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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2643
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to convey the Point Arena Light
Station to Point Arena Lighthouse Keepers, Inc., at such time as the
Secretary determines the Light Station to be excess to the needs of
the Coast Guard.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 15, 1995
Mr. RIGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to convey the
Point Arena Light Station to Point Arena Lighthouse
Keepers, Inc., at such time as the Secretary determines
the Light Station to be excess to the needs of the Coast
Guard.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF POINT ARENA LIGHT STA-
TION.
(a) AUTHORITY TO CONVEY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—At such time as the Sec-
retary determines the Point Arena Light Station to
(2) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—In addition to
any term or condition established pursuant to para-
graph (1), any conveyance of property comprising
the Point Arena Light Station pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall be subject to the condition that all
right, title, and interest in and to the property so
conveyed shall immediately revert to the United
States if the property, or any part thereof, ceases to
be maintained as a nonprofit center for public bene-
fit for the interpretation and preservation of the
maritime history of Point Arena, California.
(3) MAINTENANCE
OF
NAVIGATION
FUNC-
TIONS.—Any conveyance of property pursuant to
this section shall be subject to such conditions as the
Secretary considers to be necessary to assure that—
(A) the light, antennas, sound signal, and
associated lighthouse equipment located on the
property conveyed, which are active aids to
navigation, shall continue to be operated and
maintained by the United States for as long as
they are needed for this purpose;
(B) the Point Arena Lighthouse Keepers,
Inc., or any successors or assigns, may not
interfere or allow interference in any manner
with such aids to navigation without express
written permission from the Secretary;
(C) there is reserved to the United States
the right to relocate, replace, or add any aids
to navigation, or make any changes to the Point
Arena Light Station as may be necessary for
navigation purposes;
(D) the United States shall have the right,
at any time, to enter the property conveyed
without notice for the purpose of maintaining
navigation aids;
(E) the United States shall have an ease-
ment of access to such property for the purpose
of maintaining the navigational aids in use on
the property; and
(F) the Point Arena Light Station shall re-
vert to the United States at the end of the 30-
day period beginning on any date on which the
Secretary provides written notice to the Point
Arena Lighthouse Keepers, Inc., that the Point
Arena Light Station is needed for national se-
curity purposes.
(4) MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY.—Any convey-
ance of property under this section shall be subject
to the condition that the Point Arena Lighthouse
Keepers, Inc., shall maintain the Point Arena Light
Station in accordance with the provisions of the Na-
tional Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et
seq.) and other applicable laws.
(5) 
OBLIGATION
LIMITATION.—The 
Point
Arena Lighthouse Keepers, Inc., or any successors
or assigns, shall not have any obligation to maintain
any active aid to navigation equipment on property
conveyed pursuant to this section.
(c) MAINTENANCE STANDARD.—The Point Arena
Lighthouse Keepers, Inc., or any successor or assign, at
its own cost and expense, shall maintain, in a proper, sub-
stantial, and workmanlike manner, all properties con-
veyed.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
(1) the term ‘‘Point Arena Light Station’’
means the Coast Guard property and improvements
located at Point Arena, California, including the
light tower building, fog signal building, 2 small
shelters, 4 residential quarters, and a restroom facil-
ity; and
(2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of the department in which the Coast Guard is oper-
ating.
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