[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4622 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4622

To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to convey for scrapping to 
    the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia, a vessel in the 
    National Defense Reserve Fleet that is scheduled to be scrapped.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 1994

 Mr. Bateman 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 to 
    the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia, 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 VESSELS FOR SCRAPPING BY THE MARINERS' 
              MUSEUM IN NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA.

    (a) Vessel Conveyance Authority.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other law and subject 
        to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Transportation shall convey 
        to the Mariners' Museum (a not-for-profit educational 
        institution located in Newport News, Virginia; in this section 
        referred to as the ``Museum''), without consideration, all 
        right, title, and interest of the United States Government in--
                    (A) the GENERAL ALEXANDER PATCH (a vessel in the 
                National Defense Reserve Fleet); or
                    (B) any other vessel which--
                            (i) is in the National Defense Reserve 
                        Fleet on the date of the enactment of this 
                        section;
                            (ii) is of a tonnage approximately 
                        equivalent to the tonnage of the GENERAL 
                        ALEXANDER PATCH;
                            (iii) has no usefulness to the Government; 
                        and
                            (iv) is scheduled to be scrapped.
            (2) Condition.--As a condition of conveying any vessel to 
        the Museum pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall 
        require that the Museum enter into an agreement with the 
        Secretary which requires that the Museum--
                    (A) sell the vessel for scrap purposes;
                    (B) use the proceeds of that scrapping for expenses 
                directly related to the computerization and national 
                accessibility of the library and archives of the Museum 
                in accordance with paragraph (3); and
                    (C) contribute from non-Federal sources, at least 
                30 percent of the reasonably anticipated costs of that 
                computerization, which may be in the form of payment by 
                the Museum of overhead costs related to that 
                computerization.
            (3) Authorized uses of proceeds.--The Secretary shall 
        ensure that under the agreement under paragraph (2) the uses 
        for which the Museum is authorized to use proceeds of any 
        vessel conveyed to the Museum under this section include--
                    (A) data entry;
                    (B) data base searches and the production of 
                records and cards;
                    (C) archives conversion;
                    (D) acquisition of personal computers;
                    (E) scanning of unique materials; and
                    (F) other expenses related to provision of on-line 
                computer access to the library and archives of the 
                Museum.
    (b) Delivery.--The Secretary shall deliver any vessel conveyed 
under this section to the Museum--
            (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.
    (c) Expiration.--The authority of the Secretary to convey vessels 
under this section expires on the date which is 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
    (d) Treatment of Amounts Available to Museum.--Amounts available 
to, or used by, the Museum pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (C) of 
subsection (a)(2) shall not be considered in any determination of the 
eligibility of the Museum for financial assistance under any other 
Federal law.

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