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Calendar No. 474 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 589 

[Report No. 110–223] 

To provide for the transfer of certain Federal property to the United States 

Paralympics, Incorporated, a subsidiary of the United States Olympic 

Committee. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 14, 2007 

Mr. ALLARD (for himself and Mr. STEVENS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 

Public Works 

NOVEMBER 7, 2007 

Reported by Mrs. BOXER, with an amendment and an amendment to the title 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To provide for the transfer of certain Federal property to 

the United States Paralympics, Incorporated, a subsidiary of the United States Olympic Committee. 

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

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1 SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PROPERTY TO THE 

2 UNITED STATES PARALYMPICS, INCOR3 PORATED. 

4 (a) FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.— 

5 (1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

6 (A) the conference report accompanying 

7 the Treasury and General Government Appro8 priations Act, 2000 stated ‘‘the Committee 

9 urges GSA to strongly consider the U.S. Olym10 pic Committee’s (USOC) need for additional 

11 space and to give priority to the USOC’s re12 quest to gain title or acquire the property’’ lo13 cated at 1520 Willamette Avenue in Colorado 

14 Springs, Colorado; 

15 (B) upon acquisition of the property lo16 cated at 1520 Willamette Avenue in Colorado 

17 Springs, Colorado, by the United States 

18 Paralympics Incorporated, a subsidiary of the 

19 United States Olympic Committee, the property 

20 will be used to advance the United State Olym21 pic Committee’s Paralympics program and spe22 cifically to strengthen the relationship between 

23 the Paralympics and military veterans; 

24 (C) transferring the property is significant 

25 to Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the Pikes 

26 Peak region, which includes El Paso, Fremont, 

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1 Pueblo, and Teller Counties, Colorado, are 

2 home to 103,394 veterans; 

3 (D) the United States Olympic Training 

4 Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado currently 

5 serves as home to the United States 

6 Paralympics program and Fort Carson to the 

7 Army World Class Athlete Program; 

8 (E) the inaugural Paralympic Military 

9 Summit took place September 20 through 25, 

10 2005, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, home of 

11 the United States Air Force Academy, Fort 

12 Carson, Peterson Air Force Base, and Shriver 

13 Air Force Base; 

14 (F) the Paralympic movement originated 

15 after World War II as a means for disabled sol16 diers to compete in athletics; 

17 (G) today, thousands of athletes with phys18 ical disabilities compete internationally; and 

19 (H) it is projected that Iraq War veterans 

20 could account for 10 percent of the 500-mem21 ber Paralympic team in the 2012 Paralympic 

22 Games in London. 

23 (2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to 

24 support the United States Paralympics, Incor25 porated, which conducts programs dealing with sport 

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1 for the disabled, particularly those disabled active 

2 duty and military veterans suffering or recovering 

3 from injuries incurred in action in defense of the 

4 Nation. 

5 (b) TRANSFER.—Not later than 90 days after the 

6 date of enactment of this Act, the General Services Ad7 ministration shall transfer the real property located at 

8 1520 Williamette Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado 

9 (including all buildings and improvements on that real 

10 property) to the United States Paralympics, Incorporated 

11 for $1,000,000. 

12 (c) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Ad13 ministrator of General Services may require such addi14 tional terms and conditions to the transfer under sub15 section (b) as the Administrator considers appropriate to 

16 protect the interests of the United States. 

17 SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

18 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

19 (1) the conference report accompanying the 

20 Treasury and General Government Appropriations 

21 Act, 2000, stated ‘‘the conferees urge GSA to strongly 

22 consider the U.S. Olympic Committee’s (USOC) need 

23 for additional space and to give priority to the 

24 USOC’s request to gain title or acquire the property’’ 

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1 located at 1520 Willamette Avenue in Colorado 

2 Springs, Colorado; 

3 (2) upon acquisition of the property located at 

4 1520 Willamette Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colo5 rado, by the United States Olympic Committee, the 

6 property will be used to advance the United State 

7 Olympic Committee’s Paralympics program and spe8 cifically to strengthen the relationship between the 

9 Paralympics and military veterans; 

10 (3) transferring the property is significant to 

11 Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the Pikes Peak region, 

12 which includes El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo, and Teller 

13 Counties, Colorado, is home to 103,394 veterans; 

14 (4) the United States Olympic Training Center 

15 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, currently serves as 

16 home to the United States Paralympics program and 

17 Fort Carson to the Army World Class Athlete Pro18 gram; 

19 (5) the inaugural Paralympic Military Summit 

20 took place September 20 through 25, 2005, in Colo21 rado Springs, Colorado, home of the United States 

22 Air Force Academy, Fort Carson, Peterson Air Force 

23 Base, and Shriver Air Force Base; 

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1 (6) the Paralympic movement originated after 

2 World War II as a means for disabled soldiers to 

3 compete in athletics; 

4 (7) today, thousands of athletes with physical 

5 disabilities compete internationally; and 

6 (8) it is projected that Iraq War veterans could 

7 account for 10 percent of the 500-member Paralympic 

8 team in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. 

9 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to support 

10 the United States Paralympics, Incorporated, which con11 ducts programs dealing with sport for the disabled, particu12 larly those disabled active duty and military veterans suf13 fering or recovering from injuries incurred in action in de14 fense of the United States. 

15 SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PROPERTY TO UNITED 

16 STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE. 

17 (a) TRANSFER.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

18 of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Serv19 ices shall offer to convey to the United States Olympic Com20 mittee, by quitclaim deed, all right, title, and interest of 

21 the United States in and to the real property located at 

22 1520 Williamette Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado 

23 (including all buildings and improvements on that real 

24 property). 

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1 (b) CONSIDERATION.—The conveyance under this sec2 tion shall be in accordance with a fair market value ap3 praisal that is acceptable to the Administrator. 

4 (c) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—The United States Olym5 pic Committee shall be responsible for all real estate trans6 action costs associated with the conveyance. 

7 (d) RESTRICTIONS ON USE.—The conveyance by the 

8 Administrator under this section shall be subject to the con9 dition that the United States Olympic Committee agree to 

10 operate, maintain, and manage the property for the benefit 

11 of the United States Paralympics program. 

12 (e) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Ad13 ministrator may require that any conveyance under sub14 section (a) be subject to such additional terms and condi15 tions as the Administrator considers to be appropriate to 

16 protect the interests of the United States. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to provide for 

the transfer of certain Federal property to the United 

States Olympic Committee.’’. 

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Calendar No. 474 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 589 

[Report No. 110

–223] 

A BILL 

To provide for the transfer of certain Federal proppic Committee. porated, a subsidiary of the United States Olym- erty to the United States Paralympics, IncorNOVEMBER 7, 2007 

Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the 

title 

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