[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3815 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3815

To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to convey a vessel in the 
      National Defense Reserve Fleet to a nonprofit organization.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 8, 1994

 Mr. Gilchrest (for himself and Mrs. Bentley) 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 a vessel in the 
      National Defense Reserve Fleet to a nonprofit organization.

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

SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF VESSEL FOR PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Authority to Convey.--The Secretary of Transportation may 
convey without consideration all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in a vessel described in subsection (b) to any nonprofit 
organization which operates and maintains a former hospital ship to be 
converted to engage in public health activities.
    (b) Vessel Described.--A vessel referred to in subsection (a) is 
one which--
            (1) is in the National Defense Reserve Fleet on the date of 
        the enactment of this Act;
            (2) is not less than 4,000 displacement tons;
            (3) has no usefulness to the Government; and
            (4) is scheduled to be scrapped.
    (c) Conditions of Conveyance.--As a condition of conveying any 
vessel to an organization under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
require that before the date of the conveyance the organization enter 
into an agreement under which the organization shall--
            (1) sell the vessel for scrap purposes; and
            (2) use the proceeds of that scrapping for the purpose of 
        refurbishing and maintaining a former hospital ship to engage 
        in public health activities.
    (d) Delivery of Vessel.--The Secretary shall deliver any vessel 
conveyed under this section--
            (1) at the place where the vessel is located on the date of 
        the approval of the conveyance by the Secretary;
            (2) in its condition on that date; and
            (3) without cost to the Government.
    (e) Expiration of Authority to Convey.--The authority of the 
Secretary under this section to convey a vessel shall expire on the 
date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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