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(ii) is financially able to maintain the historic light station 
in accordance with the conditions set forth in section 305104 
of this title. 
(3) FEDERAL AID TO NAVIGATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Federal aid to navigation’’ means 
any device, operated and maintained by the United States, exter-
nal to a vessel or aircraft, intended to assist a navigator to deter-
mine position or safe course, or to warn of dangers or obstructions 
to navigation. 
(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Federal aid to navigation’’ in-
cludes a light, lens, lantern, antenna, sound signal, camera, sen-
sor, piece of electronic navigation equipment, power source, or 
other piece of equipment associated with a device described in sub-
paragraph (A). 
(4) HISTORIC LIGHT STATION.—The term ‘‘historic light station’’ in-
cludes the light tower, lighthouse, keeper’s dwelling, garages, storage 
sheds, oil house, fog signal building, boat house, barn, pumphouse, 
tramhouse support structures, piers, walkways, underlying and appur-
tenant land and related real property and improvements associated 
with a historic light station that is a historic property. 
§ 305102. Duties of Secretary in providing a national his-
toric light station program 
To provide a national historic light station program, the Secretary shall— 
(1) collect and disseminate information concerning historic light sta-
tions; 
(2) foster educational programs relating to the history, practice, and 
contribution to society of historic light stations; 
(3) sponsor or conduct research and study into the history of light 
stations; 
(4) maintain a listing of historic light stations; and 
(5) assess the effectiveness of the program established by this chap-
ter regarding the conveyance of historic light stations. 
§ 305103. Selection of eligible entity and conveyance of his-
toric light stations 
(a) PROCESS AND POLICIES.—The Secretary and the Administrator shall 
maintain a process and policies for identifying, and selecting, an eligible en-
tity to which a historic light station could be conveyed for education, park, 
recreation, cultural, or historic preservation purposes, and to monitor the 
use of the light station by the eligible entity. 
(b) APPLICATION REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
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(A) review all applications for the conveyance of a historic light 
station, when the agency with administrative jurisdiction over the 
historic light station has determined the property to be excess 
property (as that term is defined in section 102 of title 40); and 
(B) forward to the Administrator a single approved application 
for the conveyance of the historic light station. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—When selecting an eligible entity, the Secretary 
shall consult with the State Historic Preservation Officer of the State 
in which the historic light station is located. 
(c) CONVEYANCE OR SALE OF HISTORIC LIGHT STATIONS.— 
(1) CONVEYANCE BY ADMINISTRATOR.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), after the Secretary’s selection of an eligible entity, the Ad-
ministrator shall convey, by quitclaim deed, without consideration, all 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a historic light 
station, subject to the conditions set forth in section 305104 of this 
title. The conveyance of a historic light station under this chapter shall 
not be subject to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11301 et seq.) or section 416(d) of the Coast Guard Authoriza-
tion Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–383, 14 U.S.C. 93 note). 
(2) HISTORIC LIGHT STATION LOCATED WITHIN A SYSTEM UNIT OR 
A REFUGE WITHIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM.— 
(A) APPROVAL OF SECRETARY REQUIRED.—A historic light sta-
tion located within the exterior boundaries of a System unit or a 
refuge within the National Wildlife Refuge System shall be con-
veyed or sold only with the approval of the Secretary. 
(B) CONDITIONS OF CONVEYANCE.—If the Secretary approves 
the conveyance of a historic light station described in subpara-
graph (A), the conveyance shall be subject to the conditions set 
forth in section 305104 of this title and any other terms or condi-
tions that the Secretary considers necessary to protect the re-
sources of the System unit or wildlife refuge. 
(C) CONDITIONS OF SALE.—If the Secretary approves the sale 
of a historic light station described in subparagraph (A), the sale 
shall be subject to the conditions set forth in paragraphs (1) to 
(4) and (8) of subsection (a), and subsection (b), of section 
305104 of this title and any other terms or conditions that the 
Secretary considers necessary to protect the resources of the Sys-
tem unit or wildlife refuge. 
