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Reversionary Interest Conveyance Act
Summary
- Authorizes the Secretary of Interior to convey the reversionary interest of the United States in approximately 8.43 acres of land in Sacramento, California to current property owners.
- Requires property owners to request conveyance of the reversionary interest within a two-year window from the Secretary's offer.
- Requires fair market value to be determined by appraisal in accordance with federal appraisal standards and professional appraisal practices.
- Requires property owners to pay fair market value plus all costs associated with the conveyance, including surveys, appraisals, and administrative costs.
- Directs proceeds from the sale to be deposited in the Federal Land Disposal Account and used according to the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act.
- Preserves valid existing rights and requires a 50-foot right-of-way on each side of railroad tracks for the Southern Pacific Transportation Company.
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Sponsor (1)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Doris O. Matsui’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- UC DAVIS $9,300
- DISH NETWORK $8,100
- NULL $7,800
- KORSHAK KRACOFF KONG & SUGANO LLP $6,600
- DOWNEY BRAND LLP $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Doris O. Matsui → · Outside spending →
Actions (13)
- Jul 23, 2026 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 491. · senate
- Jul 23, 2026 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report. · senate
- Mar 4, 2026 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. · senate
- Feb 12, 2026 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. · senate
- May 14, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · senate
- May 13, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
- May 13, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1982) · house
- May 13, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1982)
- May 13, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 952. · house
- May 13, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1982-1983) · house
- May 13, 2025 Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. · house
- Feb 4, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. · house
- Feb 4, 2025 Introduced in House
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Committee action
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Meetings where this bill was on the agenda
- Business meeting to consider S.601 and H.R.1276, bills to remove restrictions from a parcel of land in Paducah, Kentucky, S.815, to designate the outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, Virginia, as the "Rick Boucher Amphitheater", S.1135, to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Bonneville Shoreline Trail, S.1981, to require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to utilize grazing for wildfire risk reduction, S.2102, to establish the Ralph David Abernathy, Sr., National Historic Site, S.2787, to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to ensure that ranchers who have grazing agreements on national grasslands are treated the same as permittees on other Federal land, S.3004, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Bureau of Land Management land to the city of Price, Utah, S.3493, to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in Carson City, Nevada, S.3527, to release from wilderness study area designation certain land in the State of Montana, to improve the management of that land, H.R.204, to require that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior submit accurate reports regarding hazardous fuels reduction activities, H.R.952, to convey the reversionary interest of the United States in certain land in Sacramento, California, H.R.1829, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands within the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, and the nominations of Stevan Pearce, of New Mexico, to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management, David LaCerte, of Louisiana, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Kyle Haustveit, of North Dakota, to be Under Secretary of Energy.
- Hearings to examine S.462, to provide for economic development and conservation in Washoe County, Nevada, S.1349, to withdraw the National Forest System land in the Ruby Mountains subdistrict of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the National Wildlife Refuge System land in Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada, from operation under the mineral leasing laws, S.1464, to withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land from mineral development, S.1497, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to establish the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument and to modify the boundary of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, S.1981, to require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to utilize grazing for wildfire risk reduction, S.2417, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to issue a special use permit with respect to the maintaining of a flagpole bearing the flag of the United States at Kyhv Peak Lookout Point, Utah, S.2554, to provide for the recognition of certain Alaska Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, S.2754, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the City of Ouray, Colorado, certain land managed by the Forest Service, together with a reservoir, S.2787, to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to ensure that ranchers who have grazing agreements on national grasslands are treated the same as permittees on other Federal land, S.2860, to unleash United States offshore critical minerals and resources, S.2968, to ensure access to certain public land, S.3004, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Bureau of Land Management land to the city of Price, Utah, S.3082, to prohibit oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production in certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, S.3493, to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in Carson City, Nevada, S.3526, to provide for the protection of and investment in certain Federal land in the State of California, S.3527, to release from wilderness study area designation certain land in the State of Montana, to improve the management of that land, S.3695, to amend Public Law 96-586 to modernize the authority of the Forest Service to acquire and administer land under that Act, H.R.204, to require that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior submit accurate reports regarding hazardous fuels reduction activities, H.R.677, to establish a process to expedite the review of appeals of certain decisions by the Department of the Interior, H.R.952, to convey the reversionary interest of the United States in certain land in Sacramento, California, H.R.1829, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands within the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, H.R.3872, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to make that Act applicable to hardrock minerals, H.R.3937, to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.
Full text
AN ACT
To convey the reversionary interest of the United States in certain land in Sacramento, California.
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 “Reversionary Interest Conveyance Act”.
SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF UNITED STATES INTEREST IN CERTAIN LAND.
(a) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Covered land.—The term “covered land” means the approximately 8.43 acres of land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in Sacramento, California, as generally depicted as “Proposed Easements to be Released” on the map titled “Lands Proposed for Release from Any and All Reversionary Interests of the United States, including interests under the Act of July 1, 1862 (12 Stat.
489)”, dated November 7, 2022.
(2) Buyer.—(A) The term “buyer” means the owner of record of any of the parcels included in the covered land at the time of the requested conveyance.
(B) Buyer may only request and purchase the covered land’s reversionary interest for the parcels of which the owner is the owner of record at the time of request.
(3) Reversionary interest.—The term “reversionary interest” means all reversionary interests of the United States in the covered land.
(4) Secretary.—The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management.
(b) Conveyance.—Not later than two years after the Secretary receives a request from the buyer, the Secretary shall offer to the buyer the applicable reversionary interest subject to the requirements in subsection (c), and shall convey the lands to buyer upon payment of the appraised value.
(c) Requirements.—Any conveyance under this section—
(1) shall be subject to valid existing rights; and
(2) shall be for not less than fair market value.
(d) Payment of Fair Market Value.—The Secretary shall determine the fair market value of the applicable reversionary interest—
(1) in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
(2) based on an appraisal that is conducted in accordance with—
(A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions; and
(B) the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.
(e) Costs.—In addition to the fair market value determined under subsection (d), the buyer shall pay all costs related to the applicable conveyance of the reversionary inter est, including all surveys, appraisals, and other administrative costs.
(f) Proceeds From the Sale of Land.—The proceeds from the sale of the applicable reversionary interest shall be—
(1) deposited in the Federal Land Disposal Account established by section 206(a) of the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (43 U.S.C. 2305(a)); and
(2) used in accordance with that Act.
SEC. 3. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.
Nothing in this Act shall—
(1) diminish the right-of-way associated with the covered land in section 2 to a width of less than 50 feet on each side of the center of the main track or tracks established and maintained by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company on the date of the enactment of this Act; or
(2) validate or confirm any right or title to, or interest in the land referred to in section 2 arising out of adverse possession, prescription, or abandonment, and not confirmed by conveyance made by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company before the date of the enactment of this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives May 13, 2025.
Attest:
Clerk. 119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 952
AN ACT
To convey the reversionary interest of the United States in certain land in Sacramento, California.
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