[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 58 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 58

 To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to convey vessels in the 
   National Defense Reserve Fleet to certain nonprofit organizations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

 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 vessels in the 
   National Defense Reserve Fleet to certain nonprofit organizations.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Merchant Marine Memorial Enhancement 
Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE VESSELS.

    (a) Authority to Convey.--The Secretary of Transportation may 
convey without consideration all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in 2 vessels described in subsection (b) to any nonprofit 
organization which operates and maintains a Liberty Ship or Victory 
Ship as a memorial to merchant mariners.
    (b) Vessels Described.--Vessels which may be conveyed under 
subsection (a) are vessels which--
            (1) are in the National Defense Reserve Fleet on the date 
        of the enactment of this Act;
            (2) are not less than 10,000 displacement tons;
            (3) have no usefulness to the Government; and
            (4) are 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;
            (2) use the proceeds of that scrapping for the purpose of 
        refurbishing and making seaworthy a Liberty Ship or Victory 
        Ship which the organization maintains as a memorial to merchant 
        mariners, to enable the ship to participate in 1994 in 
        commemorative activities in conjunction with the 50th 
        anniversary of the Normandy invasion; and
            (3) return to the United States any proceeds of scrapping 
        carried out pursuant to paragraph (1) which are not used in 
        accordance with paragraph (2).
    (d) Deposit of Amounts Returned.--Amounts returned to the United 
States pursuant to subsection (c)(3) shall be deposited in the Vessel 
Operations Revolving Fund created by the Act of June 2, 1951 (65 Stat. 
59; 46 App. U.S.C. 1241a).
    (e) Delivery of Vessels.--The Secretary shall deliver each 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.
    (f) Expiration of Authority to Convey.--The authority of the 
Secretary under this section to convey vessels shall expire on the date 
that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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