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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4088

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 28, 1996

Received

AN ACT

To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the

United States to Stanislaus County, California.

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

3 SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY.

4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regula5 tion, as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment
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1 of this Act, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics

2 and Space Administration (in this Act referred to as

3 ‘‘NASA’’) shall convey to Stanislaus County, California,

4 all right, title, and interest of the United States in and

5 to the property described in section 2.

6 SEC. 2. PROPERTY DESCRIBED.

7 The property to be conveyed pursuant to section 1

8 is—

9 (1) the approximately 1528 acres of land in

10 Stanislaus County, California, known as the Crows

11 Landing Facility of NASA Ames Research Center

12 (formerly known as the Naval Auxiliary Landing

13 Field, Crows Landing);

14 (2) all improvements on the land described in

15 paragraph (1); and

16 (3) any other Federal property that is—

17 (A) under the jurisdiction of NASA;

18 (B) located on the land described in para19 graph (1); and

20 (C) designated by NASA to be transferred

21 to Stanislaus County, California.

22 SEC. 3. TERMS.

23 (a) CONSIDERATION.—The conveyance required by

24 section 1 shall be without consideration other than that

25 required by this section.
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1 (b) ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION.—(1) The con2 veyance required by section 1 shall not relieve any Federal

3 agency of any responsibility under law for any environ4 mental remediation of soil, groundwater, or surface water.

5 Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to alter the

6 allocation of environmental responsibility contained in the

7 Memorandum of Understanding between the Department

8 of the Navy and NASA, dated December 22, 1992.

9 (2) Any remediation of contamination, other than

10 that described in paragraph (1), within or related to struc11 tures or fixtures on the property described in section 2

12 shall be subject to negotiation to the extent permitted by

13 law.

14 (c) RETAINED RIGHT OF USE.—NASA shall retain

15 the right to use the property described in section 2 for

16 aviation activities, without consideration and on other

17 terms and conditions mutually acceptable to NASA and

18 Stanislaus County, California.

19 (d) RELINQUISHMENT OF LEGISLATIVE JURISDIC20 TION.—NASA shall relinquish, to the State of California,

21 legislative jurisdiction over the property conveyed pursu22 ant to section 1 by filing a notice of relinquishment with

23 the State of California, which shall take effect upon ac24 ceptance thereof as prescribed by the laws of California.
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1 (e) ADDITIONAL TERMS.—The Administrator of

2 NASA may negotiate such additional terms and conditions

3 in connection with the conveyance required by section 1

4 as are appropriate to protect the interests of the United

5 States.

Passed the House of Representatives September 28,

1996.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.