2000
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107th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2371
To authorize the transfer and conveyance of real property at the Naval
Security Group Activity, Winter Harbor, Maine, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 28, 2001
Mr. Baldacci (for himself and Mr. Allen) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL
To authorize the transfer and conveyance of real property at the Naval
Security Group Activity, Winter Harbor, Maine, 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. LAND TRANSFER AND CONVEYANCE, NAVAL SECURITY GROUP ACTIVITY,
WINTER HARBOR, MAINE.
(a) Transfer of Jurisdiction of Schoodic Point Property
Authorized.--(1) The Secretary of the Navy may transfer, without
consideration, to the Secretary of the Interior administrative
jurisdiction of a parcel of real property, including any improvements
thereon and appurtenances thereto, consisting of approximately 26 acres
as generally depicted as Tract 15-116 on the map entitled ``Acadia
National Park Schoodic Point Area'', numbered 123/80,418 and dated May
2001. The map shall be on file and available for inspection in the
appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
(2) The transfer authorized by this subsection shall occur, if at
all, concurrently with the reversion of administrative jurisdiction of
a parcel of real property consisting of approximately 71 acres, as
depicted as Tract 15-115 on the map referred to in paragraph (1), from
the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of the Interior as
authorized by Public Law 80-260 (61 Stat. 519) and to be executed on or
about June 30, 2002.
(b) Conveyance of Corea and Winter Harbor Properties Authorized.--
The Secretary of the Navy may convey, without consideration, to the
State of Maine, any political subdivision of the State of Maine, or any
tax-supported agency in the State of Maine, all right, title, and
interest of the United States in and to any of the parcels of real
property, including any improvements thereon and appurtenances thereto,
consisting of approximately 485 acres and comprising the former
facilities of the Naval Security Group Activity, Winter Harbor, Maine,
located in Hancock County, Maine, except for the real property
described in subsection (a)(1).
(c) Transfer of Personal Property.--The Secretary of the Navy shall
transfer, without consideration, to the Secretary of the Interior in
the case of the real property transferred under subsection (a), or to
any recipient of such real property in the case of real property
conveyed under subsection (b), any or all personal property associated
with such real property so transferred or conveyed, including--
(1) the ambulances and any fire trucks or other
firefighting equipment; and
(2) any personal property required to continue the
maintenance of the infrastructure of such real property,
including the generators and an uninterrupted power supply in
building 154 at the Corea site.
(d) Maintenance of Property Pending Conveyance.--The Secretary of
the Navy shall maintain any real property, including any improvements
thereon, appurtenances thereto, and supporting infrastructure, to be
conveyed under subsection (b) in accordance with the protection and
maintenance standards specified in section 101-47.4913 of title 41,
Code of Federal Regulations, until the earlier of--
(1) the date of the conveyance of such real property under
subsection (b); or
(2) September 30, 2003.
(e) Interim Lease.--(1) Until such time as any parcel of real
property to be conveyed under subsection (b) is conveyed by deed under
that subsection, the Secretary of the Navy may lease such parcel to any
person or entity determined by the Secretary to be an appropriate
lessee of such parcel.
(2) The amount of rent for a lease under paragraph (1) shall be the
amount determined by the Secretary to be appropriate, and may be an
amount less than the fair market value of the lease.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall
credit any amount received for a lease of real property under paragraph
(1) to the appropriation or account providing funds for the operation
and maintenance of such property or for the procurement of utility
services for such property. Amounts so credited shall be merged with
funds in the appropriation or account to which credited, and shall be
available for the same purposes, and subject to the same conditions and
limitations, as the funds with which merged.
(f) Reimbursement for Environmental and Other Assessments.--(1) The
Secretary of the Navy may require each recipient of real property
conveyed under subsection (b) to reimburse the Secretary for the costs
incurred by the Secretary for any environmental assessment, study, or
analysis carried out by the Secretary with respect to such property
before completing the conveyance under that subsection.
(2) The amount of any reimbursement required under paragraph (1)
shall be determined by the Secretary, but may not exceed the cost of
the assessment, study, or analysis for which reimbursement is required.
(3) Section 2695(c) of title 10, United States Code, shall apply to
any amount received by the Secretary under this subsection.
(g) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal
description of the real property transferred under subsection (a), and
each parcel of real property conveyed under subsection (b), shall be
determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary of the Navy. The
cost of any survey under the preceding sentence for real property
conveyed under subsection (b) shall be borne by the recipient of the
real property.
(h) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary of the Navy may
require such additional terms and conditions in connection with any
conveyance under subsection (b), and any lease under subsection (e), as
the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the
United States.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
The Secretary of Defense shall transfer to the Secretary of the
Interior amounts as follows:
(1) $5,000,000 for purposes of capital investments for the
development of a research and education center at Acadia
National Park, Maine.
(2) $1,400,000 for purposes of operation and maintenance
activities at Acadia National Park Maine.
SEC. 3. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
(a) Grant Assistance for Town of Winter Harbor.--(1) The Secretary
of the Navy shall, by grant, provide financial assistance to the Town
of Winter Harbor, Maine (in this subsection referred to as the
``Town''), in each of fiscal years 2002, 2003, and 2004, for the
purpose of reimbursing the Town for costs incurred in making
improvements to the water and sewer systems of the Town for the benefit
of the Naval Security Group Activity, Winter Harbor, Maine, located in
Hancock County, Maine.
(2) The amount of the grant under paragraph (1) in fiscal year 2002
shall be $68,000.
(3) The amount of the grant under paragraph (1) in each of fiscal
years 2003 and 2004 shall be the amount, not to exceed $68,000, jointly
determined by the Secretary and the Town to be appropriate to reimburse
the Town as described in that paragraph in the applicable fiscal year.
(b) Grant Assistance for School Administrative District.--(1) The
Secretary shall, by grant, provide financial assistance to the School
Administrative District (SAD) operating Sumner High School, Sullivan,
Maine.
(2) The purpose of the grant is to offset the loss of impac
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under title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
that the local educational agency experienced for fiscal years 2000 and
2001 as a result of the closure of the Naval Security Group Activity,
Winter Harbor, Maine.
(3) The amount of the grant under paragraph (1) shall be $86,000.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) Transfers of Funds to Department of Interior.--There is hereby
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal
year 2002, $6,400,000 for purposes of the transfers of funds required
by section 2.
(b) Grants.--There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the
Department of the Navy for purposes of the grants required by section
3, amounts as follows:
(1) For fiscal year 2002, $154,000.
(2) For each of fiscal years 2003 and 2004, such amounts as
may be necessary.
(c) Supplement Not Supplant.--The amounts authorized to be
appropriated by this section for the Department of Defense, or for the
Department of the Navy, for a fiscal year are in addition to any other
amounts authorized to be appropriated for such Department for such
fiscal year under any other provision of law.
(d) Availability.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated by this
section for a fiscal year shall remain available until expended,
without fiscal year limitation.
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