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H. Rept. 119-281 1 (2025-09-15)

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                      119TH CONGRESS                                            REPORT
                         1st Session     HOUSE   OF  REPRESENTATIVES            119-281







                      TO  REMOVE RESTRICTIONS FROM A PARCEL OF LAND IN
                                            PADUCAH, KENTUCKY



                        SEPTEMBER 15, 2025.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
                                      State of the Union and ordered to be printed



                         Mr.  WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
                                            submitted   the  following


                                                REPORT

                                              [To accompany H.R. 1276]

                        The  Committee   on Natural  Resources,  to whom   was  referred  the
                     bill (H.R. 1276)  to remove  restrictions from  a parcel of land  in Pa-
                     ducah,   Kentucky,   having  considered  the  same,   reports favorably
                     thereon   with  an  amendment and recommends that the bill as
                     amended do pass.
                        The amendment is as follows:
                        Strike all after the enacting clause and  insert the following:

                     SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF RESTRICTION.
                       (a) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the
                     Secretary) shall execute such instruments as may be necessary to remove all deed
                     restrictions from the parcel of land described in subsection (d), subject to the condi-
                     tions in subsection (c).
                       (b) DEED RESTRICTIONS.-The deed restrictions referred to in subsection (a) are
                     those restrictions, including easements, exceptions, reservations, terms, conditions,
                     and covenants described in the quitclaim deed from the United States to the City
                     of Paducah, Kentucky, executed on April 27, 2012, and recorded by the Clerk of the
                     County Court of McCracken County, Kentucky, on pages 247 through 260 of Deed
                     Book 1229.
                       (c) CONDITIONS OF EXTINGUISHMENT.-In removing the deed restrictions under
                       subsection (a), the Secretary shall include a reservation requiring that-
                           (1) the City of Paducah, Kentucky, not transfer or sell the parcel of land to
                         any other entity, except the Oscar Cross Boys & Girls Club of Paducah;
                           (2) if the City of Paducah, Kentucky, transfers or sells such parcel to the
                         Oscar Cross Boys & Girls Club of Paducah, that the Oscar Cross Boys & Girls
                         Club of Paducah offers to convey the parcel of land to the Secretary, without
                         consideration, prior to conveying the property to any other entity; and
                           (3) any new use or development of the parcel of land continue to be compat-
                         ible with public use or recreation purposes.
                       (d) LAND DESCRIPTION.-The parcel of land referred to in subsection (a) is the par-
                     cel-


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