The Oregon and California Railroad Lands (O&C Lands) [electronic resource] : Issues for Congress

Corporate Author: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2014.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (19 pages), digital, PDF file

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Provides background on the Oregon and California (O&C) lands in western Oregon that were originally granted to the Oregon and California Railroad Co. in 1866 for constructing approximately 300 miles of the Oregon portion of a railroad from Portland, Oreg., to Sacramento, Calif., but have since been returned to Federal ownership. Discusses management of O&C lands, Federal payments made to the 18 counties in Oregon to compensate for the tax-exempt status of these Federal lands, and related issues for Congress.

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