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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1353

To authorize the conveyance of the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant

No. 387 in Dallas, Texas.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 25, 1999

Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. PAUL, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. BARTON

of Texas, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. FROST, Mr.

ARCHER, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. COMBEST, Mr.

SMITH of Texas, Mr. DELAY, and Mr. BONILLA) introduced the following

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To authorize the conveyance of the Naval Weapons Industrial

Reserve Plant No. 387 in 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 prop-
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1 erty consisting of approximately 314 acres and comprising

2 the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant No. 387,

3 Dallas, Texas.

4 (2)(A) As part of the conveyance authorized by para5 graph (1), the Secretary may convey to the City such im6 provements, equipment, fixtures, and other personal prop7 erty located on the parcels referred to in that paragraph

8 as the Secretary determines to be not required by the

9 Navy for other purposes.

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

11 inspect the improvements, equipment, fixtures, and other

12 personal property located on the parcels referred to in

13 paragraph (1) for purposes of the conveyance authorized

14 by this paragraph.

15 (b) AUTHORITY TO CONVEY WITHOUT CONSIDER16 ATION.—The conveyance authorized by subsection (a) may

17 be made without consideration if the Secretary determines

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

19 interests of the United States.

20 (c) EXCEPTION FROM SCREENING REQUIREMENT.—

21 The conveyance authorized by subsection (a) shall be

22 made without regard to the requirement under section

23 2696 of title 10, United States Code, that the property

24 be screened for further Federal use in accordance with the
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1 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949

2 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.).

3 (d) CONDITION OF CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance

4 authorized by subsection (a) shall be subject to the condi5 tion that the City—

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

7 agreement with a public or private entity, for eco8 nomic purposes or such other public purposes as the

9 City determines appropriate; or

10 (2) convey the parcels to an appropriate public

11 or private entity for use for such purposes.

12 (e) REVERSION.—If, during the 5-year period begin13 ning on the date the Secretary makes the conveyance au14 thorized by subsection (a), the Secretary determines that

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

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

17 and to the property, including any improvements thereon,

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

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

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

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

22 under this section, the Secretary may continue to lease

23 the property, together with improvements thereon, to the

24 current tenant under the existing terms and conditions of

25 the lease for the property.
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1 (2) If good faith negotiations for the conveyance of

2 the property continue under this section beyond the end

3 of the third year of the term of the existing lease for the

4 property, the Secretary shall continue to lease the property

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

6 conditions applicable to the first three years of the lease

7 of the property pursuant to the existing lease for the prop8 erty.

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

10 paragraph (2), the Secretary shall be responsible for main11 taining the real property to be conveyed under this section

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

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

14 under this section.

15 (2) The current tenant of the property shall be re16 sponsible for any maintenance required under paragraph

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

18 property during the period covered by that paragraph.

19 (h) ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION.—Notwith20 standing any other provision of law, the City shall not be

21 responsible for any environmental restoration or remedi22 ation that is required with respect to the real property

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

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

25 conveyance under this section.
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1 (i) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage

2 and legal description of the real property to be conveyed

3 under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satis4 factory to the Secretary. The cost of the survey shall be

5 borne by the City.

6 (j) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec7 retary may require such additional terms and conditions

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

9 the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the inter10 ests of the United States.

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