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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4611
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to convey to the Montauk Historical
Society Light Station located at Montauk, New York.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 21, 1994
Mr. HOCHBRUECKNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to convey to the
Montauk Historical Society Light Station located at
Montauk, New York.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF LIGHT STATION, MONTAUK
POINT, NEW YORK.
(a) CONVEYANCE REQUIREMENT.—
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Trans-
portation shall convey to the Montauk Historical As-
sociation in Montauk, New York, by an appropriate
means of conveyance, all right, title, and interest of
the United States in and to property comprising
Light Station Montauk Point, located at Montauk,
New York.
(2) DETERMINATION 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 the conditions required by
paragraphs (3) and (4) and such other terms
and conditions as the Secretary may consider
appropriate.
(2) REVERSIONARY
INTEREST.—Any convey-
ance of property pursuant to this section shall be
subject to the condition that all right, title, and in-
terest in the Montauk Light Station shall imme-
diately revert to the United States if the Montauk
Light Station ceases to be maintained as a nonprofit
center for public benefit for the interpretation and
preservation of the material culture of the United
States Coast Guard, the maritime history of
Montauk, New York, and Native American and colo-
nial history.
(3) MAINTENANCE OF NAVIGATION AND FUNC-
TIONS.—Any conveyance of property pursuant to
this section shall be subject to such conditions as the
Secretary considers to be necessary to assure 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 Montauk Historical Association
may not interfere or allow interference in any
manner with such aids to navigation without
express written permission from the United
States;
(C) there is reserved to the United States
the right to replace, or add any aids to naviga-
tion, or make any changes to the Montauk
Lighthouse as may be necessary 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
navigation aids;
(E) the United States shall have an ease-
ment of access to such property for the purpose
of maintaining the navigational aids in use on
the property; and
(F) the Montauk Light Station shall revert
to the United States at the end of the 30-day
period beginning on any date on which the Sec-
retary of Transportation provides written notice
to the Montauk Historical Association that the
Montauk Light Station is needed for national
security purposes.
(4) MAINTENANCE
OF
LIGHT
STATION.—Any
conveyance of property under this section shall be
subject to the condition that the Montauk Historical
Association shall maintain the Montauk Light Sta-
tion in accordance with the provisions of the Na-
tional Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et
seq.) and other applicable laws.
(5) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS OF MONTAUK
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.—The Montauk Historical
Association shall not have any obligation to maintain
any active aid to navigation equipment on property
conveyed pursuant to this section.
(c) For purposes of this section—
(1) the term ‘‘Montauk Light Station’’ means
the Coast Guard light station known as Light Sta-
tion Montauk Point, located at Montauk, New York,
including the keeper’s dwellings, adjacent Coast
Guard rights of way, the World War II submarine
spotting tower, the lighthouse tower, and the paint
locker; and
(2) the term ‘‘Montauk Lighthouse’’ means the
Coast Guard lighthouse located at the Montauk
Light Station.
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