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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3810 
To provide for the conveyance of the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial in 
San Diego, California. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2014 
Mr. HUNTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Natural 
Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the conveyance of the Mt. Soledad Veterans 
Memorial in San Diego, California. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mount Soledad Vet-
erans Memorial Preservation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LAND CONVEYANCE, MT. SOLEDAD VETERANS ME-
MORIAL, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
Defense may convey, without consideration, to the Mount 
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Soledad Memorial Association, Inc. (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Association’’), all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in and to the Mt. Soledad Veterans 
Memorial which— 
(1) is located within the Soledad Natural Park 
in San Diego, California; 
(2) was acquired by the United States pursuant 
to section 2 of Public Law 109–272 (120 Stat. 770; 
16 U.S.C. 431 note); and 
(3) is maintained by the Secretary of Defense 
through a memorandum of understanding with the 
Association. 
(b) LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—The legal description of 
the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial is provided in section 
2(d) of Public Law 109–272. 
(c) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) PAYMENT
REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall require the Association to cover costs 
to be incurred by the Secretary, or to reimburse the 
Secretary for such costs incurred by the Secretary, 
to carry out the conveyance under subsection (a), in-
cluding survey costs, costs for environmental docu-
mentation, and any other administrative costs re-
lated to the conveyance. If amounts are collected 
from the Association in advance of the Secretary in-
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curring the actual costs, and the amount collected 
exceeds the costs actually incurred by the Secretary 
to carry out the conveyance, the Secretary shall re-
fund the excess amount to the Association. 
(2) TREATMENT
OF
AMOUNTS
RECEIVED.— 
Amounts received as reimbursement under para-
graph (1) shall be credited to the fund or account 
that was used to cover those costs incurred by the 
Secretary in carrying out the conveyance. Amounts 
so credited shall be merged with amounts in such 
fund or account, and shall be available for the same 
purposes, and subject to the same conditions and 
limitations, as amounts in such fund or account. 
(d) ADDITIONAL TERMS.—The Secretary of Defense 
may require such additional terms and conditions in con-
nection with the conveyance under subsection (a) as the 
Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of 
the United States. 
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