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SEC. 612. DISPOSITION OF INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED TO 
E–LORAN. 
(a) DISPOSITION OF INFRASTRUCTURE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 17 of title 14, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 681. Disposition of infrastructure related to E– 
LORAN 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may not carry out 
activities related to the dismantling or disposal of infra-
structure comprising the LORAN–C system until the date 
on which the Secretary provides to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate notice 
of a determination by the Secretary that such infrastruc-
ture is not required to provide a positioning, navigation, 
and timing system to provide redundant capability in the 
event the Global Positioning System signals are disrupted. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) does not apply to 
activities necessary for the safety of human life. 
‘‘(c) DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On any date after the noti-
fication is made under subsection (a), the Adminis-
trator of General Services, acting on behalf of the 
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Secretary, may, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, sell any real and personal property under the 
administrative control of the Coast Guard and used 
for the LORAN–C system, subject to such terms 
and conditions that the Secretary believes to be nec-
essary to protect government interests and program 
requirements of the Coast Guard. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF PROCEEDS.— 
‘‘(A) AVAILABILITY
OF
PROCEEDS.—The 
proceeds of such sales, less the costs of sale in-
curred by the General Services Administration, 
shall be deposited as offsetting collections into 
the Coast Guard ‘Environmental Compliance 
and Restoration’ account and, without further 
appropriation, shall be available until expended 
for— 
‘‘(i) environmental compliance and 
restoration purposes associated with the 
LORAN–C system; 
‘‘(ii) the costs of securing and main-
taining equipment that may be used as a 
backup to the Global Positioning System 
or to meet any other Federal navigation 
requirement; 
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‘‘(iii) the demolition of improvements 
on such real property; and 
‘‘(iv) the costs associated with the sale 
of such real and personal property, includ-
ing due diligence requirements, necessary 
environmental remediation, and reimburse-
ment of expenses incurred by the General 
Services Administration. 
‘‘(B) OTHER
ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLI-
ANCE
AND
RESTORATION
ACTIVITIES.—After 
the completion of activities described in sub-
paragraph (A), the unexpended balances of 
such proceeds shall be available for any other 
environmental compliance and restoration ac-
tivities of the Coast Guard.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘681. Disposition of infrastructure related to E–LORAN.’’. 
(3) CONFORMING REPEALS.— 
(A) Section 229 of the Howard Coble 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act 
of 2014 (Public Law 113–281; 128 Stat. 
3040), and the item relating to that section in 
section 2 of such Act, are repealed. 
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(B) Subsection 559(e) of the Department 
of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010 
(Public Law 111–83; 123 Stat. 2180) is re-
pealed. 
(b) AGREEMENTS
TO
DEVELOP
BACKUP
POSI-
TIONING, NAVIGATION, AND TIMING SYSTEM.—Section 
93(a) of title 14, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end of paragraph 
(23), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (24) 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding at the end the fol-
lowing the following: 
‘‘(25) enter into cooperative agreements, con-
tracts, and other agreements with Federal entities 
and other public or private entities, including aca-
demic entities, to develop a positioning, navigation, 
and timing system to provide redundant capability in 
the event Global Positioning System signals are dis-
rupted, which may consist of an enhanced LORAN 
system.’’. 
SEC. 613. PARKING. 
Section 611(a) of the Howard Coble Coast Guard and 
Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 
281; 128 Stat. 3064) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
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‘‘(3) REIMBURSEMENT.—Through September 30, 
2017, additional parking made available under paragraph 
(2) shall be made available at no cost to the Coast Guard 
or members and employees of the Coast Guard.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 10, 
2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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