Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 805) to authorize the conveyance of and remove the reversionary interest of the United States in certain lands in the City of Tulare, California. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 805 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 ``Tulare Youth Recreation and Women's History Enhancement Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) The City of Tulare requires clear title to two Parcels of land within the City's business corridor. (2) The Parcels are part of a right-of-way granted to the Railroad by the Federal Government by the Act dated July 27, 1866. (3) The Parcels, which are currently under lease to the City, are currently occupied by an outdoor recreation facility for youth and a historic women's club. (4) The City desires to improve and restore these facilities but cannot absent clear title to the Parcels. (5) The United States retained a reversionary interest in the Parcels conveyed to the Railroad in 1866 and has not exercised this authority. (6) The Union Pacific Railroad desires to sell the Parcels to the City. (7) Public Law 105-195 conveyed the reversionary interest to all surrounding Parcels in 1998, which were conveyed by the Union Pacific Railroad to the City. SEC. 3.…”