PUBLIC LAW 100-65—JULY 10, 1987
101 STAT. 383
Public Law 100-65 100th Congress An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain public lands in Cherokee, De Kalb, and Etowah Counties, Alabama, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to convey, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in those public lands originally granted and conveyed to the State of Alabama by the United States pursuant to the Act of June 3, 1856 (11 Stat. 17), in aid of the Coosa and Chattooga Railroad and subsequently forfeited to the United States pursuant to the Act of September 29, 1890 (26 Stat. 496), to any trustee qualified under the laws of the State of Alabama to do business as a trustee and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. Such trustee shall convey said right, title, and interest in those lands, in such manner as he determines appropriate, to those persons whom he determines to be current owners of record of the balance of the interests in such lands. No costs incurred by the trustee in implementing his responsibilities under this Act shall be borne by the United States, SEC. 2. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States together with the right to prospect for, mine and remove the same, Approved July 10, 1987.
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 626: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-13 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORTS: No. 100-74 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 133 (1987): Mar. 10, considered and passed House. June 25, considered and peissed Senate.
July 10, 1987 [H.R. 626]
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Minerals and mining.
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