I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6701 
To provide for the continued lease or eventual conveyance of certain Federal 
land within the boundaries of Fort Wainwright Military Reservation 
in Fairbanks, Alaska. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 20, 2012 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the continued lease or eventual conveyance 
of certain Federal land within the boundaries of Fort 
Wainwright Military Reservation in Fairbanks, Alaska. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LAND LEASE AND CONVEYANCE, FORT WAIN-
WRIGHT 
MILITARY 
RESERVATION, 
FAIR-
BANKS, ALASKA. 
(a) COVERED LAND DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘covered land’’ means a parcel of Federal land con-
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sisting of approximately 76 acres in Fairbanks, Alaska, 
that— 
(1) is under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of 
Land Management; 
(2) was withdrawn for military use pursuant to 
Executive Order 7596 of 1937 and is administered 
by the Secretary of the Army as part of Fort Wain-
wright Military Reservation; and 
(3) contains a 400-home rental housing commu-
nity pursuant to a Department of the Army lease 
(Lease No. DACA 85–1–86–71) dated June 26, 
1986. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO EXTEND CURRENT LEASE.— 
(1) AUTHORITY TO EXTEND; TERM.—The Sec-
retary of the Army may offer to extend the lease de-
scribed in subsection (a)(3) for one or more periods 
of 15 years. 
(2) NOTICE OF EXERCISE OF DISCRETION TO 
EXTEND.—If the Secretary of the Army intends to 
offer any extension of the lease, as authorized by 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide written 
notice of the offer to the current lessee and the Sec-
retary of the Interior not later than 36 months be-
fore the date of the expiration of the lease. 
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(c) CONVEYANCE OPTION.—If the lease described in 
subsection (a)(3) is not extended under subsection (b), 
then upon the expiration of the lease, the Secretary of the 
Army, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, shall use the authority provided by section 2878 of 
title 10, United States Code, to convey all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to the covered land. 
(d) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—The Secretary of 
Defense may waive the conveyance requirement under sub-
section (c) if the Secretary of Defense determines that re-
tention and military use of the covered land are in the 
national security interests of the United States. The waiv-
er shall not take effect until the end of the 90-day period 
beginning on the date on which the Secretary of Defense 
notifies the Secretary of the Interior and Congress of the 
need for the waiver. 
(e) APPRAISAL REQUIRED.—In the event of the con-
veyance of the covered land under subsection (c), the Sec-
retary of the Army shall require an appraisal of the land, 
which shall be performed by an independent appraiser in 
accordance with the ‘‘Uniform Appraisal Standards for 
Federal Land Acquisitions’’ and the ‘‘Uniform Standards 
of Professional Appraisal Practice’’. 
(f) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the con-
veyance of the covered land under subsection (c), the pur-
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chaser shall pay to the Secretary of the Army an amount 
equal to the appraised value of the covered land, as deter-
mined under subsection (e). 
(g) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—All costs of the convey-
ance under subsection (c), including appraisal costs, shall 
be paid by the purchaser. 
(h) REVOCATION OF WITHDRAWAL ORDER.—In the 
event the covered land is conveyed under subsection (c), 
Executive Order 7596 of 1937 is revoked to the extent 
necessary to permit conveyance of the land. 
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