River Ridge Land Conveyance Act

Jim Banks

Republican · IN · Senator

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No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

2026-09-29

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5599 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5599 To remove conditions on the use of certain land conveyed by the Department of the Army to the State of Indiana. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 29, 2026 Mr. Banks introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To remove conditions on the use of certain land conveyed by the Department of the Army to the State of Indiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``River Ridge Land Conveyance Act''. SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS ON USE OF CERTAIN LAND CONVEYED TO THE STATE OF INDIANA. Section 2858 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (division B of Public Law 104-106; 110 Stat. 571), as amended by section 2838 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (division B of Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 2006) and section 2843(i) of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (division B of Public Law 105-261; 112 Stat. 2217), is further amended-- (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``The conveyances'' and inserting ``Except as provided in subsection (d), the conveyances''; and (2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following: ``(d) Condition on Release of Covenants.--On the condition that the State convey approximately 80 acres of prior park property to the Indiana Army Ammunition Plant Reuse Authority, the Reuse Authority convey approximately 100 acres of prior industrial use property to the State, and the use of that 100 acres will be restricted by covenant to recreational purposes, the Secretary may release the covenant that requires the 80 acres of prior park property to be used for recreational purposes.''. <all>

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