,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bdb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #bh1       
#bjai,ms4 ,mc,sally 7for herself and    
,ms4 ,sinema7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require the ,secretary of ,agriculture  
to release reversionary and reserved    
interests in certain land in the        
,coconino ,national ,forest in the      
,state of ,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 the ,lowell ,observatory in       
,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 for conveyance of the
 parcel of land described in subsection 
7b7 not later than #ahj days after the  
date of enactment of this ,act1 the     
,secretary shall convey to the          
,observatory1 without consideration and 
by quitclaim deed1 all right1 title1 and
 interest of the ,united ,states in and 
to that parcel of land4  7b7 ,land      
described ,the parcel of land to be     
conveyed under subsection 7a7 is the    
,national ,forest ,system land-- 7#a7   
conveyed by the ,united ,states to      
,percival ,lowell and his heirs by the  
,act entitled ,an ,act granting certain 
lands in the ,coconino ,national        
,forest1 in ,arizona1 for observatory   
purposes1 approved ,may #cj1 #aiaj 7#cf 
,stat4 #deb2 chapter #bfa72 and  7#b7   
described as sec4 #ag1 ,t4 #ba ,n41 ,r4 
#g ,e41 of the ,gila and ,salt ,river   
base and meridian in ,coconino ,county1 
,arizona4