S 2440
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Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey about 310 acres of national forest land in Franklin County, Mississippi, to the Scenic Rivers Development Alliance, a state instrumentality, for cash at fair market value.
Official title: A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain National Forest System land located in Franklin County, Mississippi, and for other purposes.
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Senate
Introduced
24-JUL-2025
Referred
24-JUL-2025
Approved by committee
21-OCT-2025
Reported
27-OCT-2025
On the calendar
27-OCT-2025
- Requires the Alliance to sign a written agreement to pay upkeep on the Okhissa Lake Dam and take on dam safety liability before the transfer closes.
- Reserves to the United States all mineral, oil, gas, and other subsurface rights, plus public road and trail easements, including a 30-foot right-of-way on Forest Service Road 149A.
- Gives the Secretary a right to retake the land if it goes to a nonpublic owner or is used for purposes other than recreation and fish and wildlife habitat, and bars subdividing it into residential lots.
- Deposits sale proceeds into the Sisk Act fund for national forest land acquisition, and waives National Environmental Policy Act and other environmental law requirements for the conveyance while keeping federal hazardous substance disclosure duties.
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