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Union Calendar No. 303 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4773 

[Report No. 111–530] 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands within 

Fort Pulaski National Monument, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 4, 2010 

Mr. KINGSTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

JULY 13, 2010 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain 

lands within Fort Pulaski National Monument, and for 

other purposes. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fort Pulaski National 

5 Monument Lease Authorization Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LEASE AUTHORIZATION. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior (re8 ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may lease to 

9 the Savannah Bar Pilots Association, or a successor orga10 nization, no more than 30,000 square feet of land and im11 provements within Fort Pulaski National Monument (re12 ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Monument’’) at the loca13 tion on Cockspur Island that has been used continuously 

14 by the Savannah Bar Pilots Association since 1940. 

15 (b) RENTAL FEE AND PROCEEDS.— 

16 (1) RENTAL FEE.—For the lease authorized by 

17 this Act, the Secretary shall require a rental fee 

18 based on fair market value adjusted, as the Sec19 retary deems appropriate, for amounts to be ex20 pended by the lessee for property preservation, 

21 maintenance, or repair and related expenses. 

22 (2) PROCEEDS.—Disposition of the proceeds 

23 from the rental fee required pursuant to paragraph 

24 (1) shall be made in accordance with section 3(k)(5) 

25 of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–2(k)(5)). 


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1 (c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—A lease entered into 

2 under this section— 

3 (1) shall be for a term of no more than 10 

4 years and, at the Secretary’s discretion, for succes5 sive terms of no more than 10 years at a time; and 

6 (2) shall include any terms and conditions the 

7 Secretary determines to be necessary to protect the 

8 resources of the Monument and the public interest. 

9 (d) EXEMPTION FROM APPLICABLE LAW.—Except 

10 as provided in section 2(b)(2) of this Act, the lease author11 ized by this Act shall not be subject to section 3(k) of 

12 Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–2(k)) or section 321 

13 of Act of June 30, 1932 (40 U.S.C. 1302). 


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Union Calendar No. 303 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4773 

[Report No. 111–530] 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease 

Monument, and for other purposes. certain lands within Fort Pulaski National 

JULY 13, 2010 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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