[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1544 Considered and Passed Senate (CPS)]

  2d Session
                                S. 1544

 To authorize the conveyance of the William Langer Jewel Bearing Plant 
  to the Job Development Authority of the City of Rolla, North Dakota.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 26, 1996

Mr. Dorgan (for himself and Mr. Conrad) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the conveyance of the William Langer Jewel Bearing Plant 
  to the Job Development Authority of the City of Rolla, North Dakota.

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

SECTION 1. LAND CONVEYANCE, WILLIAM LANGER JEWEL BEARING PLANT, ROLLA, 
              NORTH DAKOTA.

    (a) Authority To Convey.--The Administrator of General Services may 
convey, without consideration, to the Job Development Authority of the 
City of Rolla, North Dakota (in this section referred to as the 
``Authority''), all right, title, and interest of the United States in 
and to a parcel of real property, with improvements thereon, consisting 
of approximately 9.77 acres and comprising the William Langer Jewel 
Bearing Plant in Rolla, North Dakota.
    (b) Condition of Conveyance.--The conveyance authorized under 
subsection (a) shall be subject to the condition that the Authority--
            (1) use the real property and improvements conveyed under 
        that subsection for economic development relating to the jewel 
        bearing plant;
            (2) enter into an agreement with an appropriate public or 
        private entity or person to lease such property and 
        improvements to that entity or person for such economic 
        development; or
            (3) enter into an agreement with an appropriate public or 
        private entity or person to sell such property and improvements 
        to that entity or person for such economic development.
    (c) Preference for Domestic Disposal of Jewel Bearings.--(1) In 
offering to enter into agreements pursuant to any provision of law for 
the disposal of jewel bearings from the National Defense Stockpile, the 
President shall give a right of first refusal on all such offers to the 
Authority or the appropriate public or private entity or person with 
which the Authority enters into an agreement under subsection (b).
    (2) For the purposes of this subsection, the term ``National 
Defense Stockpile'' means the stockpile provided for in section 4 of 
the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98c).
    (d) Availability of Funds for Maintenance of Plant.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds available in fiscal 
year 1995 for the maintenance of the William Langer Jewel Bearing Plant 
in Public Law 103-335 shall be available for the maintenance of that 
plant in fiscal year 1996 pending the conveyance of the plant under 
this section.
    (e) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal 
description of the property conveyed under this section shall be 
determined by a survey satisfactory to the Administrator. The cost of 
such survey shall be borne by the Administrator.
    (f) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Administrator may require 
such additional terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance 
under this section as the Administrator determines appropriate to 
protect the interests of the United States.
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