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HR 1276 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

To remove restrictions from a parcel of land in Paducah, Kentucky.

In plain language: This bill directs the Department of the Interior to remove all deed restrictions from approximately 3.62 acres located at 2956 Park Avenue, on the Paducah Memorial Army Reserve Center in Paducah, Kentucky. The restrictions include easements, exceptions, reservations, terms, conditions, and covenants described in the quitclaim deed that was executed on April 27, 2012. The deed conveyed land from Interior to the City of Paducah, Kentucky.

Provisional — our plain-language summary, pending review.

  1. Mar 4, 2026Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  2. Dec 9, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Dec 9, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5073)
  4. Dec 9, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5073)
  5. Sep 15, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-281.
  6. Sep 15, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-281.
  7. Jul 23, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  8. Feb 13, 2025Introduced in House
  9. Feb 13, 2025Introduced in House
Provisionalunreviewed: impact, provisions, stakeholders, summary
People affected—Not determinable from the text provided; the bill affects a single named 3.62-acre parcel and two named entities (the City of Paducah and the Oscar Cross Boys & Girls Club), with no population figure stated.
Fiscal magnitude—CBO cost estimate published (H.R. 1276, an act to remove restrictions from a parcel of land in Paducah, Kentucky, 2026-04-13); dollar figure pending review extraction — see receipt
Reach5provisional — pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
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What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. The Secretary of the Interior must remove all federal deed restrictions — including easements, exceptions, reservations, terms, conditions, and covenants — from a specific 3.62-acre parcel at 2956 Park Avenue, Paducah, Kentucky (formerly the Paducah Memorial Army Reserve Center), which the federal government transferred to the City of Paducah by quitclaim deed in April 2012.

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  2. When removing those deed restrictions, the Secretary must add a new reservation with three conditions: (1) the City of Paducah may only transfer or sell the parcel to the Oscar Cross Boys & Girls Club of Paducah; (2) if the Boys & Girls Club acquires it, the club must first offer the parcel back to the federal government before conveying it to any other party; and (3) any new use or development of the parcel must remain compatible with public use or recreational purposes.

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • City of Paducah, KentuckyThe bill removes the existing federal deed restrictions that currently encumber a 3.62-acre parcel the city already owns, giving the city greater flexibility over the parcel's use and potential transfer, subject to the newly imposed reservation conditions (Provisions 1–2).provisional
  • Oscar Cross Boys & Girls Club of PaducahDesignated as the only permissible transferee if the City of Paducah decides to sell or transfer the parcel, giving the organization a preferred-recipient status it did not previously have under the 2012 deed restrictions (Provision 2).provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) — coming in a later phase.

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