Title: To provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation located in Dillingham, Alaska, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to convey specified property in Dillingham, Alaska, to the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation for use in connection with health and social services programs.
The conveyance shall not require any consideration from, or impose any obligation, term, or condition on, the corporation or allow for any U.S. reversionary interest in the property.
The corporation shall not be liable for any environmental contamination that occurred before the conveyance.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 444 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 444

 To provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Bristol Bay 
 Area Health Corporation located in Dillingham, Alaska, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 2021

  Mr. Young introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Bristol Bay 
 Area Health Corporation located in Dillingham, Alaska, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY TO THE BRISTOL BAY AREA HEALTH 
              CORPORATION.

    (a) Conveyance of Property.--
            (1) In general.--As soon as practicable, but not later than 
        180 days, after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
        Secretary shall convey to the Bristol Bay Area Health 
        Corporation located in Dillingham, Alaska (referred to in this 
        section as the ``Corporation''), all right, title, and interest 
        of the United States in and to the property described in 
        subsection (b) for use in connection with health and social 
        services programs.
            (2) Effect on any quitclaim deed.--The conveyance by the 
        Secretary of title by warranty deed under this subsection 
        shall, on the effective date of the conveyance, supersede and 
        render of no future effect any quitclaim deed to the property 
        described in subsection (b) executed by the Secretary and the 
        Corporation.
            (3) Conditions.--The conveyance of the property under this 
        section--
                    (A) shall be made by warranty deed; and
                    (B) shall not--
                            (i) require any consideration from the 
                        Corporation for the property;
                            (ii) impose any obligation, term, or 
                        condition on the Corporation; or
                            (iii) allow for any reversionary interest 
                        of the United States in the property.
    (b) Property Described.--The property, including all land, 
improvements, and appurtenances, described in this subsection is the 
property included in Dental Annex Subdivision, creating tract 1, a 
subdivision of Lot 2 of U.S. Survey No. 2013, located in Section 36, 
Township 13 South, Range 56 West, Seward Meridian, Bristol Bay 
Recording District, Dillingham, Alaska, according to Plat No. 2015-8, 
recorded on May 28, 2015, in the Bristol Bay Recording District, 
Dillingham, Alaska, containing 1.474 acres more or less.
    (c) Environmental Liability.--
            (1) Liability.--
                    (A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, the Corporation shall not be liable 
                for any soil, surface water, groundwater, or other 
                contamination resulting from the disposal, release, or 
                presence of any environmental contamination on any 
                portion of the property described in subsection (b) on 
                or before the date on which the property is conveyed to 
                the Corporation.
                    (B) Environmental contamination.--An environmental 
                contamination described in subparagraph (A) includes 
                any oil or petroleum products, hazardous substances, 
                hazardous materials, hazardous waste, pollutants, toxic 
                substances, solid waste, or any other environmental 
                contamination or hazard as defined in any Federal or 
                State of Alaska law.
            (2) Easement.--The Secretary shall be accorded any easement 
        or access to the property conveyed under this section as may be 
        reasonably necessary to satisfy any retained obligation or 
        liability of the Secretary.
            (3) Notice of hazardous substance activity and warranty.--
        In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall comply with 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 120(h)(3) of the 
        Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
        Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)(3)).
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