text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance 
  Validation Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. VALIDATION OF CONVEYANCES.
  
      Except as provided in section 5, the conveyances described in 
  section 3 (involving certain lands in Nevada County, State of 
  California) and section 4 (involving certain lands in San Joaquin 
  County, State of California) 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 NEVADA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
      The conveyances of land in Nevada County, State of California, 
  referred to in section 2 are as follows:
          (1) The conveyances entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and David G. ``Otis'' Kantz and 
      Virginia Thomas Bills Kantz, husband and wife, as joint tenants, 
      grantees, recorded June 10, 1987, as instrument number 87-15995 in 
      the official records of the county of Nevada.
          (2) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Antone Silva and Martha E. 
      Silva, his wife, grantees, recorded June 10, 1987, as instrument 
      number 87-15996 in the official records of the county of Nevada.
          (3) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Charlie D. Roeschen and Renee 
      Roeschen, husband and wife as joint tenants, grantees, recorded 
      June 10, 1987, as instrument number 87-15997 in the official 
      records of the county of Nevada.
          (4) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Manuel F. Nevarez and 
      Margarita Nevarez, his wife, as joint tenants, grantees, recorded 
      June 10, 1987, as instrument number 87-15998 in the official 
      records of the county of Nevada.
          (5) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Susan P. Summers, grantee, 
      recorded June 10, 1987, as instrument number 87-15999 in the 
      official records of the county of Nevada.
          (6) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and James L. Porter, a single man, 
      as his sole and separate property, grantee, recorded June 10, 1987, 
      as instrument number 87-16000 in the official records of the county 
      of Nevada.
          (7) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Robert L. Helin, a single man, 
      grantee, recorded June 10, 1987, as instrument number 87-16001 in 
      the official records of the county of Nevada.
          (8) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Thomas S. Archer and Laura J. 
      Archer, husband and wife, as joint tenants, grantees, recorded June 
      10, 1987, as instrument number 87-16002 in the official records of 
      the county of Nevada.
          (9) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Wallace L. Stevens, a single 
      man, grantee, recorded June 10, 1987, as instrument number 87-16003 
      in the official records of the county of Nevada.
          (10) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Sierra Pacific Power Company, 
      grantees, recorded June 10, 1987, as instrument number 87-16004 in 
      the official records of the county of Nevada.
          (11) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Truckee Public Utility 
      District, grantees, recorded June 10, 1987, as instrument number 
      87-16005 in the official records of the county of Nevada.
          (12) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Dwayne W. Haddock and Bertha 
      M. Haddock, his wife as joint tenants, grantees, recorded June 10, 
      1987, as instrument number 87-16006 in the official records of the 
      county of Nevada.
          (13) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and William C. Thorn, grantee, 
      recorded June 10, 1987, as instrument number 87-16007 in the 
      official records of the county of Nevada.
          (14) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Jose Guadelupe Lopez, 
      grantees, recorded June 10, 1987, as instrument number 87-16008 in 
      the official records of the county of Nevada.
          (15) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Harold O. Dixon, an unmarried 
      man, as to an undivided half interest, and Pedro Lopez, a married 
      man, as to an undivided half interest, as joint tenants, grantees, 
      recorded June 10, 1987, as instrument number 87-16009 in the 
      official records of the county of Nevada.
          (16) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Robert E. Sutton and Patricia 
      S. Sutton, husband and wife, as joint tenants, grantees, recorded 
      June 10, 1987, as instrument number 87-16010 in the official 
      records of the county of Nevada.
          (17) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Angelo C. Besio and Eva G. 
      Besio, his wife, grantees, recorded June 10, 1987, as instrument 
      number 87-16011 in the official records of the county of Nevada.
          (18) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Lawrence P. Young and Mary K. 
      Young, husband and wife, as joint tenants, grantees, recorded June 
      10, 1987, as instrument number 87-16012 in the official records of 
      the county of Nevada.
