[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3156 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3156

To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to convey for scrapping by 
 the Virginia V Foundation (a non-profit organization) a vessel in the 
    National Defense Reserve Fleet that is scheduled to be scrapped.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 1993

Mrs. Unsoeld (for herself, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Kreidler, Mr. McDermott, and 
  Mr. Swift) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to convey for scrapping by 
 the Virginia V Foundation (a non-profit organization) a vessel in the 
    National Defense Reserve Fleet that is scheduled to be scrapped.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF NDRF VESSEL FOR SCRAPPING BY VIRGINIA V 
              FOUNDATION.

    (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``VIRGINIA V 
Restoration Act of 1993''.
    (b) Vessel Conveyance Authority.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other law, the 
        Secretary of Transportation may convey to the VIRGINIA V 
        Foundation (a nonprofit organization located in Seattle, 
        Washington; hereinafter in this section referred to as the 
        ``Foundation''), without consideration, all right, title, and 
        interest of the United States Government in a vessel which--
                    (A) is in the National Defense Reserve Fleet on the 
                date of the enactment of this section;
                    (B) is of not less than 4,000 displacement tons;
                    (C) has no usefulness to the Government; and
                    (D) is scheduled to be scrapped.
            (2) Condition.--As a condition of conveying a vessel to the 
        Foundation pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall 
        require that the Foundation enter into an agreement with the 
        Secretary which requires that the Foundation--
                    (A) sell the vessel for scrap purposes;
                    (B) use the proceeds of that scrapping for expenses 
                directly related to the preservation and restoration of 
                the historic steamship VIRGINIA V, located in Seattle, 
                Washington;
                    (C) have raised, before the date of conveyance 
                authorized by paragraph (1), at least $100,000 from 
                non-Federal sources for use for that purpose; and
                    (D) comply with any other conditions the Secretary 
                considers appropriate.
    (c) Delivery.--The Secretary shall deliver a vessel conveyed under 
this section to the Foundation--
            (1) at the place where the vessel is located on the date of 
        the approval of the conveyance;
            (2) in its condition on that date; and
            (3) without cost to the Government.
    (d) Expiration.--The authority of the Secretary to convey a vessel 
under this section expires on the date which is 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
    (e) Treatment of Amounts Available to Foundation.--Amounts 
available to, or used by, the Foundation pursuant to subsection 
(b)(2)(B) or (C) shall not be considered in any determination of the 
amounts available to the Department of the Interior for the VIRGINIA V 
Foundation.

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