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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5355 
To prohibit the Department of Defense from retaining any interest in real 
property disposed of pursuant to a base closure law when that property 
was originally acquired by the United States by donation for the purpose 
of establishing or expanding a military installation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 31, 2014 
Mr. MCALLISTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Department of Defense from retaining any 
interest in real property disposed of pursuant to a base 
closure law when that property was originally acquired 
by the United States by donation for the purpose of 
establishing or expanding a military installation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CONDITION ON DISPOSAL OF BASE CLOSURE 
REAL PROPERTY ORIGINALLY ACQUIRED BY 
THE UNITED STATES BY DONATION. 
(a) CONVEYANCE OF FULL INTEREST IN DONATED 
REAL PROPERTY.—Whenever a military installation is 
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closed pursuant to a base closure law and the military in-
stallation contains real property that was originally ac-
quired by the United States by donation for the purpose 
of establishing or expanding the installation, the convey-
ance of the real property originally acquired by donation 
shall include, except as provided in subsection (b), all 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
the property at the time of the conveyance. 
(b) RETENTION OF REVERSIONARY INTERESTS.—If 
real property described in subsection (a) is conveyed by 
the United States without consideration or for consider-
ation equal to less than the fair market value of the prop-
erty to support the subsequent use of the conveyed prop-
erty for a public purpose or use, the Secretary of Defense 
may authorize the retention of a reversionary interest to 
ensure that the conveyed property is used for that public 
purpose. 
(c) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—In the case of real 
property described in subsection (a) that was conveyed be-
fore the date of the enactment of this Act pursuant to 
a base closure law, the Secretary of Defense shall convey 
to the recipient of the property, not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, all right, title, 
and interest in and to the property (other than an interest 
described in subsection (b)) that was retained by the 
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United States upon the original conveyance of the prop-
erty to the recipient. 
(d) BASE CLOSURE LAW DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘base closure law’’ means— 
(1) the Defense Base Closure and Realignment 
Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 
101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note); 
(2) title II of the Defense Authorization 
Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment 
Act (Public Law 100–526; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note); 
(3) section 2687 of title 10, United States 
Code, if the authority of such section is used after 
the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(4) any other law enacted after the date of the 
enactment of this Act that provides for the closure 
of military installations. 
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