119-hr5866

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5866 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5866

 To require the Secretary of Agriculture to release a reversionary 
 interest in certain land in the Black River State Forest in Millston, 
 Wisconsin, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 October 28, 2025

Mr. Van Orden introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Agriculture

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 A BILL

 To require the Secretary of Agriculture to release a reversionary 
 interest in certain land in the Black River State Forest in Millston, 
 Wisconsin, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. RELEASE OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST.

    (a) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Deli, inc..--The term ``Deli, Inc.'' means Deli, Inc., 
 a sphagnum moss production business located in Millston, 
 Wisconsin.

    (2) Deli land.--The term ``Deli land'' means the 
 approximately 37.27 acres of land owned or optioned to acquire, 
 subject to the approval of the land exchange by the Wisconsin 
 Department of Natural Resources, the Wisconsin Natural 
 Resources Board, and the Governor of Wisconsin, in 2 separate 
 parcels, by Deli, Inc., and located in Millston, Wisconsin, as 
 depicted on the map and as described as follows:
        (A) A parcel of real property containing 
 approximately 31.3 acres (which includes land within 
 the road right-of-way), together with any 
 improvements--
            (i) comprising the NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ 

sec. 29, 
 T. 20 N., R. 2 W., Town of Millston, Jackson 
 County, Wisconsin;
            (ii) excluding--
            (I) land lying north of the 
 railroad right-of-way; and
            (II) a parcel 150 feet wide, with 
 50 feet lying to the northeast, and 100 
 feet to the southwest, of a line 
 commencing at a point 5 feet east of 
 the northwest corner of the quarter-
 quarter section described in clause
            (i) , thence south 56 east 39' a 
 distance of 222 feet, thence south 57 
 east 31' a distance of 1359 feet; and
            (iii) subject to--
            (I) any public water use or 
 easements on Lee Lake; and
            (II) any easements or restrictions 
 of record, public roadways, zoning and 
 use ordinances, and the railroad right-
 of-way.
        (B) A parcel of real property containing 
 approximately 5.97 acres located in the SW\1/4\SW\1/4\ 
 

sec. 20, T. 20 N., R. 4 W., Town of Millston, Jackson 
 County, Wisconsin, comprising lot 7 of Certified Survey 
 Map No. 4483, as recorded in volume 19S of the 
 certified survey maps, page 334, as Document No. 413440 
 in the Jackson County Register of Deeds.

    (3) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Black 
 River State Forest - Deli, Inc.'' and dated June 26, 2023.

    (4) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of 
 Wisconsin.

    (5) State forest land.--The term ``State forest land'' 
 means the approximately 31.83 acres of land located in the 
 Black River State Forest in Millston, Wisconsin, as depicted on 
 the map and as described as follows:
        (A) A parcel containing 23.13 acres--
            (i) comprising the portion of the E\1/
 2\SE\1/4\ 

sec. 20, T. 20 N., R. 2. W., Town of 
 Millston, Jackson County, Wisconsin, lying 
 south of the Interstate Highway 94 southern 
 right-of-way; and
            (ii) excluding a triangular parcel in the 
 southwest corner described as commencing at the 
 southwest corner, thence east 260 feet, thence 
 northwesterly to a point on the west boundary 
 thereof 200 feet north of the southwest corner, 
 thence south to the place of beginning.
        (B) A parcel containing 8.70 acres comprising the 
 portion of the NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ 

sec. 29, T. 20 N., R. 2. 
 W., Town of Millston, Jackson County, Wisconsin, lying 
 north of the railroad right-of-way, forming a 
 triangular piece and described as commencing at the 
 northeast corner of that quarter-quarter section, 
 thence west 1010 feet to the north line of the railroad 
 right-of-way, thence southeasterly along the boundary 
 of the railroad to the east line of that quarter-
 quarter section, thence north on the east line 750 feet 
 to the place of beginning.

    (b) Conditional Release.--

    (1) === Findings ===
-Congress finds that--
        (A) the State forest land is subject to a 
 reversionary interest of the United States pursuant to 
 

section 32
            (c) of The Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 
 U.S.C. 1011
            (c) ), requiring that the State forest land 
 be used for public purposes in perpetuity; and
        (B) the State and Deli, Inc. have agreed that the 
 State will convey the State forest land in exchange for 
 the Deli land, and the Deli land will be added to Black 
 River State Forest in the State.

    (2) Conditional release.--If the State offers in a written 
 agreement to convey the State forest land to Deli, Inc., in 
 exchange for the conveyance of the Deli land to the State--
        (A) the reversionary interest of the United States 
 in the State forest land shall be released; and
        (B) the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide, as 
 expeditiously as possible, recordable evidence of the 
 release under subparagraph
        (A) in the form of a 
 quitclaim deed, which shall--
            (i) convey any interest of the United 
 States in the State forest land without 
 consideration; and
            (ii) be provided to the State for recording 
 before the exchange deeds are recorded.

    (3) Corrections.--The Secretary of Agriculture, in 
 consultation with the State, may make any necessary corrections 
 to the legal description of the State forest land for purposes 
 of the quitclaim deed described in paragraph

    (2)
        (B) .
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