[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5730 Introduced in House (IH)]






107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5730

              To relocate the drydock vessel EX-COMPETENT.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 14, 2002

 Mr. Young of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
              To relocate the drydock vessel EX-COMPETENT.

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

SECTION 1. DRYDOCK VESSEL EX-COMPETENT.

    (a) Removal of Vessel From Hawaii.--Within 12 months after the 
appropriation of the amount authorized by subsection (f), the drydock 
vessel EX-COMPETENT, also known as the AFDM-6, shall be towed from its 
present location in the State of Hawaii to a location outside of Hawaii 
specified by the transferee of the EX-COMPETENT.
    (b) Use of Vessel.--Until the later of the date on which the EX-
COMPETENT is towed as required by subsection (a) or the date that is 12 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the transferee may use 
the EX-COMPETENT as a drydock in the State of Hawaii.
    (c) Transfer of Title.--The transfer in 2001 of the EX-COMPETENT by 
the United States Government to the transferee through the Alaska State 
Office for Surplus Property is ratified and confirmed, and the vessel 
title held by the transferee as a result of that transfer shall be free 
and clear of all conditions and restrictions.
    (d) Federal Donation Program in Alaska.--The transferee, including 
any affiliate of the transferee, is reinstated to good standing and 
eligibility to participate in the Administrator's Federal Donation 
Program in Alaska; any deferral from participation in that program by 
the transferee or its affiliate is terminated; and the transfer of any 
vessel under that program to the transferee prior to the date of 
enactment of this Act is deemed to be in full compliance with 
applicable conditions and restrictions.
    (e) Vessel Scrapping Pilot Project.--There is established within 
the Maritime Administration a 5-year pilot project under which the 
transferee, or an affiliate of the transferee, shall remove and 
dismantle, using the drydock vessel EX-COMPETENT as appropriate, up to 
20 vessels of the National Defense Reserve Fleet now located on the 
Pacific Coast of the United States. The terms and conditions under 
which the project shall be carried out shall be provided in a contract 
negotiated with the transferee, or an affiliate of the transferee, 
under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, to facilitate economic 
development and job training.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Administrator $7,200,000 for an advance direct 
lump-sum payment to the transferee. Such sum may be used by the 
transferee for costs, including the cost of repair and cleanup of the 
drydock vessel EX-COMPETENT, relocation of the vessel (including 
preparation for relocation), and site preparation for the use of the 
vessel in its new location outside of the State of Hawaii. Payment 
under this subsection shall receive the same exemption as provided for 
fund revenues under section 21(a) of Public Law 92-203, approved 
December 18, 1971.
    (g) Other Federal Surplus Property Programs.--The Administrator 
shall not require another civilian Federal agency with a surplus 
property program to execute a Standard Form 122 as a condition of the 
transfer of surplus property to an eligible participant under that 
agency``s regulations, and the participant''s use of the property shall 
be controlled by those regulations
    (h) Definitions.--In this section, the term--
            (1) ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of General 
        Services; and
            (2) ``transferee'' means the corporation that received the 
        drydock vessel EX-COMPETENT as surplus government property from 
        the General Services Administration on January 19, 2001.
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