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 PUBLIC LAW 99-543-OCT. 27, 1986

100 STAT. 3045

SEC. 6. CONVEYANCE OF LANDS IN NEVADA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

The conveyance of lands in Nevada County, State of California, referred to in section 2 are as follows: the conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, grantor, and Soda Springs Station, grantee, on March 19, 1981, and recorded as instrument numbered 8107969 on March 31, 1981 in the official records of Nevada County, State of California. SEC. 7. LIMITATIONS ON VALIDATION OF CONVEYANCES.

(a) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to— (1) diminish the right-of-way referred to in section 2 to a width of less than fifty feet on each side of the center of the main track or tracks maintained by the Southern Pacific ' ^ Transportation Company on the date of the enactment of this Act; or (2) legalize, validate, or confirm, with respect to any land that is the subject of a conveyance referred to in section 3, 4, 5, or 6, any right or title to, or interest in, such land arising out of adverse possession, prescription, or abandonment, and not confirmed by such conveyance. (b) RESERVATION.—There is reserved to the United States all oil, coal, or other minerals in any land that forms a part of the right-ofway referred to in section 2 and is the subject of a conveyance referred to in section 3,4, 5, or 6, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove such oil, coal, or other minerals under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. Approved October 27, 1986.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2067: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 99-388 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORTS: No. 99-455 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 131 (1985): Dec. 3, considered and passed House. Vol. 132 (1986): Oct. 9, considered and passed Senate.

Petroleum and petroleum products. Coal. Minerals and mining.

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