[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2124 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
                                S. 2124

  To provide for an offer of transfer to the Secretary of the Army of 
        certain property at the Navy Annex, Arlington, Virginia.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 25, 1996

Mr. Kempthorne introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for an offer of transfer to the Secretary of the Army of 
        certain property at the Navy Annex, Arlington, Virginia.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Arlington National Cemetery 
Enhancement Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR OFFER OF TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PROPERTY AT THE 
              NAVY ANNEX, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA.

    (a) Offer.--Upon the determination of the Secretary of Defense 
under subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense shall offer to transfer 
to the Secretary of the Army administrative jurisdiction over a parcel 
of real property consisting of approximately 31 acres located in 
Arlington, Virginia, and known as the Navy Annex/Federal Building 
Number 2. The Secretary of Defense shall make the offer as soon as 
practicable after the date of the determination.
    (b) Determination.--The Secretary of Defense shall make the offer 
required under subsection (a) upon a determination by the Secretary 
that the Department of Defense no longer requires the property referred 
to in that subsection for the purposes for which such property is used 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Requirements Relating to Transfer.--(1)(A) If the Secretary of 
Defense transfers jurisdiction over the property referred to in 
subsection (a) pursuant to the offer under that subsection, the 
transfer shall be without reimbursement.
    (B) The Secretary of the Army shall bear any costs associated with 
such transfer of property, including costs of a survey of the property 
and costs of compliance with environmental laws with respect to the 
property.
    (2) The Secretary of the Army shall utilize the property as part of 
the Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
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