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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4622
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to convey for scrapping to
the Mariners’ Museum in Newport News, Virginia, a vessel in the Na-
tional Defense Reserve Fleet that is scheduled to be scrapped.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 22, 1994
Mr. BATEMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to convey for
scrapping to the Mariners’ Museum in Newport News,
Virginia, a vessel in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
that is scheduled to be scrapped.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF NDRF VESSELS FOR SCRAP-
PING BY THE MARINERS’ MUSEUM IN NEW-
PORT NEWS, VIRGINIA.
(a) VESSEL CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
law and subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of
Transportation shall convey to the Mariners’ Mu-
seum (a not-for-profit educational institution located
in Newport News, Virginia; in this section referred
to as the ‘‘Museum’’), without consideration, all
right, title, and interest of the United States Gov-
ernment in—
(A) 
the 
GENERAL 
ALEXANDER
PATCH (a vessel in the National Defense Re-
serve Fleet); or
(B) any other vessel which—
(i) is in the National Defense Reserve
Fleet on the date of the enactment of this
section;
(ii) is of a tonnage approximately
equivalent to the tonnage of the GEN-
ERAL ALEXANDER PATCH;
(iii) has no usefulness to the Govern-
ment; and
(iv) is scheduled to be scrapped.
(2) CONDITION.—As a condition of conveying
any vessel to the Museum pursuant to this section,
the Secretary shall require that the Museum enter
into an agreement with the Secretary which requires
that the Museum—
(A) sell the vessel for scrap purposes;
(B) use the proceeds of that scrapping for
expenses directly related to the computerization
and national accessibility of the library and ar-
chives of the Museum in accordance with para-
graph (3); and
(C) contribute from non-Federal sources,
at least 30 percent of the reasonably antici-
pated costs of that computerization, which may
be in the form of payment by the Museum of
overhead costs related to that computerization.
(3) AUTHORIZED
USES
OF
PROCEEDS.—The
Secretary shall ensure that under the agreement
under paragraph (2) the uses for which the Museum
is authorized to use proceeds of any vessel conveyed
to the Museum under this section include—
(A) data entry;
(B) data base searches and the production
of records and cards;
(C) archives conversion;
(D) acquisition of personal computers;
(E) scanning of unique materials; and
(F) other expenses related to provision of
on-line computer access to the library and ar-
chives of the Museum.
(b) DELIVERY.—The Secretary shall deliver any ves-
sel conveyed under this section to the Museum—
(1) at the place where the vessel is located on
the date of the approval of the conveyance;
(2) in its condition on that date; and
(3) without cost to the Government.
(c) EXPIRATION.—The authority of the Secretary to
convey vessels under this section expires on the date which
is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS AVAILABLE TO MU-
SEUM.—Amounts available to, or used by, the Museum
pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection (a)(2)
shall not be considered in any determination of the eligi-
bility of the Museum for financial assistance under any
other Federal law.
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