To provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land administered by the Department of Agriculture in the City of Bastrop, Louisiana, to the City to permit the City to establish and operate a regional emergency services training center for firefighters, police, and EMS personnel serving rural communities in northeast Louisiana, southern Arkansas, and western Mississippi.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jul 22, 2004
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to convey, without consideration, to the City of Bastrop, Louisiana, the facility located at 4673 Eugene Ware Road, Bastrop, Louisiana, commonly known as the Paradise Village Children's Home, and a parcel of real property consisting of approximately 27 acres located in the City to permit the City to establish and operate a regional emergency services training center for firefighters, police, and EMS personnel serving rural communities in northeast Louisiana, southern Arkansas, and western Mississippi.
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