 8, 1983 (Passed Congress).


96 STAT. 2264                     PUBLIC LAW 97-426—JAN. 8, 1983
                  Public Law 97-426
                  97th Congress
                                                      An Act
   Jan. 8, 1983   To modify a withdrawal of certain lands in Mono County, California, to facilitate an
                    exche^nge for certain other lands in Mono County, California, and for other
   [H.R. 2475]      purposes.

                    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Mono County,      United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstand-
Calif.            ing the Act of March 4, 1931 (46 Stat. 1530-1548), or any other
Land
withdrawal and    provision of law, the following described lands, situated in Mono
exchange.         CJounty, California, and comprising approximately 202.167 acres, are
                  withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry under all of the
                  general land laws, including the mining laws: The southeast quarter
                  of the southeast quarter of section 23, the west half of the northwest
                  quarter of section 25, and the north half of the northeast quarter of
                  section 26, all in township 5 south, range 32 east, Mount Diablo
                  meridian, California.
                    SEC. 2. Notwithstanding the first section of the Act of March 4,
                  1931 (46 Stat. 1530, 1532), the withdrawal accomplished by said Act
                  of March 4, 1931, of the lands described as the southwest quarter of
                  section 34, township 5 south, range 33 east. Mount Diablo meridian,
                  comprising approximately 160 acres, situated in Mono County, Cali-
                  fornia, is hereby modified to the extent that the lands described in
                  this section may be exchanged by the Secretary of the Interior in
                  accordance with the directive contained in section 3 of this Act.
Title and deed.     SEC. 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
                  of the Interior is hereby authorized to exchange the Federal lands
                  described in section 2 of this Act for the lands described in section 1
                  of this Act, the title to the lands to be acquired by the United States
                  to be satisfactory in all respects to the Secretary and to be conveyed
                  by a good and sufficient deed, in recordable form, that is satisfactory
                  to the Secretary.
                    Approved January 8, 1983.




                  LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2475:
                  HOUSE REPORT No. 97-358 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs).
                  SENATE REPORT No. 97-371 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources)
                  CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
                      Vol. 127 (1981): Dec. 15, considered and passed House.
                      Vol. 128 (1982): May 10, considered and passed Senate, amended.
                                       Sept. 13, House concurred in Senate amendment and diseigreed
                                        to other Senate amendments.
                                       Dec. 19, Senate receded from its amendments in disagreement.