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The Oregon and California Railroad Lands (O&C Lands) Issues for Congress
ProQuest Congressional Research Digital Collection: Part C (2011 forward) Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Business.
- Public lands.
- Tax incentives.
- California.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Contained In:
- ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] [publisher not identified] 2014
- Summary:
- Provides background on the Oregon and California (O&C) lands in western Oregon that were originally granted to the Oregon and California Railroad Company 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
- Notes:
- CRS Report
- Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC
- Vendor supplied data
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Oregon and California Railroad Lands (O&C Lands)
- Publisher Number:
- CRS-2014-RSI-0258
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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