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.
H.R. 5866 directs the Secretary of Agriculture to release the federal government's reversionary interest in approximately 31.83 acres of land within Wisconsin's Black River State Forest in Millston, allowing the state to exchange this federal land with Deli, Inc., a sphagnum moss production company, in return for approximately 37.27 acres of privately owned land. The federal reversionary interest, established under the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, currently requires the state forest land to remain in public use indefinitely, but this bill would remove that restriction as part of the land swap. The Secretary must issue a quitclaim deed conveying the federal interest at no cost to the state before the exchange deeds are recorded, and may make technical corrections to the land descriptions as needed. No new federal funding is required, and the legislation essentially facilitates a land transfer that has already been agreed upon by Wisconsin and the company, contingent on state and federal approvals.
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