[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2637 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2637

   To require a land conveyance, Miles City Veterans Administration 
                 Medical Complex, Miles City, Montana.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 25, 2000

 Mr. Baucus (for himself and Mr. Burns) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require a land conveyance, Miles City Veterans Administration 
                 Medical Complex, Miles City, Montana.

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

SECTION 1. LAND CONVEYANCE, MILES CITY VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL 
              COMPLEX, MILES CITY, MONTANA.

    (a) Conveyance Required.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
convey, without consideration, to Custer County, Montana (in this 
section referred to as the ``County''), all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in and to the parcels of real property consisting 
of the Miles City Veterans Administration Medical Center complex, which 
has served as a medical and support complex for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs in Miles City, Montana.
    (b) Timing of Conveyance.--The conveyance required by subsection 
(a) shall be made as soon as practicable after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    (c) Conditions of Conveyance.--The conveyance required by 
subsection (a) shall be subject to the condition that the County--
            (1) use the parcels conveyed, whether directly or through 
        an agreement with a public or private entity, for veterans 
        activities, community and economic development, or such other 
        public purposes as the County considers appropriate; or
            (2) convey the parcels to an appropriate public or private 
        entity for use for such purposes.
    (d) Conveyance of Improvements.--(1) As part of the conveyance 
required by subsection (a), the Secretary may also convey to the County 
any improvements, equipment, fixtures, and other personal property 
located on the parcels conveyed under that subsection that are not 
required by the Secretary.
    (2) Any conveyance under this subsection shall be without 
consideration.
    (e) Use Pending Conveyance.--Until such time as the real property 
to be conveyed under subsection (a) is conveyed by deed under this 
section, the Secretary may continue to lease the real property, 
together with any improvements thereon, under the terms and conditions 
of the current lease of the real property.
    (f) Maintenance Pending Conveyance.--The Secretary shall be 
responsible for maintaining the real property to be conveyed under 
subsection (a), and any improvements, equipment, fixtures, and other 
personal property to be conveyed under subsection (d), in its condition 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act until such time as the real 
property, and such improvements, equipment, fixtures, and other 
personal property are conveyed by deed under this section.
    (g) Post-Conveyance Conversion.--(1) The Secretary shall make a 
grant to the County for purposes of activities by the County to convert 
and redevelop the real property conveyed under subsection (a), and any 
improvements, equipment, fixtures, and other personal property conveyed 
under subsection (d), for use in accordance with subsection (c).
    (2) The amount of the grant under paragraph (1) shall be equal to 
the amount appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
in subsection (j).
    (3) The grant under this subsection shall be made as soon as 
practicable after the date of the conveyance under subsection (a).
    (h) Legal Description.--The exact acreage and legal description of 
the real property to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall be 
determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary.
    (i) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may require 
such additional terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance 
under this section as the Secretary determines appropriate to protect 
the interests of the United States.
    (j) Authorization of Appropriations.--(1) There is hereby 
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
$4,970,000 for purposes of the grant required by subsection (g).
    (2) Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
appropriations in paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.
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