H. R. 2144

One Hundred Third Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,

the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four

An Act

To provide for the transfer of excess land to the Government of Guam, and for

other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Guam Excess Lands Act’’.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of General Services shall,

subject to section 3, transfer all right, title, and interest of the

United States in and to the parcels of land described in subsection

(b) (together with any improvements thereon) to the Government

of Guam for public benefit use, by quitclaim deed and without

reimbursement. Such transfers shall take place after a determination by the head of the Federal agency controlling a parcel that

the parcel is excess to the needs of such agency.

(b) DESCRIPTION OF PARCELS TO BE TRANSFERRED.—Unless

a parcel of land described in this subsection has been disposed

of under other authority on or before the date of the enactment

of this Act or is transferred for further Federal utilization as a

result of the screening required by section 3(a), the parcels of

land required to be transferred under subsection (a) shall consist

of the following:

Navy Parcels

South Finegayan ............................................................................. 445 acres

Nimitz Hill Parcels and 1 and 2B ................................................. 208 acres

NAVMAG Parcel 1 ......................................................................... 144 acres

Apra Harbor Parcel 7 ..................................................................... 73 acres

Apra Harbor Parcel 8 ..................................................................... 6 acres

Apra Harbor Parcel 6 ..................................................................... 47 acres

Apra Harbor Parcel 9 ..................................................................... 41 acres

Apra Harbor Parcel 2 ..................................................................... 30 acres

Apra Harbor Parcel 1 ..................................................................... 6 acres

Asan Annex ..................................................................................... 17 acres

NAVCAMS Beach ........................................................................... 14 acres

ACEORP Msui Tunnel ................................................................... 4 acres

Agat Parcel 3 .................................................................................. 5 acres

Air Force Parcels

Andersen South (portion of Andersen Admin. Annex) ................ 395 acres

Camp Edusa (Family Housing Annex 1) ...................................... 103 acres

Harmon Communication Annex No. 1 .......................................... 862 acres

Harmon Housing Annex No. 4 ...................................................... 396 acres

Harmon POL Storage Annex No. 2 ............................................... 35 acres

Harmon VOR Annex ...................................................................... 308 acres

Harmon POL Storage Annex No. 1 ............................................... 14 acres

Andersen Radio Beacon Annex ...................................................... 23 acres

Federal Aviation Administration Parcel

Talofofo ‘‘HH’’ Homer Facility ....................................................... 37 acres
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(c) LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—The exact acreages and legal descriptions of all parcels of land to be transferred under this Act shall

be determined by surveys which are satisfactory to the head of

the controlling Federal agency referred to in subsection (a). The

cost of such surveys, together with all direct and indirect costs

related to any conveyance under this section, shall be borne by

such controlling Federal agency.

SEC. 3. TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

(a) FURTHER FEDERAL UTILIZATION SCREENING.—Parcels of land

determined to be excess property pursuant to section 2 shall be

screened for further Federal utilization in accordance with the

Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.

471 et seq.) and such screening will be completed within 45 days

after the date on which they are determined to be excess.

(b) APPRAISALS.—The Administrator shall promptly appraise

those parcels that are not needed for further Federal utilization

to determine their estimated fair market value. The head of the

Federal agency which controls such parcels shall cooperate with

the Administrator in carrying out appraisals under this section.

The Administrator shall submit a copy of the appraisals to the

committees of the Congress specified in subsection (d). The cost

of such appraisals shall be paid for under section 204(b) of the

Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.

485(b)).

(c) LAND USE PLAN.—The parcels of land to be transferred

under this Act shall be eligible for transfer after the Government

of Guam enacts legislation which establishes a detailed plan for

the public benefit use (including, but not limited to, housing, schools,

hospitals, libraries, child care centers, parks and recreation, conservation, economic development, public health, and public safety)

of such parcels and the Governor of Guam submits such plan

to the committees of the Congress specified in subsection (d). (d) SUBMISSIONS.—The appraisals and land use plan required

to be submitted to the committees of the Congress under subsections

(b) and (c) shall be submitted to the Committee on Natural

Resources, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on

Government Operations and the Committee on Merchant Marine

and Fisheries of the House of Representatives and the Committee

on Energy and Natural Resources, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate.

(e) REVIEW BY COMMITTEES.—Parcels of land may not be transferred under this Act until 180 days after the submission to the

committees of the Congress specified in subsection (d) of— (1) the appraisals provided for in subsection (b), and

(2) the land use plan provided for in subsection (c).

(f) GOVERNMENT OF GUAM LANDS WITHIN THE WAR IN THE

PACIFIC NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.—Parcels of land may not be

transferred under this Act until after the Government of Guam

enters into a cooperative agreement with the Secretary of the

Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service,

which grants to the Secretary, at no cost, the administrative jurisdiction over all undeveloped lands within the boundary of the

War in the Pacific National Historical Park, except those lands

at Adelup Point, which are owned by the Government of Guam.

The lands covered by such cooperative agreement shall be managed

in accordance with the general management plan of the park and
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in the same manner as lands within the park that are owned

by the United States.

SEC. 4. OBJECTS AFFECTING NAVIGABLE AIRSPACE.

The conveyance document for any land transferred under this

Act located within 6 nautical miles of an airport shall contain

a provision that requires a determination of no hazard to air navigation to be obtained from the Federal Aviation Administration in

accordance with applicable regulations governing objects affecting

navigable airspace or under the authority of the Federal Aviation

Act of 1958 (Public Law 85–726, as amended) in order for construction or alteration on the property to be permitted.

SEC. 5. SEVERE CONTAMINATION.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Administrator of General Services, in his discretion, may choose not to

transfer any parcel under this Act on which there is severe contamination, the remedy of which would require the United States to

incur extraordinary costs.

SEC. 6. APPLICATION OF FEDERAL AND TERRITORIAL LAWS.

All Federal and territorial environmental laws and regulations

shall apply to the parcels transferred pursuant to this Act during

and after the transfer of such parcels.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.