          (19) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and the estate of Charles Clyde 
      Cozzaglio, grantee, recorded June 10, 1987, as instrument number 
      87-16013 in the official records of the county of Nevada.
          (20) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Noel T. Hargreaves, an 
      unmarried woman, as her sole and separate property, grantee, 
      recorded June 10, 1987, as instrument number 87-16014 in the 
      official records of the county of Nevada.
          (21) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Athleisure Enterprises, 
      Incorporated, a Nevada corporation, grantees, recorded January 24, 
      1989, as instrument number 89-01803 in the official records of the 
      county of Nevada.
          (22) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Richard Bwarie, a single man 
      as to an undivided one-half interest, and Roger S. Gannam and 
      Lucille Gannam, husband and wife, as joint tenants, as to an 
      undivided one-half interest, grantees, recorded January 24, 1989, 
      as instrument number 89-01804 in the official records of the county 
      of Nevada.
          (23) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and William Campbell and Juanita 
      R. Campbell, his wife as joint tenants, grantees, recorded January 
      24, 1989, as instrument number 89-01805 in the official records of 
      the county of Nevada.
          (24) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and William E. Cannon and Lynn M. 
      Cannon, husband and wife, as joint tenants as to an undivided one-
      half interest, and Brent Collinson and Dianne Collinson, husband 
      and wife, as joint tenants, as to an undivided one-half interest, 
      grantees, recorded January 24, 1989, as instrument number 89-01806 
      in the official records of the county of Nevada.
          (25) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Christopher G. Eaton and 
      Bernadette M. Eaton, husband and wife as community property, 
      grantees, recorded January 24, 1989, as instrument number 89-01807 
      in the official records of the county of Nevada.
          (26) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Christopher G. Eaton, grantee, 
      recorded January 24, 1989, as instrument number 89-01808 in the 
      official records of the county of Nevada.
          (27) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Valeria M. Kelly, an unmarried 
      woman, grantee, recorded January 24, 1989, as instrument number 89-
      01809 in the official records of the county of Nevada.
          (28) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and William J. Kuttel and Delia 
      Rey Kuttel, husband and wife, grantees, recorded January 24, 1989, 
      as instrument number 89-01810 in the official records of the county 
      of Nevada.
          (29) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Thomas A. Lippert and Laurel 
      A. Lippert, husband and wife, grantees, recorded January 24, 1989, 
      as instrument number 89-01811 in the official records of the county 
      of Nevada.
          (30) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Fred J. Mahler, a single man, 
      grantee, recorded January 24, 1989, as instrument number 89-01812 
      in the official records of the county of Nevada.
          (31) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Francis Doyle McGwinn also 
      known as Doyle F. McGwinn, a widower, grantee, recorded January 24, 
      1989, as instrument number 89-01813 in the official records of the 
      county of Nevada.
          (32) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and James D. Ritchie and Susan 
      Ritchie, husband and wife, as joint tenants, grantees, recorded 
      January 24, 1989, as instrument number 89-01814 in the official 
      records of the county of Nevada.
          (33) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and William R. Smith and Joan M. 
      Smith, his wife, as joint tenants, grantees, recorded January 24, 
      1989, as instrument number 89-01815 in the official records of the 
      county of Nevada.
          (34) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Anthony J. Stile and Laura A. 
      Stile, husband and wife, as joint tenants, grantees, recorded 
      January 24, 1989, as instrument number 89-01816 in the official 
      records of the county of Nevada.
          (35) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Thomas R. Stokes, a single 
      man, and Carla J. Stewart, a single woman, as joint tenants, 
      grantees, recorded January 24, 1989, as instrument number 89-01817 
      in the official records of the county of Nevada.
          (36) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Tom's Television System, 
      Incorporated, a California Corporation, grantees, recorded January 
      24, 1989, as instrument number 89-01818 in the official records of 
      the county of Nevada.
          (37) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Tom's Television System, 
      Incorporated, a California corporation, grantees, recorded January 
      24, 1989, as instrument number 89-01819 in the official records of 
      the county of Nevada.
