To provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation located in Bethel, Alaska.

Bill: 114-hr-521
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Health facilities and institutions
Land transfers
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convey specified property (22.98 acres) to the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation located in Bethel, Alaska, for use in connection with health and social services programs. States that the Secretary's conveyance of title by warranty deed shall, on its effective date, supersede and render of no future effect any quitclaim deed to the property executed by the Secretary and the Corporation. 
 
Specifies that the conveyance of such property under this Act: 
 
 
shall be made by warranty deed;
 
shall not require any consideration from the Corporation for the property;
 
shall not impose any obligation, term, or condition on the Corporation; and 
 
shall not allow for any reversionary interest of the United States in the property. 
 
 
Shields the Corporation from liability for any environmental contamination on the conveyed property. Requires the Secretary to: (1) be accorded access to the conveyed property as may be reasonably necessary to satisfy any retained obligations and liability; and (2) comply with requirements of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 regarding the transfer of U.S. real property on which any hazardous substance was stored for one year or more, disposed of, or known to have been released.

action_date: 2015-07-22
text: 
 (Sec. 1) Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convey to the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation in Bethel, Alaska, all U.S. interest in specified property for use in connection with health and social services programs. 
 
Declares that such conveyance shall not: (1) require any consideration from or impose any obligation, term, or condition on the Corporation; or (2) allow for any U.S. reversionary interest in the property.
 
(Sec. 3) Shields the Corporation from liability for any soil, surface water, groundwater, or other contamination resulting from the disposal, release, or presence of environmental contamination on any of the property on or before it is conveyed to the Corporation.
 
Accords to HHS any easement or access to the conveyed property as may be necessary to satisfy any retained obligations and liability. Requires HHS to comply with Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 requirements in carrying out such conveyance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 163.
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-217, Part I.
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-217, Part I.
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: 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.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: 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.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: 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.
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Introduced in House