[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3278 Introduced in House (IH)]


104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3278

 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to convey the Saint Helena 
Island Light Station to the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 18, 1996

  Mr. Stupak 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 the Saint Helena 
Island Light Station to the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association.

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

SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF SAINT HELENA ISLAND LIGHT STATION.

    (a) Authority to Convey.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Transportation (referred 
        to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall convey to the 
        Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association by an appropriate 
        means of conveyance, all right, title, and interest of the 
        United States in and to the property comprising the Saint 
        Helena Island Light Station, located in Mackinac County, Moran 
        Township, Michigan.
            (2) Identification 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 such terms and conditions as the 
                Secretary may consider appropriate.
            (2) Reversionary interest.--In addition to any term or 
        condition established pursuant to paragraph (1), any conveyance 
        of property comprising the Saint Helena Island Light Station 
        pursuant to subsection (a) shall be subject to the condition 
        that all right, title, and interest in and to the property so 
        conveyed shall immediately revert to the United States if the 
        property, or any part thereof--
                    (A) ceases to be used as a nonprofit center for the 
                interpretation and preservation of maritime history;
                    (B) ceases to be maintained in a manner that 
                ensures its present or future use as a Coast Guard aid 
                to navigation; or
                    (C) ceases to be maintained in a manner consistent 
                with the provisions of the National Historic 
                Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.).
            (3) Maintenance of navigation functions.--Any conveyance of 
        property pursuant to this section shall be subject to such 
        conditions as the Secretary considers to be necessary to ensure 
        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 Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association, 
                or any successors or assigns, 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 relocate, replace, or add any aids to 
                navigation, or make any changes to the Saint Helena 
                Island Light Station, that 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 the navigation aids in use 
                on the property;
                    (E) the United States shall have an easement of 
                access to such property for the purpose of maintaining 
                such navigational aids; and
                    (F) the Saint Helena Island 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 Great 
                Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association, or any successor 
                or assign, that the Saint Helena Island Light Station 
                is needed for national security purposes.
            (4) Maintenance of property.--Any conveyance of property 
        under this section shall be subject to the condition that the 
        Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association, or any successor or 
        assign, shall maintain the Saint Helena Island Light Station in 
        accordance with the provisions of the National Historic 
        Preservation Act and other applicable laws.
            (5) Obligation limitation.--The Great Lakes Lighthouse 
        Keepers Association, or any successors or assigns, shall not 
        have any obligation to maintain any active aid to navigation 
        equipment on the property conveyed pursuant to this section.
    (c) Saint Helena Island Light Station Defined.--For purposes of 
this section, the term ``Saint Helena Island Light Station'' means the 
Coast Guard property and improvements known as the ``Saint Helena 
Island Light Station'' located in Mackinac County, Moran Township, 
Michigan. Such term does not include any historical artifact, including 
any lens or lantern, located on the property at or before the time of 
conveyance.
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