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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 414 

To provide for the continued lease or eventual conveyance of certain Federal 

land within the boundaries of Fort Wainwright Military Reservation 

in Fairbanks, Alaska. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 23, 2013 

Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 

Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To provide for the continued lease or eventual conveyance 

of certain Federal land within the boundaries of Fort 

Wainwright Military Reservation in Fairbanks, Alaska. 

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 LEASE AND CONVEYANCE, FORT WAIN4 WRIGHT MILITARY RESERVATION, FAIR5 BANKS, ALASKA. 

6 (a) COVERED LAND DEFINED.—In this section, the 

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1 sisting of approximately 76 acres in Fairbanks, Alaska, 

2 that— 

3 (1) is under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of 

4 Land Management; 

5 (2) was withdrawn for military use pursuant to 

6 Executive Order 7596 of 1937 and is administered 

7 by the Secretary of the Army as part of Fort Wain8 wright Military Reservation; and 

9 (3) contains a 400-home rental housing commu10 nity pursuant to a Department of the Army lease 

11 (Lease No. DACA 85–1–86–71) dated June 26, 

12 1986. 

13 (b) AUTHORITY TO EXTEND CURRENT LEASE.— 

14 (1) AUTHORITY TO EXTEND; TERM.—The Sec15 retary of the Army may offer to extend the lease de16 scribed in subsection (a)(3) for one or more periods 

17 of 15 years. 

18 (2) NOTICE OF EXERCISE OF DISCRETION TO

19 EXTEND.—If the Secretary of the Army intends to 

20 offer any extension of the lease, as authorized by 

21 paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide written 

22 notice of the offer to the current lessee and the Sec23 retary of the Interior not later than 36 months be24 fore the date of the expiration of the lease. 


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1 (c) CONVEYANCE OPTION.—If the lease described in 

2 subsection (a)(3) is not extended under subsection (b), 

3 then upon the expiration of the lease, the Secretary of the 

4 Army, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Inte5 rior, shall use the authority provided by section 2878 of 

6 title 10, United States Code, to convey all right, title, and 

7 interest of the United States in and to the covered land. 

8 (d) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—The Secretary of 

9 Defense may waive the conveyance requirement under sub10 section (c) if the Secretary of Defense determines that re11 tention and military use of the covered land are in the 

12 national security interests of the United States. The waiv13 er shall not take effect until the end of the 90-day period 

14 beginning on the date on which the Secretary of Defense 

15 notifies the Secretary of the Interior and Congress of the 

16 need for the waiver. 

17 (e) APPRAISAL REQUIRED.—In the event of the con18 veyance of the covered land under subsection (c), the Sec19 retary of the Army shall require an appraisal of the land, 

20 which shall be performed by an independent appraiser in 

21 accordance with the ‘‘Uniform Appraisal Standards for 

22 Federal Land Acquisitions’’ and the ‘‘Uniform Standards 

23 of Professional Appraisal Practice’’. 

24 (f) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the con25 veyance of the covered land under subsection (c), the purVerDate Mar 15 2010 16:24 Feb 05, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H414.IH H414

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1 chaser shall pay to the Secretary of the Army an amount 

2 equal to the appraised value of the covered land, as deter3 mined under subsection (e). 

4 (g) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—All costs of the convey5 ance under subsection (c), including appraisal costs, shall 

6 be paid by the purchaser. 

7 (h) REVOCATION OF WITHDRAWAL ORDER.—In the 

8 event the covered land is conveyed under subsection (c), 

9 Executive Order 7596 of 1937 is revoked to the extent 

10 necessary to permit conveyance of the land. 

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