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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6510 

To direct the Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of real 

property in Houston, Texas, to the Military Museum of Texas, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 9, 2010 

Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas (for herself, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, 

Mr. POE of Texas, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON

of Texas, Mr. HALL of Texas, and Mr. GONZALEZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To direct the Administrator of General Services to convey 

a parcel of real property in Houston, Texas, to the 

Military Museum of Texas, and for other purposes. 

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 REAL PROPERTY IN HOUS4 TON, TEXAS. 

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

6 General Services shall convey, at the market value deter7 mined under subsection (b), to the Military Museum of 

8 Texas all right, title, and interest of the United States 


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1 in and to the parcel of real property located at 8611 

2 Wallisville Road in Houston, Texas, as described in sub3 section (c). 

4 (b) DETERMINATION OF MARKET VALUE.—For pur5 poses of subsection (a), the market value of the real prop6 erty shall be determined by an independent appraisal 

7 based on the current use of the property. The appraisal 

8 shall be commissioned by the Administrator and paid for 

9 by the Military Museum of Texas. 

10 (c) PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.—The real property to 

11 be conveyed is the 3.673 acres of land in Lot 3 of Moers 

12 Subdivision in the W.M. Black Survey, Abstract 114, Har13 ris County, Texas, more particularly described as follows: 

14 (1) Beginning at an iron rod located at the 

15 intersection of the north line of Wallisville Road 

16 presently being 100’ wide with the southeast line of 

17 U.S. Highway 90 presently being 150’ in width. 

18 (2) Thence north 38o13’ east 1068.61’ along 

19 the southeast line of U.S. Highway 90 to an iron 

20 rod for the point of beginning. 

21 (3) Thence south 01o15’43’’ east 713.5’ along 

22 a fence to a galvanized iron fence corner in the 

23 north line of Wallisville Road. 


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1 (4) Thence south 79o26’ west, 408’ more or less 

2 parallel to the east boundary line to a point in the 

3 southeast line of U.S. Highway 90. 

4 (5) Thence north 38o13’ east 460’ more or less 

5 along the southeast line of U.S. Highway 90 to the 

6 point of beginning. 

7 (d) STRUCTURES AND IMPROVEMENTS.—The convey8 ance shall include the improvements, structures, and fix9 tures located on the real property conveyed and related 

10 personal property. 

11 (e) USE RESTRICTION.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of the con13 veyance, the Military Museum of Texas shall use 

14 and maintain the real property conveyed, for a min15 imum period of 30 years, in a manner consistent 

16 with the use of the property at the time of the con17 veyance. 

18 (2) USE RESTRICTION.—Except as provided by 

19 paragraph (3), if the real property conveyed ceases 

20 to be used or maintained as required by paragraph 

21 (1), all or any portion of the property shall, in its 

22 then existing condition and at the option of the Ad23 ministrator, revert to the United States. 

24 (3) ABROGATION OF USE RESTRICTION.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Military Museum 

2 of Texas may seek abrogation of the use restric3 tion set forth in paragraph (2) by obtaining the 

4 advance written consent of the Administrator, 

5 and by payment to the United States of the fair 

6 market value of the real property to be released 

7 from the restriction. 

8 (B) DETERMINATION OF FAIR MARKET

9 VALUE.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), 

10 the fair market value of the real property shall 

11 be determined by an independent appraisal 

12 based on the highest and best use of the prop13 erty as of the effective date of the abrogation. 

14 The appraisal shall be commissioned by the Ad15 ministrator and paid for by the Military Mu16 seum of Texas. 

17 (f) COMPLIANCE.— 

18 (1) REPORTS.—As a condition of the convey19 ance, the Military Museum of Texas shall submit to 

20 the Administrator, not later than one year after the 

21 date of the conveyance and annually thereafter for 

22 a period of 30 years, a report on the Military Muse23 um’s use and maintenance of the real property con24 veyed, and any other reports required by the Admin25 istrator to evidence the Military Museum’s continVerDate Mar 15 2010 00:04 Dec 10, 2010 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6510.IH H6510

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1 uous use of the property in accordance with sub2 section (d). 

3 (2) INSPECTIONS.—Not later than one year 

4 after the date of conveyance and every 5 years there5 after for a period of 30 years, the Administrator 

6 shall conduct inspections of the real property con7 veyed to confirm information provided in the reports 

8 submitted under paragraph (1). 

9 (g) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Ad10 ministrator may require the conveyance to be subject to 

11 such additional terms and conditions as the Administrator 

12 considers appropriate and necessary to protect the inter13 ests of the United States. 

14 (h) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—The Military Museum 

15 of Texas shall be responsible for all reasonable and nec16 essary costs associated with the conveyance, including real 

17 estate transaction and environmental documentation 

18 costs. 

19 (i) RELATIONSHIP TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW.— 

20 Nothing in this section may be construed to affect or limit 

21 the application of or obligation to comply with any envi22 ronmental law, including section 120(h) of the Com23 prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 

24 Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)). 

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