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[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 437 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 437

  To provide for the conveyance of an A-12 Blackbird aircraft to the 
          Minnesota Air National Guard Historical Foundation.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 30, 2007

 Mr. Coleman (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following 
   bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL

 
  To provide for the conveyance of an A-12 Blackbird aircraft to the 
          Minnesota Air National Guard Historical Foundation.

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

SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF A-12 BLACKBIRD AIRCRAFT TO THE MINNESOTA AIR 
              NATIONAL GUARD HISTORICAL FOUNDATION.

    (a) Conveyance Required.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall 
convey, without consideration, to the Minnesota Air National Guard 
Historical Foundation, Inc. (in this section referred to as the 
``Foundation''), a non-profit entity located in the State of Minnesota, 
A-12 Blackbird aircraft with tail number 60-6931 that is under the 
jurisdiction of the National Museum of the United States Air Force and, 
as of January 1, 2007, was on loan to the Foundation and display with 
the 133rd Airlift Wing at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, 
Minnesota.
    (b) Condition.--The conveyance required by subsection (a) shall be 
subject to the requirement that Foundation utilize and display the 
aircraft described in that subsection for educational and other 
appropriate public purposes as jointly agreed upon by the Secretary and 
the Foundation before the conveyance.
    (c) Relocation of Aircraft.--As part of the conveyance required by 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall relocate the aircraft described in 
that subsection to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and 
undertake any reassembly of the aircraft required as part of the 
conveyance and relocation. Any costs of the Secretary under this 
subsection shall be borne by the Secretary.
    (d) Maintenance Support.--The Secretary may authorize the 133rd 
Airlift Wing to provide support to the Foundation for the maintenance 
of the aircraft relocated under subsection (a) after its relocation 
under that subsection.
    (e) Reversion of Aircraft.--
            (1) Reversion.--In the event the Foundation ceases to 
        exist, all right, title, and interest in and to the aircraft 
        conveyed under subsection (a) shall revert to the United 
        States, and the United States shall have immediate right of 
        possession of the aircraft.
            (2) Assumption of possession.--Possession under paragraph 
        (1) of the aircraft conveyed under subsection (a) shall be 
        assumed by the 133rd Airlift Wing.
    (f) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may require 
such additional terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance 
required by subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to 
protect the interests of the United States.
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