A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain National Forest System land located in Franklin County, Mississippi, and for other purposes.

This bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture to sell about 310 acres of Homochitto National Forest land in Franklin County, Mississippi, to the Scenic Rivers Development Alliance, a Mississippi state body. The Alliance would pay cash equal to the land's appraised fair market value, plus appraisal, survey, and closing costs, and would take over upkeep of and dam safety duties for the Okhissa Lake Dam. The federal government would keep mineral and subsurface rights, public road and trail easements, and the right to take the land back if it is sold to a private party or used for purposes other than public recreation and fish and wildlife habitat. The land could not be split into residential lots, sale proceeds would go toward buying other national forest land, and the sale would be exempt from the National Environmental Policy Act and other environmental laws.

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Sponsors

• Cindy Hyde-Smith Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors