H.R. 4029 — Introduced in House

I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4029 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 10, 2014 Mr. Smith of Missouri introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To require the Secretary of the Interior to transfer all Federal land, facilities, and any other assets associated with the Ozark National Scenic Riverways to the State of Missouri for the purposes of maintaining a State park, and for other purposes. 1. Findings Congress finds as follows: (1) The Ozark National Scenic Riverways was created under the auspices of protecting public access to the area indefinitely. (2) The National Park Service has begun to prevent members of the public from accessing the lands that compose the park. (3) The State of Missouri is able to maintain the park and ensure that it continues in substantially the same fashion as it has while maintaining public access. 2. Conveyance of Ozark National Scenic Riverways The Act entitled An Act to provide for the establishment of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes, approved August 27, 1964 (16 U.S.C. 460m, et seq.), is amended by adding at the end the following: 9. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall convey to the State of Missouri, for no consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to all Federal land, facilities, and any other assets associated with the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, subject to the following conditions: (1) The Federal Government shall pay all of the costs of the conveyance under this section. (2) A covenant or restriction shall be in the deed to the land and facilities conveyed under this section requiring— (A) that the State of Missouri shall maintain and operate the land, facilities, and assets conveyed under this section, at the cost to the State, in substantially the same fashion as such land, facilities, and assets were being maintained by the Department of the Interior on the day before the date of the enactment of this section; (B) that if the State of Missouri attempts to sell, in whole or in part, the land, facilities, or assets conveyed under this section, such the land, facilities, and assets shall revert to the United States, at the discretion of the Secretary, at no cost to the United States; (C) that if the land and facilities conveyed under this section are no longer used as described in subparagraph (A), the land and facilities shall revert to the United States, at the discretion of the Secretary, at no cost to the United States; and (D) any other terms and conditions that the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 10. The first section and sections 2 through 8 of this Act shall not apply during any period during which title to the land associated with the Ozark National Scenic Riverways is not held by the United States. .