text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Reno, Nevada, Railroad Right-of-Way 
  Conveyance Validation Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. VALIDATION OF CONVEYANCES.
  
      Except as provided in section 4, the conveyances described in 
  section 3 (involving certain lands in Washoe County, State of Nevada) 
  concerning lands that form parts of the right-of-way granted by the 
  United States to the Central Pacific Railway Company in the Act 
  entitled ``An Act to aid in the Construction of a Railroad and 
  Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to 
  secure to the Government the Use of the same for Postal, Military, and 
  Other Purposes'', approved July 1, 1862 (12 Stat. 489), hereby are 
  legalized, validated, and confirmed, as far as any interest of the 
  United States in such lands is concerned, with the same force and 
  effect as if the land involved in each such conveyance had been held, 
  on the date of such conveyance, under absolute fee simple title by the 
  grantor of such land.
  
  SEC. 3. CONVEYANCES OF LANDS IN WASHOE COUNTY, STATE OF NEVADA.
  
      The conveyances of land in Washoe County, State of Nevada, referred 
  to in section 2 are as follows:
              (1) The conveyance entered into between Charles Crocker, 
          grantor, and A. Montminy, grantee, recorded June 10, 1868, in 
          book 2, at page 417, in the deed records of the county of 
          Washoe.
              (2) The conveyance entered into between Charles Crocker, 
          grantor, and U. Harris, grantee, recorded June 22, 1868, in 
          book 2, at page 430, in the deed records of the county of 
          Washoe.
              (3) The conveyance entered into between Charles Crocker, 
          grantor, and Mark Lovely, grantee, recorded July 16, 1868, in 
          book 2, at page 569, in the deed records of the county of 
          Washoe.
              (4) The conveyance entered into between Charles Crocker, 
          grantor, and Marco Medin and Paul Mavrich, grantees, recorded 
          July 20, 1868, in book 2, at page 462, in the deed records of 
          the county of Washoe.
              (5) The conveyance entered into between Charles Crocker, 
          grantor, and S. Barclay, grantee, recorded September 21, 1868, 
          in book 2, at page 513, in the deed records of the county of 
          Washoe.
              (6) The conveyance entered into between Charles Crocker, 
          grantor, and John Piper, grantee, recorded December 18, 1868, 
          in book 2, at page 613, in the deed records of the county of 
          Washoe.
              (7) The conveyance entered into between Charles Crocker, 
          grantor, and William H. Potter, grantee, recorded June 28, 
          1869, in book 3, at page 15, in the deed records of the county 
          of Washoe.
              (8) The conveyance entered into between Charles Crocker, 
          grantor, and O.C. Madden, recorded November 16, 1870, in book 
          3, at page 299, in the deed records of the county of Washoe.
              (9) The conveyance entered into between Charles Crocker, 
          grantor, and Peter Zenovich and George Zenovich, grantees, 
          recorded August 12, 1871, in book 3, at page 519, in the deed 
          records of the county of Washoe.
              (10) The conveyance entered into between Charles Crocker, 
          grantor, and Mrs. M.A. Pine, grantee, recorded August 21, 1871, 
          in book 3, at page 527, in the deed records of the county of 
          Washoe.
              (11) The conveyance entered into between Charles Crocker, 
          grantor, and T.R. Hughes, grantee, recorded October 11, 1871, 
          in book 3, at page 552, in the deed records of the county of 
          Washoe.
              (12) The conveyance entered into between Charles Crocker, 
          grantor, and Joseph Leonard, grantee, recorded December 10, 
          1873, in book 4, at page 568, in the deed records of the county 
          of Washoe.
              (13) The conveyance entered into between Charles Crocker, 
          grantor, and S.M. Jamison, grantee, recorded August 17, 1875, 
          in book 5, at page 606, in the deed records of the county of 
          Washoe.
              (14) The conveyance entered into between Charles Crocker, 
          grantor, and W.R. Chamberlain and W.S. Bender, grantees, 
  recorded April 6, 1876, in book 6, at page 77, in the deed records of 
  the county of Washoe.
              (15) The conveyance entered into between Charles Crocker, 
          grantor, and C.S. Martin, grantee, recorded September 29, 1880, 
          in book 8, at page 628, in the deed records of the county of 
          Washoe.
              (16) The conveyance entered into between Charles Crocker, 
          grantor, and E.C. McKenney, grantee, recorded October 7, 1881, 
          in book 9, at page 296, in the deed records of the county of 
          Washoe.
              (17) The conveyance entered into between Charles Crocker, 
          grantor, and Josephine E. McCutchen, recorded May 2, 1891, in 
          book 15, at page 401, in the deed records of the county of 
          Washoe.
              (18) The conveyance entered into between the Southern 
          Pacific Transportation Company, grantor, and Lincoln Management 
          Company, Inc., a Nevada corporation, as to an undivided 50 
          percent interest, Donald L. Carano, a married man, as to an 
          undivided 33 percent interest, and Raymond J. Poncia, Jr., an 
          unmarried man, as to an undivided 17 percent interest as 
          tenants in common, grantees, recorded September 30, 1988, in 
          book 2806, at page 950, as instrument no. 1278084, in the 
          official records of the county of (Washoe).
              (19) The conveyance entered into between the Southern 
          Pacific Transportation Company, grantor, and Western Pacific 
          Development Corporation, a Delaware corporation grantee, 
          recorded October 5, 1988, in book 2809, at page 522, as 
          instrument no. 1279168, and by Correction Deed recorded July 
          31, 1989, in book 2943, at page 902, as instrument no. 1340306 
          in the official records of the county of Nevada.
              (20) The conveyance entered into between the Southern 
          Pacific Transportation Company, grantor, and Zante, Inc., a 
          Nevada corporation, grantee, recorded May 31, 1989, in book 
          2916, at page 825, as instrument no. 1327855 in the official 
          records of the county of Nevada.
              (21) The conveyance entered into between the Southern 
          Pacific Transportation Company, grantor, and Frank F. Knafel, 
          an individual, grantee, recorded September 29, 1989, in book 
          2971, at page 120, as instrument no. 1352564 in the official 
          records of the county of Nevada.
              (22) The conveyances entered into between the Southern 
          Pacific Transportation Company, grantor, and George E. Croom, 
          Jr., and Sharon M. Croom, as Trustees of The Lake Trust, 
          grantee, recorded August 25, 1990, in book 3131, at page 608, 
          as instrument no. 1422684 in the official records of the county 
          of Nevada.
              (23) The conveyance entered into between the Southern 
          Pacific Transportation Company, grantor, and the Redevelopment 
          Agency of the City of Reno, a governmental agency, grantee, 
          recorded December 11, 1992, in book 3630, at page 297, as 
          instrument no. 1629655 in the official records of the county of 
          Nevada.
  
