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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1544

To authorize the conveyance of the William Langer Jewel Bearing Plant

to the Job Development Authority of the City of Rolla, North Dakota.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 26, 1996

Mr. DORGAN (for himself and Mr. CONRAD) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed

A BILL

To authorize the conveyance of the William Langer Jewel

Bearing Plant to the Job Development Authority of the

City of Rolla, North Dakota.

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, WILLIAM LANGER JEWEL

4 BEARING PLANT, ROLLA, NORTH DAKOTA.

5 (a) AUTHORITY TO CONVEY.—The Administrator of

6 General Services may convey, without consideration, to the

7 Job Development Authority of the City of Rolla, North

8 Dakota (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Authority’’),

9 all right, title, and interest of the United States in and

10 to a parcel of real property, with improvements thereon,
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1 consisting of approximately 9.77 acres and comprising the

2 William Langer Jewel Bearing Plant in Rolla, North Da3 kota.

4 (b) CONDITION OF CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance

5 authorized under subsection (a) shall be subject to the

6 condition that the Authority—

7 (1) use the real property and improvements

8 conveyed under that subsection for economic devel9 opment relating to the jewel bearing plant;

10 (2) enter into an agreement with an appro11 priate public or private entity or person to lease

12 such property and improvements to that entity or

13 person for such economic development; or

14 (3) enter into an agreement with an appro15 priate public or private entity or person to sell such

16 property and improvements to that entity or person

17 for such economic development.

18 (c) PREFERENCE FOR DOMESTIC DISPOSAL OF

19 JEWEL BEARINGS.—(1) In offering to enter into agree20 ments pursuant to any provision of law for the disposal

21 of jewel bearings from the National Defense Stockpile, the

22 President shall give a right of first refusal on all such of23 fers to the Authority or the appropriate public or private

24 entity or person with which the Authority enters into an

25 agreement under subsection (b).
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1 (2) For the purposes of this subsection, the term

2 ‘‘National Defense Stockpile’’ means the stockpile pro3 vided for in section 4 of the Strategic and Critical Mate4 rials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98c).

5 (d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR MAINTENANCE OF

6 PLANT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

7 funds available in fiscal year 1995 for the maintenance

8 of the William Langer Jewel Bearing Plant in Public Law

9 103–335 shall be available for the maintenance of that

10 plant in fiscal year 1996 pending the conveyance of the

11 plant under this section.

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

13 and legal description of the property conveyed under this

14 section shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the

15 Administrator. The cost of such survey shall be borne by

16 the Administrator.

17 (f) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Ad18 ministrator may require such additional terms and condi19 tions in connection with the conveyance under this section

20 as the Administrator determines appropriate to protect

21 the interests of the United States.

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