In the Senate of the United States,
July 22, 1997.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2016) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for
military construction, family housing, and base realignment
and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.’’, do
pass with the following
AMENDMENTS:
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SEC. 125. (a) In addition to any reductions required
by this Act, the following funds are hereby reduced from
the following accounts in this Act in the specified
amounts—
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retary of the Navy (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) may lease, without monetary consideration, to the
city and county of Honolulu (hereinafter referred to as the
‘‘city’’) a parcel of land consisting of approximately 300
acres on Waipio Peninsula, Honolulu, Hawaii (hereinafter
referred to as the ‘‘parcel’’).
(b) RELATED EASEMENT.—The Secretary may also
grant, without monetary consideration, an easement on,
over, under and across that certain real property known
as Waipio Point Access Road for access to and operation
of the parcel.
(c) TERM.—The term of the lease and easement author-
ized under this section shall be fifty (50) years.
(d) CONDITION OF USE.—The lease and easement au-
thorized under subsections (a) and (b) shall be subject to
the following conditions:
(1) The city shall use the parcel for development
and operation of a public soccer park and related rec-
reational facilities, and for other civic and public
purposes as may be approved by the Secretary.
(2) Facilities developed on the parcel shall be for
public use and benefit; however, usage fees may be
charged to defray facility operating and maintenance
costs.
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(3) The city shall comply with all explosive safe-
ty criteria affecting the city’s use of the lease and
easement areas, as established by the Secretary in
connection with the explosive safety areas supporting
the ordinance handling wharves located at West Loch
Branch, Naval Magazine, Lualualei, Hawaii.
(4) The city shall, at its own cost and to the sat-
isfaction of the Secretary, make any and all improve-
ments to Waipio Point Access Road which the city de-
termines are necessary to provide onstreet parking
along said road, and adequate access to the parcel, in-
cluding, but not limited to, any necessary appur-
tenant utility and drainage improvements. During
the term of said easement, the cost of maintenance, re-
pair and replacement of said road and improvements
shall be borne by the city.
(5) The city shall install a non-potable irriga-
tion water delivery system to service the parcel, and
in doing so, the city shall size transmission lines ca-
pable of delivering approximately 2.5 million addi-
tional gallons of irrigation water per day to agricul-
tural lands on Waipio Peninsula under the control of
the Secretary.
(e) TERMINATION.—If the Secretary determines at any
time that the parcel is not being used for a purpose specified
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in subsection (d)(1), the lease and easement authorized
under subsections (a) and (b) may be terminated, and all
right, title, and interest in and to such real property, in-
cluding any improvements thereon, shall revert to the Unit-
ed States, and the United States shall have the right of im-
mediate entry thereon.
(f) EFFECT OF EXPIRATION OF LEASE.—Unless other-
wise specifically provided for in this section, at the end of
the lease and easement term, the city shall either convey,
without reimbursement, to the United States, all right, title,
and interest of the city in and to the improvements subject
to said lease and easement, or restore, to the extent prac-
ticable, the lease and easement areas to the satisfaction of
the Secretary.
(g) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage
and legal description of the property subject to this section
shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Sec-
retary. The cost of such survey shall be borne by the city.
(h) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary may require such additional terms and conditions
in connection with the lease and easement to be granted
under this section as the Secretary considers appropriate
to protect the interests of the United States.
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SEC. 128. (a) Not later than 60 days before issuing
any solicitation for a contract with the private sector for
military family housing or military unaccompanied hous-
ing, the Secretary of the military department concerned
shall submit to the congressional defense committees the no-
tice described in subsection (b).
(b)(1) A notice referred to in subsection (a) is a notice
of any guarantee (including the making of mortgage or
rental payments) proposed to be made by the Secretary to
the private party under the contract involved in the event
of—
(A) the closure or realignment of the installation
for which housing is provided under the contract;
(B) a reduction in force of units stationed at
such installation; or
(C) the extended deployment overseas of units
stationed at such installation.
(2) Each notice under this subsection shall specify the
nature of the guarantee involved and assess the extent and
likelihood, if any, of the liability of the Federal Government
with respect to the guarantee.
(c) In this section, the term ‘‘congressional defense
committees’’ means the following:
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(1) The Committee on Armed Services and the
Defense Subcommittee, Committee on Appropriations
of the Senate.
(2) The Committee on National Security and
The National Security Subcommittee, Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
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SEC. 129. Section 303(e) of the 1997 Emergency Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from Natural
Disasters, and for Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts, Including
Those in Bosnia (Public Law 105–18; 111 Stat. 168) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(e) AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS.—The Secretary
may use funds available in the Defense Working Cap-
ital Fund for the payment of the costs of utilities,
maintenance and repair, and improvements entered
into under the lease under this section.’’.
Attest:
Secretary.