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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3094
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to convey to the city of
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, certain real property located at the Department
of Veterans Affairs medical center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 18, 1999
Mr. GORDON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to convey
to the city of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, certain real prop-
erty located at the Department of Veterans Affairs med-
ical center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY AT VETERANS
AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER, MURFREESBORO,
TENNESSEE.
(a) AUTHORITY TO CONVEY.—Subject to subsections
(b) and (c) and notwithstanding section 8122(a)(2) of title
38, United States Code, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
may convey to the city of Murfreesboro, Tennessee (here-
inafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘City’’), all right,
title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel
of real property (including any improvements thereon)
consisting of approximately 165 acres and comprising a
portion of the Department of Veterans Affairs medical
center located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
(b) CONSIDERATION FOR CONVEYANCE.—(1) As con-
sideration for the conveyance under subsection (a), the
City shall agree to provide fire suppression services to the
medical center during a period of time to be determined
by the Secretary and the City in accordance with para-
graph (2). If at any time after the conveyance under sub-
section (a) and before the end of that period of time, the
City suspends or terminates the provision of fire suppres-
sion services to the medical center, all right, title, and in-
terest in and to the property conveyed (including any im-
provements thereon) shall revert to the United States and
the United States shall have the right of immediate entry
onto the property.
(2) The period of time to be determined for the pur-
poses of paragraph (1) is the period over which the value
of fire suppression services provided by the City to the
medical center (based on an annual rate agreed upon by
the Secretary and the City) is equivalent to the fair mar-
ket value of the property conveyed, determined as of the
time of the conveyance.
(c) LIMITATION ON USE OF LAND.—The conveyance
under subsection (a) shall be made subject to a condition
that the real property conveyed be used for public pur-
poses only. If the Secretary determines at any time that
any part of the real property conveyed is not being used
for public purposes, all right, title, and interest in and to
the property conveyed (including any improvements there-
on) shall revert to the United States and the United States
shall have the right of immediate entry onto the property.
(d) LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—The exact acreage and
legal description of the real property to be conveyed shall
be determined by surveys that are satisfactory to the Sec-
retary. The cost of any such survey shall be borne by the
City.
(e) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The
Secretary may require such additional terms and condi-
tions in connection with the conveyance under subsection
(a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the
interests of the United States.
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