Title: A bill to modify the authorized uses of certain property conveyed by the United States in Los Angeles, California.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
This bill requires the portion of the property known as the Veterans' Administration Center Reservation in Los Angeles California, which was conveyed by the General Services Administration (GSA) to the state of California for a proposed National Guard Armory, to be used for purposes of meeting the needs of the homeless.
The bill directs the state to submit an application to the GSA for the use of such property to meet the needs of the homeless.
The GSA and the Department of Health and Human Services must jointly determine whether the use of the property described in the application is a use for meeting the needs of the homeless.
If it is determined that the proposed use of the property is for meeting the needs of the homeless, the GSA must modify the deed of conveyance for such property to authorize its use for homeless needs.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 974 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 974

   To modify the authorized uses of certain property conveyed by the 
               United States in Los Angeles, California.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 1, 2019

 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Ms. Harris) introduced the following 
   bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To modify the authorized uses of certain property conveyed by the 
               United States in Los Angeles, California.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORIZED USES OF CERTAIN PROPERTY CONVEYED 
              BY THE UNITED STATES IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

    (a) In General.--Section 2 of Public Law 85-236 (71 Stat. 517) is 
amended in the first sentence by inserting after ``for other military 
purposes'' the following: ``and for purposes of meeting the needs of 
the homeless (as that term is defined in section 103 of the McKinney-
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302))''.
    (b) Modification of Use.--
            (1) Application.--The State of California shall submit to 
        the Administrator of General Services an application for use of 
        the property conveyed by section 2 of Public Law 85-236 for 
        purposes of meeting the needs of the homeless in accordance 
        with the amendment made by subsection (a).
            (2) Review of application.--Not later than 60 days after 
        the date of receipt of an application pursuant to paragraph 
        (1), the Administrator and the Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services shall jointly determine whether the use of the 
        property described in the application is a use for purposes of 
        meeting the needs of the homeless.
            (3) Modification of instrument of conveyance.--If the 
        Administrator and the Secretary jointly determine that the use 
        of the property described in the application is for purposes of 
        meeting the needs of the homeless, the Administrator shall 
        execute and record in the appropriate office an instrument of 
        modification of the deed of conveyance executed pursuant to 
        Public Law 85-236 in order to authorize such use of the 
        property. The instrument shall include such additional terms 
        and conditions as the Administrator considers appropriate to 
        protect the interests of the United States.
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