# H.R. 3187 (119th): This bill directs the Forest Service to convey approximately one acre of land to Perry County, Arkansas, upon the request of the county

This bill directs the Forest Service to convey approximately one acre of land to Perry County, Arkansas, upon the request of the county. The county must use the land for public purposes, such as supporting education and youth development. If it ceases to be used for such purposes, then the property must, at the discretion of the Forest Service, revert to the United States. The exact acreage of land to be conveyed must be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Forest Service. The conveyance must be subject to valid existing rights, made without consideration, made by quitclaim deed, and subject to other terms and conditions that the Forest Service considers to be appropriate to protect the interests of the United States. As a condition of the conveyance, the county must pay costs associated with the conveyance, including the cost of a survey, any environmental analysis or resources survey required under federal law, and any analysis required to comply with the National Historic Preservation Act. The bill prohibits the Forest Service from having to provide any covenant or warranty for the property and improvements conveyed to the county.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: civil_stewardship. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: education. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: property_transfer. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: public_land. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: youth_development. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 336: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is a routine, low-stakes property conveyance with a modest public purpose (education and youth development) and built-in safeguards for the United States, including a reverter clause, survey requirements, and county cost-bearing. It does not directly restrain a named evil or advance one, so it falls under ordinary prudential governance rather than a clear moral verdict.
Theological note: The bill concerns ordinary civil stewardship of federal land and the use of public property for education and youth development. It raises no direct question of protecting or harming human life, sexual corruption, coercion, or injustice. Its relevance is limited to faithful stewardship of public trust property, with a reverter clause that protects the public interest.

## Recorded votes

Roll 336: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Yea 388 · Nay 0 · Other 45.

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