Tulare Youth Recreation and Women’s History Enhancement Act

119th Congress Introduced by Vince Fong and 1 co-sponsor

The bill extinguishes the U.S. reversionary interest and allows Tulare to receive two parcels from Union Pacific to support youth recreation and women’s history projects.

Subcommittee Hearings Held

Summary of HR 8913: Tulare Youth Recreation and Women’s History Enhancement Act

Purpose and intent

The bill authorizes the United States to convey two parcels of land in Tulare, California, and to extinguish the United States’ reversionary interest in those parcels. The conveyance is intended to enable the City of Tulare to improve and restore recreation facilities for youth and to commemorate women’s history in the city.

Key provisions and how the bill changes current law

Definitions

City: City of Tulare, California.
Map: The document titled “Tulare Railroad Parcels Proposed Acquired” dated April 30, 2015.
Parcels: The land identified as “Tulare Railroad Proposed Parcels” on the Map.
Secretary: Secretary of the Interior.
Railroad: Union Pacific Railroad.

Reversionary interest extinguished

The United States authorizes the conveyance of, and relinquishes its reversionary interest in, the Parcels retained under the 1866 Act granting a right-of-way to the railroad.
The relinquishment must be executed by the Secretary in a recording instrument suitable for Tulare County records and referencing this Act and prior related instruments.
The City must pay any costs associated with the required documentation.
The relinquishment becomes effective on the date the Union Pacific Railroad conveys the Parcels to the City.

Map on file

The Map documenting the Parcels will be kept on file and publicly accessible in the Bureau of Land Management’s offices.

Rights and access

The bill preserves existing public access rights or rights of adjacent landowners; nothing in the act impairs these rights.
Surface entry rights continue to be governed by Public Law 105-195 for the affected Parcels.

Affected parties

City of Tulare, California: Beneficiary of the land conveyance; assumes ownership and associated responsibilities.

Union Pacific Railroad: Owner of record under the 1866 right-of-way that the Parcels are part of; seller in the conveyance.

United States Government: Holder of a reversionary interest that would be extinguished for the Parcels under the act.

Public: Maintains ongoing access rights where applicable and can view the Map on file with the BLM.

Procedural and timeline aspects

The act establishes the authorization to convey and extinguish the reversionary interest, contingent on the Railroad conveying the Parcels to the City.

Costs for the required documentation are borne by the City.

The Map documenting the Parcels will be publicly available via the Bureau of Land Management.

Effective date of relinquishment aligns with the date of the Railroad’s conveyance to the City.

Overall impact

Enables clear title for the City to two parcels within Tulare’s business corridor.

Facilitates municipal recreation and historic preservation initiatives for youth and women's history.

Streamlines property transfer by extinguishing the United States’ residual interest, while maintaining public access and surface-entry protections.