Release a Federal reversionary interest and convey mineral interests in Chester County, Tennessee, and for other purposes.

This bill fixes a small land mix-up in Chester County, Tennessee. A church building was found to overlap the edge of nearby State forest land by about 19 inches. The land was originally given to the State by the federal government decades ago, but the federal government kept a back-up claim that could take the land back if it stopped being used for public purposes. The bill tells the U.S. Department of Agriculture to give up that back-up claim and to hand over any federal mineral rights under that 0.62-acre piece of land to the State. It requires doing this quickly, without appraisals or environmental reviews, and the State must cover any federal administrative costs involved. This clears the title so the encroachment can be resolved locally .

Key points

• The overlap is about 19 inches into Chickasaw State Forest land in Henderson, Chester County .
• The federal “reversion” right would be released; that right only applied if the land stopped being used for public purposes .
• Federal mineral rights under this parcel are also transferred to the State, by quitclaim deed, with no payment and no appraisal or environmental review; the State pays administrative costs .