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The bill transfers a small parcel to the county at no purchase price to enable local public uses, but shifts cleanup, conveyance costs, and reversion risk onto the county—trading federal cost savings for local financial, legal, and planning burdens.
Perry County (local government) receives a 0.81‑acre parcel at no purchase cost, enabling new or improved public facilities (e.g., education, youth programs) that benefit local residents in the rural community.
Perry County (local government) assumes potential environmental liability because the parcel is conveyed by quitclaim deed with no federal covenant or warranty and includes a CERCLA exception, meaning the county could face cleanup costs or legal exposure.
Perry County (local government) could face long‑term uncertainty for planning and investment because the property may revert to the federal government if it stops being used for public purposes.
Perry County (local government) must pay all survey, environmental, historic‑preservation, and conveyance costs, imposing a direct budgetary expense on the county.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Conveys a specific ~0.81-acre Forest Service parcel in Perry County, Arkansas to Perry County by quitclaim deed at no purchase price if the county requests the transfer within 180 days of enactment. The county must pay all conveyance costs, obtain a Secretary‑satisfactory survey, comply with required environmental and historic‑preservation reviews, and accept the property subject to existing rights and limited federal warranties; the Secretary may include a reversion if the land stops being used for public purposes.
Introduced May 5, 2025 by French Hill · Last progress December 16, 2025