[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4207 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4207

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to convey the Mukilteo Light 
              Station to the City of Mukilteo, Washington.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 1998

 Mr. Metcalf 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 Mukilteo Light 
              Station to the City of Mukilteo, Washington.

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

SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF MUKILTEO LIGHT STATION, WASHINGTON.

    (a) Authority To Convey.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Transportation shall 
        convey to the City of Mukilteo, Washington, by an appropriate 
        means of conveyance, all right, title, and interest of the 
        United States in and to the Mukilteo Light Station, consisting 
        of approximately 1.46 acres of land, the lighthouse structure, 
        a garage, 2 dwellings, and an office building.
            (2) Identification of property.--The Secretary may 
        identify, describe, and determine the property to be conveyed 
        under this subsection.
            (3) Exception.--The Secretary may not convey any historical 
        artifact, including any lens or lantern, located on the 
        property at or before the time of the conveyance.
    (b) Terms of Conveyance.--
            (1) In general.--The conveyance of property under this 
        section shall be made--
                    (A) without payment of consideration; and
                    (B) subject to the conditions required by this 
                section and other terms and conditions the Secretary 
                may consider appropriate.
            (2) Reversionary interest.--In addition to any term or 
        condition established under this section, the conveyance of 
        property under this subsection shall be subject to the 
        condition that all right, title, and interest in the property 
        shall immediately revert to the United States if--
                    (A) the property, or any part of the property--
                            (i) ceases to be used as a nonprofit center 
                        for the interpretation and preservation of 
                        maritime history;
                            (ii) ceases to be maintained in a manner 
                        that ensures its present or future use as a 
                        Coast Guard aid to navigation; or
                            (iii) ceases to be maintained in a manner 
                        consistent with the provisions of the National 
                        Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 
                        470 et seq.); or
                    (B) at least 30 days before that reversion, the 
                Secretary of Transportation provides written notice to 
                the owner that the property is needed for national 
                security purposes.
            (3) Maintenance of navigation functions.--A conveyance of 
        property under this section shall be made subject to the 
        conditions that the Secretary of Transportation considers to be 
        necessary to assure that--
                    (A) the lights, antennas, sound signal, electronic 
                navigation equipment, 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 owner of the property may not interfere or 
                allow interference in any manner with aids to 
                navigation without express written permission from the 
                Secretary of Transportation;
                    (C) there is reserved to the United States the 
                right to relocate, replace, or add any aid to 
                navigation or make any changes to the property as may 
                be necessary for navigational purposes;
                    (D) the United States shall have the right, at any 
                time, to enter the property without notice for the 
                purpose of maintaining aids to navigation; and
                    (E) the United States shall have an easement of 
                access to and across the property for the purpose of 
                maintaining the aids to navigation in use on the 
                property.
            (4) Obligation limitation.--The owner of property conveyed 
        under this section is not required to maintain any active aid 
        to navigation equipment on the property.
            (5) Property to be maintained in accordance with certain 
        laws.--The owner of property conveyed under this section shall 
        maintain the property in accordance with the National Historic 
        Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) and other 
        applicable laws.
    (c) Maintenance Standard.--The owner of any property conveyed under 
this section, at its own cost and expense, shall maintain the property 
in a proper, substantial, and workmanlike manner.
    (d) Owner Defined.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``owner'' means the City of Mukilteo, Washington, and any successor or 
assign of the City with respect to property conveyed to the City under 
this section.
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