[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2821 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2821

   To provide for the transfer of six obsolete tugboats of the Navy.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 20, 1995

  Mr. Stupak introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for the transfer of six obsolete tugboats of the Navy.

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

SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN OBSOLETE TUGBOATS OF THE NAVY.

    (a) Requirement To Transfer Vessels.--The Secretary of the Navy 
shall transfer the six obsolete tugboats of the Navy specified in 
subsection (b) to the Northeast Wisconsin Railroad Transportation 
Commission, an instrumentality of the State of Wisconsin. Such 
transfers shall be made without reimbursement and shall be effective 
December 31, 1995.
    (b) Vessels Covered.--The requirement in subsection (a) applies to 
the six decommissioned Cherokee class tugboats, listed as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act as being surplus to the Navy, that are 
designated as ATF-105, ATF-110, ATF-149, ATF-158, ATF-159, and ATF-160.
    (c) Condition Relating to Environmental Compliance.--The Secretary 
shall require as a condition of the transfer of a vessel under 
subsection (a) that use of the vessel by the Commission not commence 
until the terms of any necessary environmental compliance letter or 
agreement with respect to that vessel have been complied with.
    (d) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may require 
such additional terms and conditions in connection with the transfers 
required by subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate.
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