[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3882 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3882

 To require the Secretary of the Navy to transfer jurisdiction over a 
portion of Cecil Field Naval Air Station, Florida, to the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs for use as a national cemetery and for development of 
      a long-term care or nursing home care facility for veterans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 1996

 Mr. Stearns introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on National Security, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of the Navy to transfer jurisdiction over a 
portion of Cecil Field Naval Air Station, Florida, to the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs for use as a national cemetery and for development of 
      a long-term care or nursing home care facility for veterans.

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

SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION, CECIL FIELD NAVAL AIR STATION, 
              FLORIDA.

    (a) Transfer of Land for National Cemetery.--The Secretary of the 
Navy shall transfer, without reimbursement, to the administrative 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs a parcel of real 
property, including any improvements thereon, consisting of 
approximately 1,500 acres and comprising a portion of Cecil Field Naval 
Air Station, Florida. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall use the 
real property transferred under this subsection as a national cemetery 
under chapter 24 of title 38, United States Code.
    (b) Transfer of Land for Long-Term Care or Nursing Home Care 
Facility.--In addition to the transfer required under subsection (a), 
the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer, without reimbursement, to the 
administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs a 
parcel of real property at Cecil Field Naval Air Station containing the 
unused barracks located at that installation and such adjacent property 
as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs considers necessary. Subject to 
the availability of appropriations for this purpose, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall renovate the barracks transferred under this 
subsection in order to establish a long-term care or nursing home care 
facility for veterans.
    (c) Legal Description.--The exact acreage and legal description of 
the real property to be transferred under this section shall be 
determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary of the Navy. The 
cost of the survey shall be borne by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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