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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1492 

To direct the Administrator of General Services, on behalf of the Archivist 

of the United States, to convey certain Federal property located in 

the State of Alaska to the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 3, 2015 

Mr. SULLIVAN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To direct the Administrator of General Services, on behalf 

of the Archivist of the United States, to convey certain 

Federal property located in the State of Alaska to the 

Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska. 

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

3 SECTION 1. REAL PROPERTY CONVEYANCE. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) ARCHIVIST.—The term ‘‘Archivist’’ means 

6 the Archivist of the United States. 

7 (2) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the Munici8 pality of Anchorage, Alaska. 


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1 (b) CONVEYANCE.—As soon as practicable after the 

2 date of enactment of this Act and after completion of the 

3 survey and appraisal described in this section, the Admin4 istrator of General Services, on behalf of the Archivist, 

5 shall convey to the City by quitclaim deed for the consider6 ation described in subsection (d), all right, title, and inter7 est of the United States in and to a parcel of real property 

8 described in subsection (c). 

9 (c) LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The parcel to be conveyed 

11 under subsection (b) consists of approximately 9 

12 acres and improvements located at 400 East For13 tieth Avenue in the City that is administered by the 

14 National Archives and Records Administration. 

15 (2) SURVEY REQUIRED.—As soon as practicable 

16 after the date of enactment of this Act, the exact 

17 acreage and legal description of the real property to 

18 be conveyed under subsection (b) shall be deter19 mined by a survey, paid for by the City, that is sat20 isfactory to the Archivist. 

21 (d) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 

22 (1) CONSIDERATION.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—As consideration for 

24 the conveyance of the property under subsection 

25 (b), the City shall pay to the Archivist an 


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1 amount not less than the fair market value of 

2 the conveyed property, to be determined as pro3 vided in subparagraph (B). 

4 (B) APPRAISAL.—The fair market value of 

5 the property to be conveyed under subsection 

6 (b) shall be determined based on an appraisal 

7 that— 

8 (i) is conducted by a licensed, inde9 pendent appraiser that is approved by the 

10 Archivist and the City; 

11 (ii) is based on the highest and best 

12 use of the property; 

13 (iii) is approved by the Archivist; and 

14 (iv) is paid for by the City. 

15 (2) PRECONVEYANCE ENTRY.—The Archivist, 

16 on terms and conditions the Archivist determines to 

17 be appropriate, may authorize the City to enter the 

18 property at no charge for preconstruction and con19 struction activities. 

20 (3) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 

21 The Archivist may require additional terms and con22 ditions in connection with the conveyance under sub23 section (b) as the Archivist considers appropriate to 

24 protect the interests of the United States. 

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