[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1164 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 1164

  To direct the Secretary of Transportation to convey to the Montauk 
     Historical Society Light Station located at Montauk, New York.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 1995

  Mr. Forbes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Transportation to convey to the Montauk 
     Historical Society Light Station located at Montauk, New York.

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

SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF LIGHT STATION, MONTAUK POINT, NEW YORK.

    (a) Conveyance Requirement.--
            (1) Requirement.--The Secretary of Transportation shall 
        convey to the Montauk Historical Association in Montauk, New 
        York, by an appropriate means of conveyance, all right, title, 
        and interest of the United States in and to property comprising 
        Light Station Montauk Point, located at Montauk, New York.
            (2) Determination of property.--The Secretary may identify, 
        describe, and determine the property to be conveyed pursuant to 
        this section.
    (b) Terms of Conveyance.--
            (1) In general.--A conveyance of property pursuant to this 
        section shall be made--
                    (A) without the payment of consideration; and
                    (B) subject to the conditions required by 
                paragraphs (3) and (4) and such other terms and 
                conditions as the Secretary may consider appropriate.
            (2) Reversionary interest.--Any conveyance of property 
        pursuant to this section shall be subject to the condition that 
        all right, title, and interest in the Montauk Light Station 
        shall immediately revert to the United States if the Montauk 
        Light Station ceases to be maintained as a nonprofit center for 
        public benefit for the interpretation and preservation of the 
        material culture of the United States Coast Guard, the maritime 
        history of Montauk, New York, and Native American and colonial 
        history.
            (3) Maintenance of navigation and functions.--Any 
        conveyance of property pursuant to this section shall be 
        subject to such conditions as the Secretary considers to be 
        necessary to assure that--
                    (A) the light, antennas, sound signal, and 
                associated lighthouse equipment located on the property 
                conveyed, which are active aids to navigation, shall 
                continue to be operated and maintained by the United 
                States for as long as they are needed for this purpose;
                    (B) the Montauk Historical Association may not 
                interfere or allow interference in any manner with such 
                aids to navigation without express written permission 
                from the United States;
                    (C) there is reserved to the United States the 
                right to replace, or add any aids to navigation, or 
                make any changes to the Montauk Lighthouse as may be 
                necessary for navigation purposes;
                    (D) the United States shall have the right, at any 
                time, to enter the property conveyed without notice for 
                the purpose of maintaining navigation aids;
                    (E) the United States shall have an easement of 
                access to such property for the purpose of maintaining 
                the navigational aids in use on the property; and
                    (F) the Montauk Light Station shall revert to the 
                United States at the end of the 30-day period beginning 
                on any date on which the Secretary of Transportation 
                provides written notice to the Montauk Historical 
                Association that the Montauk Light Station is needed 
                for national security purposes.
            (4) Maintenance of light station.--Any conveyance of 
        property under this section shall be subject to the condition 
        that the Montauk Historical Association shall maintain the 
        Montauk Light Station in accordance with the provisions of the 
        National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) and 
        other applicable laws.
            (5) Limitation on obligations of montauk historical 
        association.--The Montauk Historical Association shall not have 
        any obligation to maintain any active aid to navigation 
        equipment on property conveyed pursuant to this section.
    (c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            (1) the term ``Montauk Light Station'' means the Coast 
        Guard light station known as Light Station Montauk Point, 
        located at Montauk, New York, including the keeper's dwellings, 
        adjacent Coast Guard rights of way, the World War II submarine 
        spotting tower, the lighthouse tower, and the paint locker; and
            (2) the term ``Montauk Lighthouse'' means the Coast Guard 
        lighthouse located at the Montauk Light Station.
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