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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1164

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to convey to the Montauk Historical

Society Light Station located at Montauk, New York.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 8, 1995

Mr. FORBES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to convey to the

Montauk Historical Society Light Station located at

Montauk, New York.

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

3 SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF LIGHT STATION, MONTAUK

4 POINT, NEW YORK.

5 (a) CONVEYANCE REQUIREMENT.—

6 (1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Trans7 portation shall convey to the Montauk Historical As8 sociation in Montauk, New York, by an appropriate

9 means of conveyance, all right, title, and interest of

10 the United States in and to property comprising
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1 Light Station Montauk Point, located at Montauk,

2 New York.

3 (2) DETERMINATION OF PROPERTY.—The Sec4 retary may identify, describe, and determine the

5 property to be conveyed pursuant to this section.

6 (b) TERMS OF CONVEYANCE.—

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—A conveyance of property

8 pursuant to this section shall be made—

9 (A) without the payment of consideration;

10 and

11 (B) subject to the conditions required by

12 paragraphs (3) and (4) and such other terms

13 and conditions as the Secretary may consider

14 appropriate.

15 (2) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—Any convey16 ance of property pursuant to this section shall be

17 subject to the condition that all right, title, and in18 terest in the Montauk Light Station shall imme19 diately revert to the United States if the Montauk

20 Light Station ceases to be maintained as a nonprofit

21 center for public benefit for the interpretation and

22 preservation of the material culture of the United

23 States Coast Guard, the maritime history of

24 Montauk, New York, and Native American and colo25 nial history.
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1 (3) MAINTENANCE OF NAVIGATION AND FUNC2 TIONS.—Any conveyance of property pursuant to

3 this section shall be subject to such conditions as the

4 Secretary considers to be necessary to assure that—

5 (A) the light, antennas, sound signal, and

6 associated lighthouse equipment located on the

7 property conveyed, which are active aids to

8 navigation, shall continue to be operated and

9 maintained by the United States for as long as

10 they are needed for this purpose;

11 (B) the Montauk Historical Association

12 may not interfere or allow interference in any

13 manner with such aids to navigation without

14 express written permission from the United

15 States;

16 (C) there is reserved to the United States

17 the right to replace, or add any aids to naviga18 tion, or make any changes to the Montauk

19 Lighthouse as may be necessary for navigation

20 purposes;

21 (D) the United States shall have the right,

22 at any time, to enter the property conveyed

23 without notice for the purpose of maintaining

24 navigation aids;
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1 (E) the United States shall have an ease2 ment of access to such property for the purpose

3 of maintaining the navigational aids in use on

4 the property; and

5 (F) the Montauk Light Station shall revert

6 to the United States at the end of the 30-day

7 period beginning on any date on which the Sec8 retary of Transportation provides written notice

9 to the Montauk Historical Association that the

10 Montauk Light Station is needed for national

11 security purposes.

12 (4) MAINTENANCE OF LIGHT STATION.—Any

13 conveyance of property under this section shall be

14 subject to the condition that the Montauk Historical

15 Association shall maintain the Montauk Light Sta16 tion in accordance with the provisions of the Na17 tional Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et

18 seq.) and other applicable laws.

19 (5) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS OF MONTAUK

20 HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.—The Montauk Historical

21 Association shall not have any obligation to maintain

22 any active aid to navigation equipment on property

23 conveyed pursuant to this section.

24 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
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1 (1) the term ‘‘Montauk Light Station’’ means

2 the Coast Guard light station known as Light Sta3 tion Montauk Point, located at Montauk, New York,

4 including the keeper’s dwellings, adjacent Coast

5 Guard rights of way, the World War II submarine

6 spotting tower, the lighthouse tower, and the paint

7 locker; and

8 (2) the term ‘‘Montauk Lighthouse’’ means the

9 Coast Guard lighthouse located at the Montauk

10 Light Station.

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