Guam Excess Lands Act
PL 103-339 (H.R.2144), enacted 10/06/1994

108 STAT. 3116 
PUBLIC LAW 103-339—OCT. 6, 1994 
Public Law 103-339 
103d Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 6, 1994 
To provide for the transfer of excess land to the Government of Guam, and for 
[H.R. 2144] 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
Guam Excess 
(fig United States of 
America in Congress assembled, 
Lands Act. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the "Guam Excess Lands Act". 
SEC. 2. TRANSFER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—^The Administrator of (Jeneral Services shall, 
subject to section 3, transfer all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the parcels of land described in subsection 
(b) (together with any improvements thereon) to the Government 
of Guam for public benefit use, by quitclaim deed and without 
reimbursement. Such transfers shall take place after a determina-
tion by the head of the Federal agency controlling a parcel that 
the parcel is excess to the needs of such agency. 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF PARCELS To BE TRANSFERRED.—^Unless 
a parcel of land described in this subsection has been disposed 
of under other authority on or before the date of the enactment 
of this Act or is transferred for further Federal utilization as a 
result of the screening required by section 3(a), the parcels of 
land required to be transferred under subsection (a) shall consist 
of the following: 
Navy Parcels 
South Finegayan 
445 acres 
Nimitz Hill Parcels and 1 and 2B 
208 acres 
N A V M A G Parcel 1 
144 acres 
Apra Harbor Parcel 7 
73 acres 
Apra Harbor Parcel 8 
6 acres 
Apra Harbor Parcel 6 
47 acres 
Apra Harbor Parcel 9 
41 acres 
Apra Harbor Parcel 2 
30 acres 
Apra Harbor Parcel 1 
6 acres 
Asan Annex 
17 acres 
NAVCAMS Beach 
14 acres 
A C E O R P Msui Tunnel 
4 acres 
Agat Parcel 3 
5 acres 
Air Force Parcels 
Andersen South (portion of Andersen Admin. Annex) 
395 acres 
Camp Edusa (Family Housing Annex 1) 
103 acres 
Harmon Communication Annex No. 1 
862 acres 
Harmon Housing Annex No. 4 
396 acres 
Harmon POL Storage Annex No. 2 
35 acres 
Harmon VOR Annex 
308 acres 
Harmon POL Storage Annex No. 1 
14 acres 
Andersen Radio Beacon Annex 
23 acres 
Federal Aviation Administration Parcel 
Talofofo "HH" Homer Facility 
37 acres 
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(c) LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—The exact acreages and legal descrip-
tions of all parcels of land to be transferred under this Act shall 
be determined by surveys which are satisfactory to the head of 
the controlling Federal agency referred to in subsection (a). The 
cost of such surveys, together with all direct and indirect costs 
related to any conveyance under this section, shall be borne by 
such controlling Federal agency. 
SEC. 3. TERMS AND CONDITIONS. 
(a) FURTHER FEDERAL UTILIZATION SCREENING.—Parcels of land 
determined to be excess property pursuant to section 2 shall be 
screened for further Federal utilization in accordance with the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 
471 et seq.) and such screening will be completed within 45 days 
after the date on which they are determined to be excess. 
(b) APPRAISALS.—^The Administrator shall promptly appraise 
those parcels that are not needed for further Federal utilization 
to determine their estimated fair market value. The head of the 
Federal agency which controls such parcels shall cooperate with 
the Administrator in carrying out appraisals under this section. 
The Administrator shall submit a copy of the appraisals to the 
committees of the Congress specified in subsection (d). The cost 
of such appraisals shall be paid for under section 204(b) of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 
485(b)). 
(c) LAND USE PLAN.—The parcels of land to be transferred 
under this Act shall be eligible for transfer after the Government 
of Guam enacts legislation which establishes a detailed plan for 
the public benefit use (including, but not limited to, housing, schools, 
hospitals, libraries, child care centers, parks and recreation, con-
servation, economic development, public health, and public safety) 
of such parcels and the Governor of Guam submits such plan 
to the committees of the Congress specified in subsection (d). 
(d) SUBMISSIONS.—The appraisals and land use plan required 
to be submitted to the committees of the Congress under subsections 
(b) and (c) shall be submitted to the Committee on Natural 
Resources, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Government Operations and the Committee on Merchant Marine 
and Fisheries of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources, the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices, and the Committee on Grovernmental Affairs of the Senate. 
(e) REVIEW BY COMMITTEES.—Parcels of land may not be trans-
ferred under this Act until 180 days after the submission to the 
committees of the Congress specified in subsection (d) o
f
— 
(1) the appraisals provided for in subsection (b), and 
(2) the land use plan provided for in subsection (c). 
(f) GOVERNMENT OF GUAM LANDS WITHIN THE WAR IN THE 
PACIFIC NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.—Parcels of land may not be 
transferred under this Act until after the Government of Guam 
enters into a cooperative agreement with the Secretary of the 
Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, 
which grants to the Secretary, at no cost, the administrative juris-
diction over all undeveloped lands within the boundary of the 
War in the Pacific National Historical Park, except those lands 
at Adelup Point, which are owned by the Government of Guam. 
The lands covered by such cooperative agreement shall be managed 
in accordance with the general management plan of the park and 
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in the same manner as lands within the park that are owned 
by the United States. 
SEC. 
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OBJECTS 
AFFECTING 
NAVIGABLE 
AIRSPACE. 
The conveyance document for any land transferred under this 
Act located within 6 nautical miles of an airport shall contain 
a provision that requires a determination of no hazard to air naviga-
tion to be obtained from the Federal Aviation Administration in 
accordance with applicable regulations governing objects affecting 
navigable airspace or under the authority of the Federal Aviation 
Act of 1958 (Public Law 85-726, as amended) in order for construc-
tion or alteration on the property to be permitted. 
SEC. 5. SEVERE CONTAMINATION. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Adminis-
trator of Greneral Services, in his discretion, may choose not to 
transfer any parcel under this Act on which there is severe contami-
nation, the remedy of which would require the United States to 
incur extraordinary costs. 
SEC. 6. APPUCATION OF FEDERAL AND TERRITORIAL LAWS. 
All Federal and territorial environmental laws and regulations 
shall apply to the parcels transferred pursuant to this Act during 
and after the transfer of such parcels. 
Approved October 6, 1994. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2144: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 103-391, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Natural Resources). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 103-293 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 140 (1994): 
Jan. 26, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 21, considered and passed Senate.