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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3278

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to convey the Saint Helena Island

Light Station to the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 18, 1996

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

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to convey the

Saint Helena Island Light Station to the Great Lakes

Lighthouse Keepers Association.

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 SAINT HELENA ISLAND LIGHT

4 STATION.

5 (a) AUTHORITY TO CONVEY.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transpor7 tation (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec8 retary’’) shall convey to the Great Lakes Lighthouse

9 Keepers Association by an appropriate means of

10 conveyance, all right, title, and interest of the Unit-
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1 ed States in and to the property comprising the

2 Saint Helena Island Light Station, located in Mack3 inac County, Moran Township, Michigan.

4 (2) IDENTIFICATION OF PROPERTY.—The Sec5 retary may identify, describe, and determine the

6 property to be conveyed pursuant to this section.

7 (b) TERMS OF CONVEYANCE.—

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

9 pursuant to this section shall be made—

10 (A) without the payment of consideration;

11 and

12 (B) subject to such terms and conditions

13 as the Secretary may consider appropriate.

14 (2) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—In addition to

15 any term or condition established pursuant to para16 graph (1), any conveyance of property comprising

17 the Saint Helena Island Light Station pursuant to

18 subsection (a) shall be subject to the condition that

19 all right, title, and interest in and to the property

20 so conveyed shall immediately revert to the United

21 States if the property, or any part thereof—

22 (A) ceases to be used as a nonprofit center

23 for the interpretation and preservation of mari24 time history;
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1 (B) ceases to be maintained in a manner

2 that ensures its present or future use as a

3 Coast Guard aid to navigation; or

4 (C) ceases to be maintained in a manner

5 consistent with the provisions of the National

6 Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et

7 seq.).

8 (3) MAINTENANCE OF NAVIGATION FUNC9 TIONS.—Any conveyance of property pursuant to

10 this section shall be subject to such conditions as the

11 Secretary considers to be necessary to ensure that—

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

13 associated lighthouse equipment located on the

14 property conveyed, which are active aids to

15 navigation, shall continue to be operated and

16 maintained by the United States for as long as

17 they are needed for this purpose;

18 (B) the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers

19 Association, or any successors or assigns, may

20 not interfere or allow interference in any man21 ner with such aids to navigation without ex22 press written permission from the United

23 States;

24 (C) there is reserved to the United States

25 the right to relocate, replace, or add any aids
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1 to navigation, or make any changes to the Saint

2 Helena Island Light Station, that may be nec3 essary for navigation purposes;

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

5 at any time, to enter the property conveyed

6 without notice for the purpose of maintaining

7 the navigation aids in use on the property;

8 (E) the United States shall have an ease9 ment of access to such property for the purpose

10 of maintaining such navigational aids; and

11 (F) the Saint Helena Island Light Station

12 shall revert to the United States at the end of

13 the 30-day period beginning on any date on

14 which the Secretary of Transportation provides

15 written notice to the Great Lakes Lighthouse

16 Keepers Association, or any successor or assign,

17 that the Saint Helena Island Light Station is

18 needed for national security purposes.

19 (4) MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY.—Any convey20 ance of property under this section shall be subject

21 to the condition that the Great Lakes Lighthouse

22 Keepers Association, or any successor or assign,

23 shall maintain the Saint Helena Island Light Sta24 tion in accordance with the provisions of the Na-
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1 tional Historic Preservation Act and other applicable

2 laws.

3 (5) OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—The Great

4 Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association, or any suc5 cessors or assigns, shall not have any obligation to

6 maintain any active aid to navigation equipment on

7 the property conveyed pursuant to this section.

8 (c) SAINT HELENA ISLAND LIGHT STATION DE9 FINED.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Saint

10 Helena Island Light Station’’ means the Coast Guard

11 property and improvements known as the ‘‘Saint Helena

12 Island Light Station’’ located in Mackinac County, Moran

13 Township, Michigan. Such term does not include any his14 torical artifact, including any lens or lantern, located on

15 the property at or before the time of conveyance.

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