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On the recordMarch 15, 2022
Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 3197) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the City of Eunice, Louisiana, certain Federal land in Louisiana, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 3197 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Save the Liberty Theatre Act of 2021''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) City.--The term ``City'' means the City of Eunice, Louisiana. (2) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Proposed Boundary Revision and Disposal'', numbered 467/168813, and dated December 2020. (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 3. LAND CONVEYANCE. (a) Conveyance Authority.--The Secretary shall convey to the City, by quitclaim deed and without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the parcels of land described in subsection (b). (b) Description of Land.--The parcels of land referred to in subsection (a) are Lots 5 and 6, less the North 27 feet of Lot 5, Block 22, of the Original Townsite of Eunice, generally depicted as ``Proposed Disposal Area'' on the map.…
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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