,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dja  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #i1         
#bjai,mr4 ,o',halleran introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,agriculture to release reversionary and
 reserved interests in certain lands    
within the ,coconino ,national ,forest1 
,arizona4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,lowell ,observatory
 ,conveyance ,act4  #b4 ,definitions ,in
 this ,act3  7#a7 ,observatory ,the term
 ,observatory means ,lowell ,observatory
 of ,flagstaff1 ,arizona4  7#b7         
,secretary ,the term ,secretary means   
the ,secretary of ,agriculture1 acting  
through the ,chief of the ,forest       
,service4  #c4 ,release of reversionary 
and reserved interests  7a7 ,in general 
,subject to valid existing rights1 if   
the ,observatory makes a written request
 to the ,secretary not later than #ahj  
days after the date of enactment of this

 ,act requesting conveyance of the      
,national ,forest ,system land described
 in subsection 7b71 the ,secretary shall
 convey1 without consideration and by   
quitclaim deed1 to the ,observatory all 
right1 title1 and interest of the       
,united ,states in and to the parcel of 
land described in subsection 7b74  7b7  
,land specified ,the parcel of ,national
 ,forest ,system land to be conveyed    
under subsection 7a7 is the land-- 7#a7 
conveyed by the ,united ,states to      
,percival ,lowell and his heirs by the  
,act of ,may #cj1 #aiaj 7#cf ,stat4     
#deb72 and  7#b7 described as section   
#ag1 ,township #ba north of range #g    
east of the ,gila and ,salt ,river base 
and meridian in ,coconino ,county1      
,arizona4