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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3278
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to convey the Saint Helena Island
Light Station to the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 18, 1996
Mr. STUPAK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to convey the
Saint Helena Island Light Station to the Great Lakes
Lighthouse Keepers Association.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF SAINT HELENA ISLAND LIGHT
STATION.
(a) AUTHORITY TO CONVEY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall convey to the Great Lakes Lighthouse
Keepers Association by an appropriate means of
conveyance, all right, title, and interest of the Unit-
ed States in and to the property comprising the
Saint Helena Island Light Station, located in Mack-
inac County, Moran Township, Michigan.
(2) IDENTIFICATION OF PROPERTY.—The Sec-
retary may identify, describe, and determine the
property to be conveyed pursuant to this section.
(b) TERMS OF CONVEYANCE.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—A conveyance of property
pursuant to this section shall be made—
(A) without the payment of consideration;
and
(B) subject to such terms and conditions
as the Secretary may consider appropriate.
(2) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—In addition to
any term or condition established pursuant to para-
graph (1), any conveyance of property comprising
the Saint Helena Island Light Station pursuant to
subsection (a) shall be subject to the condition that
all right, title, and interest in and to the property
so conveyed shall immediately revert to the United
States if the property, or any part thereof—
(A) ceases to be used as a nonprofit center
for the interpretation and preservation of mari-
time history;
(B) ceases to be maintained in a manner
that ensures its present or future use as a
Coast Guard aid to navigation; or
(C) ceases to be maintained in a manner
consistent with the provisions of the National
Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et
seq.).
(3) MAINTENANCE
OF
NAVIGATION
FUNC-
TIONS.—Any conveyance of property pursuant to
this section shall be subject to such conditions as the
Secretary considers to be necessary to ensure that—
(A) the light, antennas, sound signal, and
associated lighthouse equipment located on the
property conveyed, which are active aids to
navigation, shall continue to be operated and
maintained by the United States for as long as
they are needed for this purpose;
(B) the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers
Association, or any successors or assigns, may
not interfere or allow interference in any man-
ner with such aids to navigation without ex-
press written permission from the United
States;
(C) there is reserved to the United States
the right to relocate, replace, or add any aids
to navigation, or make any changes to the Saint
Helena Island Light Station, that may be nec-
essary for navigation purposes;
(D) the United States shall have the right,
at any time, to enter the property conveyed
without notice for the purpose of maintaining
the navigation aids in use on the property;
(E) the United States shall have an ease-
ment of access to such property for the purpose
of maintaining such navigational aids; and
(F) the Saint Helena Island Light Station
shall revert to the United States at the end of
the 30-day period beginning on any date on
which the Secretary of Transportation provides
written notice to the Great Lakes Lighthouse
Keepers Association, or any successor or assign,
that the Saint Helena Island Light Station is
needed for national security purposes.
(4) MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY.—Any convey-
ance of property under this section shall be subject
to the condition that the Great Lakes Lighthouse
Keepers Association, or any successor or assign,
shall maintain the Saint Helena Island Light Sta-
tion in accordance with the provisions of the Na-
tional Historic Preservation Act and other applicable
laws.
(5) 
OBLIGATION
LIMITATION.—The 
Great
Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association, or any suc-
cessors or assigns, shall not have any obligation to
maintain any active aid to navigation equipment on
the property conveyed pursuant to this section.
(c) SAINT HELENA ISLAND LIGHT STATION DE-
FINED.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Saint
Helena Island Light Station’’ means the Coast Guard
property and improvements known as the ‘‘Saint Helena
Island Light Station’’ located in Mackinac County, Moran
Township, Michigan. Such term does not include any his-
torical artifact, including any lens or lantern, located on
the property at or before the time of conveyance.
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