          (38) The conveyances entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Harry M. Welch and Betty R. 
      Welch, his wife, as joint tenants, grantees, recorded January 24, 
      1989, as instrument number 89-01820 in the official records of the 
      county of Nevada.
          (39) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Harry Fariel and Joan Fariel, 
      husband and wife, as joint tenants, grantees, recorded February 2, 
      1989, as instrument number 89-02748 in the official records of the 
      county of Nevada.
          (40) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Edward Candler and May 
      Candler, husband and wife as community property, as to an undivided 
      two-thirds interest; and Harry Fariel and Joan Fariel, husband and 
      wife, as joint tenants, as to an undivided one-third interest, 
      grantees, recorded February 2, 1989, as instrument number 89-02749 
      in the official records of the county of Nevada.
          (41) The conveyance entered into between the Central Pacific 
      Railroad, grantor, and E.W. Hopkins and J.O.B. Gann, grantees, 
      recorded April 7, 1894, in Book 79 of Deeds at page 679, official 
      records of the county of Nevada.
          (42) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and John David Gay and Elizabeth 
      Jean Gay, as Trustees of the David and Elizabeth Gay Trust, 
      grantees, recorded October 3, 1991, as instrument number 91-30654 
      of the official records of the county of Nevada.
  SEC. 4. CONVEYANCES OF LAND IN SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
      The conveyances of land in San Joaquin County, State of California, 
  referred to in section 2 are as follows:
          (1) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Ronald M. Lauchland and 
      Lillian R. Lauchland, grantees, recorded October 1, 1985, as 
      instrument number 85066621 in the official records of the county of 
      San Joaquin.
          (2) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Bradford A. Lange and Susan J. 
      Lange, his wife, as to an undivided one-half, and Randall W. Lange 
      and Charlene J. Lange, his wife, as to an undivided one-half 
      interest, grantees, recorded October 1, 1985, as instrument number 
      85066623 in the official records of the county of San Joaquin.
          (3) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Leo G. Lewis and Vasiliki L. 
      Lewis, and Billy G. Lewis and Dimetria Lewis, grantees, recorded 
      October 1, 1985, as instrument number 85066625 in the official 
      records of the county of San Joaquin.
          (4) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Louis J. Bennett, grantees, 
      recorded October 1, 1985, as instrument number 85066627 in the 
      official records of the county of San Joaquin.
          (5) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Joe Alves Correia and Leontina 
      Correia, his wife, grantees, recorded September 1, 1970, instrument 
      number 33915, in book 3428, page 461, of the official records of 
      the county of San Joaquin.
          (6) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
      Transportation Company, grantor, and Willard H. Fike, Jr., and 
      Dorla E. Fike, his wife, grantees, recorded January 7, 1988, 
      instrument number 88001473 of the official records of the county of 
      San Joaquin.
          (7) The conveyance entered into between Central Pacific 
      Railway, Grantor, and Nettie M. Murray and Marie M. Hallinan, 
      Grantees, dated May 31, 1949, recorded June 14, 1949, in volume 
      1179 at page 394 of the official records of the county of San 
      Joaquin.
          (8) The conveyance entered into between the Central Pacific 
      Railway Company, a corporation, and its Lessee, Southern Pacific 
      Company, a corporation, Grantor, and Lodi Winery, Incorporated, 
      Grantee, dated August 2, 1938, recorded May 23, 1940, in volume 
      692, page 249, of the official records of the county of San 
      Joaquin.
  
  SEC. 5. 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 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 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 or 4, 
      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) 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.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
                                 Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
                              Vice President of the United States and    
                                                 President of the Senate.
target: Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act - Validates conveyances of certain lands in San Joaquin and Nevada Counties, California, that form part of the right-of-way granted by the United States to the Central Pacific Railway Company.
feat_title: To validate conveyances of certain lands in the State of California that form part of the right-of-way granted by the United States to the Central Pacific Railway Company.