[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1637 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1637

 To authorize the Secretary of the Army to convey certain land at Fort 
  Campbell, Kentucky and Tennessee, for the purpose of realigning and 
 upgrading United States Highway 79 from a 2-lane highway to a 4-lane 
                                highway.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 3, 2003

  Mr. Tanner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of the Army to convey certain land at Fort 
  Campbell, Kentucky and Tennessee, for the purpose of realigning and 
 upgrading United States Highway 79 from a 2-lane highway to a 4-lane 
                                highway.

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

SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF LAND AT FORT CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE.

    (a) Conveyance Authorized.--The Secretary of the Army may convey to 
the department of transportation of the State of Tennessee, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real 
property (right-of-way), including improvements thereon located at Fort 
Campbell, Kentucky and Tennessee, for the purpose of realigning and 
upgrading United States Highway 79 from a 2-lane highway to a 4-lane 
highway.
    (b) Consideration.--
            (1) Payment.--The department of transportation of the State 
        of Tennessee shall pay from any source (including Federal funds 
        made available to the State from the Highway Trust Fund) all of 
        the Secretary's costs associated with the conveyance of the 
        right-of-way, preparation of documents under the National 
        Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), 
        surveys (including surveys under subsection (d)), cultural 
        reviews, administrative expenses, cemetery relocation, and 
        other expenses necessary to transfer the property (right-of-
        way), acquisition of approximately 200 acres of mission 
        essential replacement land required to support the Secretary's 
        training mission at Fort Campbell, and the disposal of residual 
        land located south of the realigned highway.
            (2) Acceptance and credit.--The Secretary may accept funds 
        under this subsection from the Federal Highway Administration 
        or the State of Tennessee to pay costs described in paragraph 
        (1) and credit them to the appropriate Department of the Army 
        accounts for the purpose of paying such costs
            (3) Period of availability.--All funds accepted by the 
        Secretary under this subsection shall remain available until 
        expended.
    (c) Description of the Property.--The acreage of the property 
(right-of-way) to be conveyed, acquired, and disposed of under this 
section shall be determined by surveys satisfactory to the Secretary.
    (d) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may require 
such additional terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance 
under this section as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect 
the interests of the United States.
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