  SEC. 4. LIMITATIONS ON VALIDATION OF CONVEYANCES.
  
      (a) Scope.--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 50 feet on each side of the center of the 
          main track or tracks maintained by the Southern Pacific 
          Transportation Company on the date of 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, any right or title to, or interest in, such land arising out 
          of adverse possession, prescription, or abandonment, and not 
          confirmed by such conveyance;
              (3) impair any existing rights of access in favor of the 
          public or any owner of adjacent lands over, under, or across 
          the lands which are referred to in section 3.
      (b) Minerals.--
              (1) The United States hereby reserves any federally owned 
          minerals that may exist in land that is conveyed pursuant to 
          section 2 of this Act, including the right of the United 
          States, its assignees or lessees, to enter upon and utilize as 
          much of the surface of said land as is necessary to remove 
          minerals under the laws of the United States.
              (2) Any and all minerals reserved by paragraph (1) are 
          hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, and 
          patent under the mining, mineral leasing, and geothermal 
          leasing laws of the United States.
target: Reno, Nevada, Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act - Validates the conveyances from the United States to the Central Pacific Railway Company of certain lands in Washoe County, Nevada, constituting parts of a right-of-way granted to such Railway. 
  Reserves to the United States any federally owned mineral rights in such lands.
feat_title: Reno, Nevada, Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act