To provide for the conveyance of unused Federal property administered by the Department of the Navy at the site of the former Oxnard Air Force Base, Ventura County, California.

Bill: 113-hr-1581
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2013-04-16
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports

California

Land transfers

Military facilities and property
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-04-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, at such time as the Navy vacates the real property known as the DOD Camarillo Airport, to convey such property to Ventura County, California, in order for the County to use such property for airport-related purposes.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1581 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 16, 2013 Ms. Brownley of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To provide for the conveyance of unused Federal property administered by the Department of the Navy at the site of the former Oxnard Air Force Base, Ventura County, California.

1. Land conveyance, former Oxnard Air Force Base, Ventura County, California (a) Conveyance authorized At such time as the Department of the Navy vacates the parcel of real property known as DOD Camarillo Airport, which was originally deeded to the Department of Defense at no cost by Ventura County, California (in this section referred to as the County ), is located at the site of former Oxnard Air Force Base and adjacent to County-operated Camarillo Airport, and is administered by Naval Base Ventura County, the Secretary of the Navy may convey, without consideration, to the County all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the real property, including any improvements thereon, for the purpose of permitting the County to use the property for airport-related activities. (b) Payment of costs of conveyance (1) Payment required The Secretary of the Navy shall require the County to cover costs (except costs for environmental remediation of the property) to be incurred by the Secretary, or to reimburse the Secretary for such costs incurred by the Secretary, to carry out the conveyance under subsection (a), including survey costs, costs for environmental documentation, and any other administrative costs related to the conveyance. If amounts are collected from the County in advance of the Secretary incurring the actual costs, and the amount collected exceeds the costs actually incurred by the Secretary to carry out the conveyance, the Secretary shall refund the excess amount to the County. (2) Treatment of amounts received Amounts received as reimbursement under paragraph (1) shall be credited to the fund or account that was used to cover those costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out the conveyance. Amounts so credited shall be merged with amounts in such fund or account, and shall be available for the same purposes, and subject to the same conditions and limitations, as amounts in such fund or account. (c) Description of property The exact acreage and legal description of the property to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary of the Navy. (d) Additional terms The Secretary of the Navy may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.