(D) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary is encouraged 
to enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate eligible enti-
ties with respect to historic light stations described in subpara-
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graph (A), as provided in this division, to the extent that the coop-
erative agreements are consistent with the Secretary’s responsibil-
ities to manage and administer the System unit or wildlife refuge. 
§ 305104. Terms of conveyance 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The conveyance of a historic light station shall be 
made subject to any conditions, including the reservation of easements and 
other rights on behalf of the United States, that the Administrator con-
siders necessary to ensure that— 
(1) the Federal aids to navigation located at the historic light station 
in operation on the date of conveyance remain the personal property 
of the United States and continue to be operated and maintained by 
the United States for as long as needed for navigational purposes; 
(2) there is reserved to the United States the right to remove, re-
place, or install any Federal aid to navigation located at the historic 
light station as may be necessary for navigational purposes; 
(3) the eligible entity to which the historic light station is conveyed 
shall not interfere or allow interference in any manner with any Fed-
eral aid to navigation or hinder activities required for the operation and 
maintenance of any Federal aid to navigation without the express writ-
ten permission of the head of the agency responsible for maintaining 
the Federal aid to navigation; 
(4)(A) the eligible entity to which the historic light station is con-
veyed shall, at its own cost and expense, use and maintain the historic 
light station in accordance with this division, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties contained in 
part 68 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, and other applicable 
laws; and 
(B) any proposed changes to the historic light station shall be re-
viewed and approved by the Secretary in consultation with the State 
Historic Preservation Officer of the State in which the historic light 
station is located, for consistency with section 800.5(a)(2)(vii) of title 
36, Code of Federal Regulations and the Secretary’s Standards for Re-
habilitation contained in section 67.7 of title 36, Code of Federal Regu-
lations; 
(5) the eligible entity to which the historic light station is conveyed 
shall make the historic light station available for education, park, recre-
ation, cultural, or historic preservation purposes for the general public 
at reasonable times and under reasonable conditions; 
(6) the eligible entity to which the historic light station is conveyed 
shall not sell, convey, assign, exchange, or encumber the historic light 
station, any part of the historic light station, or any associated historic 
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artifact conveyed to the eligible entity in conjunction with the historic 
light station conveyance, including any lens or lantern, unless the sale, 
conveyance, assignment, exchange, or encumbrance is approved by the 
Secretary; 
(7) the eligible entity to which the historic light station is conveyed 
shall not conduct any commercial activity at the historic light station, 
at any part of the historic light station, or in connection with any asso-
ciated historic artifact conveyed to the eligible entity in conjunction 
with the historic light station conveyance, in any manner, unless the 
commercial activity is approved by the Secretary; and 
(8) the United States shall have the right, at any time, to enter the 
historic light station without notice, for purposes of operating, main-
taining, and inspecting any aid to navigation and for the purpose of 
ensuring compliance with this section, to the extent that it is not pos-
sible to provide advance notice. 
(b) MAINTENANCE OF AID TO NAVIGATION.—Any eligible entity to which 
a historic light station is conveyed shall not be required to maintain any 
Federal aid to navigation associated with a historic light station, except any 
private aid to navigation permitted to the eligible entity under section 83 
of title 14. 
(c) REVERSION.—In addition to any term or condition established pursu-
ant to this section, the conveyance of a historic light station shall include 
a condition that the historic light station, or any associated historic artifact 
conveyed to the eligible entity in conjunction with the historic light station 
conveyance, including any lens or lantern, at the option of the Adminis-
trator, shall revert to the United States and be placed under the administra-
tive control of the Administrator, if— 
(1) the historic light station, any part of the historic light station, 
or any associated historic artifact ceases to be available for education, 
park, recreation, cultural, or historic preservation purposes for the gen-
eral public at reasonable times and under reasonable conditions that 
shall be set forth in the eligible entity’s application; 
(2) the historic light station or any part of the historic light station 
ceases to be maintained in a manner that ensures its present or future 
use as a site for a Federal aid to navigation; 
(3) the historic light station, any part of the historic light station, 
or any associated historic artifact ceases to be maintained in compli-
ance with this division, the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for 
the Treatment of Historic Properties contained in part 68 of title 36, 
Code of Federal Regulations, and other applicable laws; 
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