To provide for the land exchange involving Navy Outlying Landing Field Site 8 in Escambia County, Florida.

Bill: 114-hr-1451
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2015-03-18
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Florida

Land transfers

Military facilities and property
Latest action: action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Authorizes the Navy to convey to Escambia County, Florida, a parcel of real property containing Navy Outlying Landing Field Site 8 associated with Naval Air Station, Whiting Field, Milton, Florida, in exchange for land in Santa Rosa County, Florida, that is suitable for use as a Navy outlying landing field to replace Field Site 8.</p> <p>Requires Escambia County to reimburse the Navy for surveys, environmental documentation, and other administrative costs related to the land exchange, as well as for costs associated with relocation of activities and facilities to the replacement location.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1451 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 18, 2015 Mr. Miller of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To provide for the land exchange involving Navy Outlying Landing Field Site 8 in Escambia County, Florida.

1. Land exchange, Navy outlying landing field, Naval Air Station, Whiting Field, Florida (a) Land exchange authorized The Secretary of the Navy (in this section referred to as the Secretary ) may convey to Escambia County, Florida (in this section referred to as the County ), all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real property, including any improvements thereon, containing Navy Outlying Landing Field Site 8 in Escambia County associated with Naval Air Station, Whiting Field, Milton, Florida. (b) Land To be acquired In exchange for the property described in subsection (a), the County shall convey to the Secretary land and improvements thereon in Santa Rosa County, Florida, that is acceptable to the Secretary and suitable for use as a Navy outlying landing field to replace Navy Outlying Landing Field Site 8. (c) Payment of costs of conveyance (1) Payment required The Secretary shall require the County to fund costs to be incurred by the Secretary, or to reimburse the Secretary for such costs incurred by the Secretary, to carry out the land exchange under this section, including survey costs, costs for environmental documentation, other administrative costs related to the land exchange, and all costs associated with relocation of activities and facilities from Navy Outlying Landing Field Site 8 to the replacement location. 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 land exchange, 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 land exchange. 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. (d) Description of property The exact acreage and legal description of the property to be exchanged under this section shall be determined by surveys satisfactory to the Secretary. (e) Land exchange agreement The exchange of real property under this section shall be accomplished using a quit claim deed or other legal instrument and upon terms and conditions mutually satisfactory to the Secretary and the County, including such additional terms and conditions as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.