[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 6] [Senate] [Page 8292] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]FRED STEFFENS The Clerk called the bill (H.R. 509) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the personal representative of the estate of Fred Steffens of Big Horn County, Wyoming, certain land comprising the Steffens family property. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill as follows: H.R. 509 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF STEFFENS FAMILY PROPERTY. (a) Conveyance.--Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of the Interior is directed to issue, without consideration, a quitclaim deed to Marie Wambeke of Big Horn County, Wyoming, the personal representative of the estate of Fred Steffens, to the land described in subsection (b): Provided, That all minerals underlying such land are hereby reserved to the United States. (b) Land Description.--The land referred to in subsection (a) is the approximately 80-parcel known as ``Farm Unit C'' in the E\1/2\NW\1/4\ of Section 27 in Township 57 North, Range 97 West, 6th Principal Meridian, Wyoming. (c) Revocation of Withdrawal.--The Bureau of Reclamation withdrawal for the Shoshone Reclamation Project under Secretrial Order dated October 21, 1913, is hereby revoked with respect to the lands described in subsection (b). With the following committee amendment in the nature of a substitute: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF STEFFENS FAMILY PROPERTY. (a) Conveyance.--Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of the Interior is directed to issue, without consideration, a quitclaim deed to Marie Wambeke of Big Horn County, Wyoming, the personal representative of the estate of Fred Steffens, to the land described in subsection (b): Provided, That all minerals underlying such land are hereby reserved to the United States. (b) Land Description.--The land referred to in subsection (a) is the approximately 80-acre parcel known as ``Farm Unit C'' in the E\1/2\NW\1/4\ of Section 27 in Township 57 North, Range 97 West, 6th Principal Meridian, Wyoming. (c) Revocation of Withdrawal.--The Bureau of Reclamation withdrawal for the Shoshone Reclamation Project under Secretarial Order dated October 21, 1913, is hereby revoked with respect to the lands described in subsection (b). Mr. BALLENGER (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute be considered as read and printed in the Record. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from North Carolina? There was no objection. The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. ____________________