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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 694

To authorize the conveyance of the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant

No. 387, Dallas, Texas.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 24, 1999

Mr. GRAMM (for himself, and Mrs. HUTCHISON) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To authorize the conveyance of the Naval Weapons Industrial

Reserve Plant No. 387, Dallas, Texas.

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, NAVAL WEAPONS INDUS4 TRIAL RESERVE PLANT NO. 387, DALLAS,

5 TEXAS.

6 (a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—(1) The Secretary

7 of the Navy may convey to the City of Dallas, Texas (in

8 this section referred to as the ‘‘City’’), all right, title, and

9 interest of the United States in and to parcels of real prop10 erty consisting of approximately 314 acres and comprising
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1 the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant No. 387,

2 Dallas, Texas.

3 (2)(A) As part of the conveyance authorized by para4 graph (1), the Secretary may convey to the City such im5 provements, equipment, fixtures, and other personal prop6 erty located on the parcels referred to in that paragraph

7 as the Secretary determines to be not required by the

8 Navy for other purposes.

9 (B) The Secretary may permit the City to review and

10 inspect the improvements, equipment, fixtures, and other

11 personal property located on the parcels referred to in

12 paragraph (1) for purposes of the conveyance authorized

13 by this paragraph.

14 (b) AUTHORITY TO CONVEY WITHOUT CONSIDER15 ATION.—The conveyance authorized by subsection (a) may

16 be made without consideration if the Secretary determines

17 that the conveyance on that basis would be in the best

18 interests of the United States.

19 (c) EXCEPTION FROM SCREENING REQUIREMENT.—

20 The conveyance authorized by subsection (a) shall be

21 made without regard to the requirement under section

22 2696 of title 10, United States Code, that the property

23 be screened for further Federal use in accordance with the

24 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949

25 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.).
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1 (d) CONDITION OF CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance

2 authorized by subsection (a) shall be subject to the condi3 tion that the City—

4 (1) use the parcels, directly or through an

5 agreement with a public or private entity, for eco6 nomic purposes or such other public purposes as the

7 City determines appropriate; or

8 (2) convey the parcels to an appropriate public

9 or private entity for use for such purposes.

10 (e) REVERSION.—If, during the 5-year period begin11 ning on the date the Secretary makes the conveyance au12 thorized by subsection (a), the Secretary determines that

13 the conveyed real property is not being used for a purpose

14 specified in subsection (d), all right, title, and interest in

15 and to the property, including any improvements thereon,

16 shall revert to the United States, and the United States

17 shall have the right of immediate entry onto the property.

18 (f) INTERIM LEASE.—(1) Until such time as the real

19 property described in subsection (a) is conveyed by deed

20 under this section, the Secretary may continue to lease

21 the property, together with improvements thereon, to the

22 current tenant under the existing terms and conditions of

23 the lease for the property.

24 (2) If good faith negotiations for the conveyance of

25 the property continue under this section beyond the end
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1 of the third year of the term of the existing lease for the

2 property, the Secretary shall continue to lease the property

3 to the current tenant of the property under the terms and

4 conditions applicable to the first three years of the lease

5 of the property pursuant to the existing lease for the prop6 erty.

7 (g) MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY.—(1) Subject to

8 paragraph (2), the Secretary shall be responsible for main9 taining the real property to be conveyed under this section

10 in its condition as of the date of the enactment of this

11 Act until such time as the property is conveyed by deed

12 under this section.

13 (2) The current tenant of the property shall be re14 sponsible for any maintenance required under paragraph

15 (1) to the extent of the activities of that tenant at the

16 property during the period covered by that paragraph.

17 (h) ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION.—Notwith18 standing any other provision of law, the City shall not be

19 responsible for any environmental restoration or remedi20 ation that is required with respect to the real property

21 to be conveyed under subsection (a) as a result of activities

22 of parties other than the City at the property before its

23 conveyance under this section.

24 (i) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage

25 and legal description of the real property to be conveyed
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1 under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satis2 factory to the Secretary. The cost of the survey shall be

3 borne by the City.

4 (j) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec5 retary may require such additional terms and conditions

6 in connection with the conveyance under subsection (a) as

7 the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the inter8 ests of the United States.

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