[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3171 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3171

 To direct the Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of 
  land in the District of Columbia to be used for construction of the 
            National Health Museum, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 28, 1999

   Mr. Franks of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of 
  land in the District of Columbia to be used for construction of the 
            National Health Museum, and for other purposes.

    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 ``National Health Museum Site 
Selection Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of General Services.
            (2) Museum.--The term ``Museum'' means the National Health 
        Museum, Incorporated, a District of Columbia nonprofit 
        corporation exempt from Federal income taxation under section 
        501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
            (3) Property.--The term ``property'' means--
                    (A) a parcel of land identified as Lot 24 and a 
                closed interior alley in Square 579 in the District of 
                Columbia, generally bounded by 2nd, 3rd, C, and D 
                Streets, S.W.; and
                    (B) all improvements on and appurtenances to the 
                land and alley.

SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY.

    (a) In General.--Subject to the requirements of this Act, the 
Administrator shall convey to the Museum all rights, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to the property.
    (b) Purpose of Conveyance.--The purpose of the conveyance is to 
provide a site for the construction and operation of a new building to 
serve as the National Health Museum, including associated office, 
educational, conference center, visitor and community services, and 
other space and facilities appropriate to promote knowledge and 
understanding of health issues.
    (c) Prohibition on Lobbying Activities.--As a condition of the 
conveyance, the Museum shall agree that no part of the property will be 
used, during the 50-year period beginning on the date of conveyance, 
for activities to attempt to influence the passage or defeat of any 
legislation by Congress or the legislature of any State.
    (d) Date of Conveyance.--
            (1) Notification.--Not later than 3 years after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Museum shall notify the 
        Administrator in writing of the date on which the Museum will 
        accept conveyance of the property.
            (2) Date.--The date of conveyance shall be--
                    (A) not less than 270 days and not more than 1 year 
                after the date of the notice; but
                    (B) not earlier than April 1, 2001, unless the 
                Administrator and the Museum agree to an earlier date.
            (3) Effect of failure to notify.--If the Museum fails to 
        provide the notice to the Administrator by the date described 
        in paragraph (1), the Museum shall have no further right to the 
        property.
            (4) Maintenance of property.--The Administrator shall 
        continue to maintain the property until the date of conveyance 
        under this subsection.
    (e) Quitclaim Deed.--The property shall be conveyed to the Museum 
vacant and by quitclaim deed.
    (f) Conveyance Terms.--
            (1) In general.--The conveyance shall be subject to such 
        terms and conditions as the Administrator determines necessary 
        to safeguard the interests of the United States. Such terms and 
        conditions shall be consistent with the terms and conditions 
        set forth in this Act.
            (2) Purchase price.--
                    (A) In general.--The purchase price for the 
                property shall be the fair market value of the property 
                as of the date of enactment of this Act.
                    (B) Timing; appraisers.--The determination of fair 
                market value shall be made not later than 180 days 
                after the date of enactment of this Act by qualified 
                appraisers jointly selected by the Administrator and 
                the Museum.
                    (C) Report to congress.--Promptly upon the 
                determination of the purchase price, and in any event 
                at least 60 days in advance of the date of conveyance 
                of the property, the Administrator shall report to the 
                Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
                House of Representatives and the Committee on 
                Environment and Public Works of the Senate as to the 
                purchase price.
                    (D) Treatment of amounts received.--Amounts 
                received by the United States as payment under this Act 
                shall be paid into, administered, and expended, subject 
                to appropriations Acts, as part of the fund established 
                by section 210(f) of the Federal Property and 
                Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)).
            (3) Satellite museum.--As a condition of the conveyance, 
        the Administrator shall receive assurances satisfactory to the 
        Administrator that--
                    (A) the Museum will establish, operate, and 
                maintain a satellite museum on Ellis Island, New 
                Jersey, for the same purposes and subject to the same 
                limitations as the National Health Museum;
                    (B) such activities will be carried out in 
                consultation with appropriate State and Federal 
                departments and agencies and in conjunction with other 
redevelopment activities on Ellis Island; and
                    (C) the Museum will commence construction of, or 
                renovations of existing facilities for, the satellite 
                museum not later than 4 years after the date of the 
                conveyance.
    (g) Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
construed to authorize the conveyance of any right, title, or interest 
of the United States in or to real property on Ellis Island, New 
Jersey.

SEC. 4. REVERSIONARY INTEREST IN THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) In General.--The property shall revert to the United States 
if--
            (1) during the 3-year period beginning on the date of 
        conveyance of the property, the Museum does not commence 
        construction on the property, other than for a reason not 
        within the control of the Museum;
            (2) during the 50-year period beginning on the date of 
        conveyance of the property, the property is used for a purpose 
        not authorized by section 3;
            (3) during the 4-year period beginning on the date of 
        conveyance of the property, the Museum does not commence 
        construction of, or renovation of existing facilities for, a 
        satellite museum under section 3(f)(3), other than for a reason 
        not within the control of the Museum;
            (4) during the 50-year period beginning on the date of 
        conveyance of the property, the satellite museum established 
        under section 3(f)(3) is not operated in accordance with such 
        section; or
            (5) the Museum ceases to be exempt from Federal income 
        taxation as an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of 
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
    (b) Repayment.--If the property reverts to the United States, the 
United States shall repay the Museum the full purchase price for the 
property, without interest.
    (c) Enforcing Reversion.--The Administrator shall perform all acts 
necessary to enforce any reversion of property to the United States 
under this section.
    (d) Inventory of Public Buildings Service.--Property that reverts 
to the United States under this section--
            (1) shall be under the control of the General Services 
        Administration; and
            (2) shall be assigned by the Administrator to the inventory 
        of the Public Buildings Service.

SEC. 5. AUTHORITY OF MUSEUM OVER PROPERTY.

    The Museum may--
            (1) demolish or renovate any existing or future improvement 
        on the property;
            (2) build, own, operate, and maintain new improvements on 
        the property;
            (3) finance and mortgage the property on customary terms 
        and conditions; and
            (4) manage the property in furtherance of this Act.

SEC. 6. LAND USE APPROVALS.

    (a) Effect on Other Authority.--Nothing in this section may be 
construed to limit the authority of the National Capital Planning 
Commission or the Commission of Fine Arts.
    (b) Cooperation Concerning Zoning.--
            (1) In general.--The United States shall cooperate with the 
        Museum with respect to any zoning or other matter relating to--
                    (A) the development or improvement of the property; 
                or
                    (B) the demolition of any improvement on the 
                property as of the date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) Zoning applications.--Cooperation under paragraph (1) 
        shall include making, joining in, or consenting to any 
        application required to facilitate the zoning of the property.

SEC. 7. ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS.

    Costs of remediation of any environmental hazards existing on the 
property, including all asbestos-containing materials, shall be borne 
by the United States. Environmental remediation shall commence 
immediately upon the vacancy of the building and shall be completed not 
later than 270 days following the date of the notice to the 
Administrator described in section 3(d)(1).

SEC. 8. REPORTS.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
annually thereafter until the expiration of the 2-year period following 
the date on which the satellite museum described in section 3(f)(3) 
opens to the public, the Museum shall submit a report on the status of 
the National Health Museum to the Administrator, the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and 
the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate.
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