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The bill transfers clear title to the City of Tulare to preserve and improve local recreational and historic assets and resolve ownership uncertainty, at the cost of local fiscal burdens and reduced future federal control plus some usage restrictions.
City of Tulare residents — especially children, families, and local nonprofits — gain city ownership of the parcels, enabling repair, improvement, and continued public use of an outdoor youth recreation facility and preservation of a historic women’s club.
Local government and business corridor stakeholders benefit from clarified ownership and recorded title, reducing legal uncertainty and making municipal planning and local economic development easier.
The public and adjacent property owners retain existing access and rights-of-way across the parcels, preserving current access arrangements.
City of Tulare residents and local taxpayers face fiscal costs: the city must pay for preparing relinquishment documents and may incur purchase, maintenance, restoration, or administrative expenses tied to the parcels.
The federal government and general public lose some future control over these parcels because the bill relinquishes federal reversionary interests, which could set a precedent that complicates or reduces federal land holdings or future federal claims.
The parcels will be subject to surface-entry conditions from Public Law 105–195, which could impose usage restrictions that limit certain future activities or development options for the city and public.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Allows the Interior Secretary to relinquish the federal reversionary interest in two Tulare railroad parcels to the City of Tulare when Union Pacific conveys them, preserving access and applying prior surface-entry conditions.
Official title: To authorize the conveyance of and remove the reversionary interest of the United States in certain lands in the City of Tulare, California.
Introduced May 19, 2026 by David G. Valadao · Last progress May 19, 2026
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to relinquish the United States' reversionary interest in two specified railroad parcels in Tulare, California, so the City of Tulare can acquire clear title after Union Pacific conveys the parcels to the city. The conveyance aims to allow continued public use for an outdoor youth recreation facility and a historic women's club while preserving existing access rights and applying the same surface-entry conditions used in a prior conveyance law. The Secretary must record a document referencing this law and earlier federal instruments; the City pays any recording costs. A map of the parcels will be kept on file at the Bureau of Land Management for public inspection.