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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5419 

To allow the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to convey certain property 

to the City of Nashville, Tennessee. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 29, 2018 

Mr. COOPER (for himself and Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To allow the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to 

convey certain property to the City of Nashville, Tennessee. 

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

3 SECTION 1. PROPERTY CONVEYANCE. 

4 (a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 

5 the Army may convey, without consideration, to the City 

6 of Nashville, Tennessee (in this section referred to as 

7 ‘‘City’’), all right, title, and interest of the United States 

8 in and to the real property covered by Lease No. 

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1 sisting of approximately 5 acres, subject to the right of 

2 the Secretary to retain any required easements in the 

3 property. 

4 (b) PAYMENT AND COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 

5 (1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 

6 the Army may require the City to reimburse the Sec7 retary for such costs incurred by the Secretary, to 

8 carry out the land conveyance under this section, in9 cluding survey costs, costs for environmental docu10 mentation, and other administrative costs related to 

11 the land conveyance. If amounts paid to the Sec12 retary in advance exceed the costs actually incurred 

13 by the Secretary to carry out the conveyance, the 

14 Secretary shall refund the excess amount to the 

15 City. 

16 (2) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED.— 

17 Amounts received under paragraph (1) as reim18 bursement for costs incurred by the Secretary to 

19 carry out the conveyance shall be credited to the 

20 fund or account that was used to cover the costs in21 curred by the Secretary in carrying out the convey22 ance. Amounts so credited shall be merged with 

23 amounts in such fund or account and shall be avail24 able for the same purposes, and subject to the same 


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1 conditions and limitations, as amounts in such fund 

2 or account. 

3 (c) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage 

4 and legal description of the property to be conveyed under 

5 this section shall be determined by surveys satisfactory to 

6 the Secretary. 

7 (d) CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT.—A quit claim deed 

8 shall be used to convey this real estate upon the terms 

9 and conditions mutually satisfactory to the Secretary and 

10 the City, including such additional terms and conditions 

11 as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the inter12 ests of the United States, such as any required easements. 

13 The deed shall provide that in the event the City, its suc14 cessors, or assigns cease to maintain improvements for 

15 recreation included in the conveyance or otherwise utilize 

16 the real estate for purposes other than recreation and 

17 compatible flood risk management, the City, its successor, 

18 or assign shall repay to the United States the Federal 

19 share of the cost of constructing the improvements for 

20 recreation under the agreement between the United States 

21 and the City dated December 8, 1981, increased as nec22 essary to account for inflation. 

23 (e) APPLICABILITY OF PROPERTY SCREENING PRO24 VISIONS.—Section 2696 of title 10, United States Code, 

25 shall not apply to this conveyance. 


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1 (f) LIABILITY.—The City shall hold the United 

2 States harmless from any liability with respect to activities 

3 carried out on the real estate on or after the date of con4 veyance. 

5 (g) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The 

6 Secretary may require such additional terms and condi7 tions in connection with the conveyance as the Secretary 

8 considers appropriate to protect the interests of the 

9 United States. 

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