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[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1696 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1696

To direct the General Services Administration to clear the site of the 
    Old Alaska Native Health Center and convey the property to the 
                       municipality of Anchorage.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 2, 1998

 Mr. Stevens (for himself, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Gorton, and Mrs. Murray) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                   Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
To direct the General Services Administration to clear the site of the 
    Old Alaska Native Health Center and convey the property to the 
                       municipality of Anchorage.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act shall be known as the ``Old Alaska Native Health Center 
Conveyance Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act the term ``property'' means the land 
parcel recorded as block 35 and lot 2 of block 36, Anchorage Original 
Townsite East Addition, in Anchorage, Alaska, on which the Old Alaska 
Native Health Center is situated, but does not mean any portion of such 
parcel dedicated for use by the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.

SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) the Old Alaska Native Health Center was closed and 
        vacated in 1997 when a new Alaska Native health facility was 
        opened;
            (2) the buildings and property formerly used for such 
        Center are scheduled to be disposed of as surplus by the 
        Administrator of the General Services Administration;
            (3) asbestos and lead contamination were found in the 
        buildings and on the property during environmental assessments;
            (4) the buildings have been stripped of fixtures, wires, 
        and other materials, and any development of the property will 
        require the removal of the buildings and of all asbestos, lead, 
        and other contamination; and
            (5) due to the limited availability of land in the area in 
        which the property is situated, the municipality of Anchorage 
        has a unique interest in its future use.

SEC. 4. REMOVAL OF BUILDINGS AND DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY.

    (a) Removal of Buildings.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Administrator of the General Services Administration shall, 
not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
demolish and remove all buildings, structures and other fixtures on the 
property, including all asbestos, lead, and any other contamination, 
and restore the property, to the extent practicable, to an undeveloped 
condition.
    (b) Disposal.--Upon completion of the activities required under 
subsection (a), and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Administrator of the General Services Administration shall convey to 
the municipality of Anchorage, without reimbursement, all right, title, 
and interest of the United States to the property.
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