I

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1468

To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to convey for scrapping by

the National Maritime Museum Association not more than 2 vessels

in the National Defense Reserve Fleet that are scheduled to be scrapped.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 24, 1993

Ms. PELOSI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Merchant Marine and Fisheries

A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to convey for

scrapping by the National Maritime Museum Association

not more than 2 vessels in the National Defense Reserve

Fleet that are scheduled to be scrapped.

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 NDRF VESSELS FOR SCRAP4 PING BY NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM AS5 SOCIATION.

6 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the

7 ‘‘Historic Fleet Restoration Act of 1993’’.

8 (b) VESSEL CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY.—
2

•HR 1468 IH

1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other

2 law and subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of

3 Transportation shall convey to the National Mari4 time Museum Association (a nonprofit organization

5 located in San Francisco, California; hereinafter in

6 this section referred to as the ‘‘Association’’), with7 out consideration, all right, title, and interest of the

8 United States Government in not more than 2 ves9 sels which—

10 (A) are in the National Defense Reserve

11 Fleet on the date of the enactment of this sec12 tion;

13 (B) are each of not less than 4,000 dis14 placement tons;

15 (C) have no usefulness to the Government;

16 and

17 (D) are scheduled to be scrapped.

18 (2) CONDITION.—As a condition of conveying

19 any vessel to the Association pursuant to this sec20 tion, the Secretary shall require that the Association

21 enter into an agreement with the Secretary which re22 quires that the Association—

23 (A) sell the vessel for scrap purposes;

24 (B) use the proceeds of that scrapping for

25 expenses directly related to the preservation
3

•HR 1468 IH

1 and restoration of the historic fleet of the San

2 Francisco Maritime National Historical Park,

3 located in San Francisco, California;

4 (C) have raised, before the date of the con5 veyance, at least $100,000 from non-Federal

6 sources for use for the support of the San

7 Francisco Maritime National Historical Park;

8 and

9 (D) comply with any other conditions the

10 Secretary considers appropriate.

11 (c) DELIVERY.—The Secretary shall deliver any ves12 sel conveyed under this section to the Association—

13 (1) at the place where the vessel is located on

14 the date of the approval of the conveyance;

15 (2) in its condition on that date; and

16 (3) without cost to the Government.

17 (d) EXPIRATION.—The authority of the Secretary to

18 convey vessels under this section expires on the date which

19 is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.

20 (e) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS AVAILABLE TO ASSO21 CIATION.—Amounts available to, or used by, the Associa22 tion pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection

23 (b)(2) shall not be considered in any determination of the

24 amounts available to the Department of the Interior for

25 the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.
4

•HR 1468 IH

Æ