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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1581 

To provide for the conveyance of unused Federal property administered by 

the Department of the Navy at the site of the former Oxnard Air 

Force Base, Ventura County, California. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 16, 2013 

Ms. BROWNLEY of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To provide for the conveyance of unused Federal property 

administered by the Department of the Navy at the 

site of the former Oxnard Air Force Base, Ventura 

County, California. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. LAND CONVEYANCE, FORMER OXNARD AIR 

4 FORCE BASE, VENTURA COUNTY, CALI5 FORNIA. 

6 (a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—At such time as the 

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1 nally deeded to the Department of Defense at no cost by 

2 Ventura County, California (in this section referred to as 

3 the ‘‘County’’), is located at the site of former Oxnard Air 

4 Force Base and adjacent to County-operated Camarillo 

5 Airport, and is administered by Naval Base Ventura 

6 County, the Secretary of the Navy may convey, without 

7 consideration, to the County all right, title, and interest 

8 of the United States in and to the real property, including 

9 any improvements thereon, for the purpose of permitting 

10 the County to use the property for airport-related activi11 ties. 

12 (b) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 

13 (1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 

14 the Navy shall require the County to cover costs (ex15 cept costs for environmental remediation of the 

16 property) to be incurred by the Secretary, or to re17 imburse the Secretary for such costs incurred by the 

18 Secretary, to carry out the conveyance under sub19 section (a), including survey costs, costs for environ20 mental documentation, and any other administrative 

21 costs related to the conveyance. If amounts are col22 lected from the County in advance of the Secretary 

23 incurring the actual costs, and the amount collected 

24 exceeds the costs actually incurred by the Secretary 


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1 to carry out the conveyance, the Secretary shall re2 fund the excess amount to the County. 

3 (2) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED.— 

4 Amounts received as reimbursement under para5 graph (1) shall be credited to the fund or account 

6 that was used to cover those costs incurred by the 

7 Secretary in carrying out the conveyance. Amounts 

8 so credited shall be merged with amounts in such 

9 fund or account, and shall be available for the same 

10 purposes, and subject to the same conditions and 

11 limitations, as amounts in such fund or account. 

12 (c) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage 

13 and legal description of the property to be conveyed under 

14 subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory 

15 to the Secretary of the Navy. 

16 (d) ADDITIONAL TERMS.—The Secretary of the Navy 

17 may require such additional terms and conditions in con18 nection with the conveyance as the Secretary considers ap19 propriate to protect the interests of the United States. 

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