[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3886 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3886

      To require the Secretary of the Navy to comply with certain 
 reversionary requirements related to property donated to the Navy for 
use as a Navy homeport whenever the property ceases to be used for that 
                                purpose.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2005

 Mr. Ortiz (for himself and Mr. Taylor of Mississippi) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
      To require the Secretary of the Navy to comply with certain 
 reversionary requirements related to property donated to the Navy for 
use as a Navy homeport whenever the property ceases to be used for that 
                                purpose.

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

SECTION 1. COMPLIANCE WITH REVERSIONARY REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO 
              PROPERTY DONATED FOR USE AS NAVY HOMEPORT.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Sizeable quantities of economically valuable property 
        were donated to the Navy to assist in the establishment of 
        Naval Station, Pascagoula, Mississippi, and Naval Station, 
        Ingleside, Texas.
            (2) The donation of this property was made in reliance upon 
        plans by the United States to increase the number of naval 
        vessels in active service and to establish vibrant long-term 
        homeports for naval vessels at Pascagoula, Mississippi, and 
        Ingleside, Texas.
            (3) The Navy has decided to reduce its homeport 
        infrastructure and close Naval Station, Pascagoula, and Naval 
        Station, Ingleside.
            (4) It is unfair to require the donors of the property that 
        became Naval Station, Pascagoula, and Naval Station, Ingleside, 
        to reimburse the United States for the fair market value of the 
        Navy's improvements at these installations since the local 
        communities never received the expected long-term economic 
        stimulus that supported the decision to donate the property.
            (5) The discretionary approach taken in section 2823 of the 
        Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 
        (division B of Public Law 108-375; 118 Stat. 2132; 10 U.S.C. 
        5013 note) is insufficient to protect the interests of the 
        local communities.
    (b) Reversionary Interest.--If real property that was obtained by 
the United States by donation during the period beginning on January 1, 
1980, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, for use as a 
Navy homeport ceases to be used for that purpose, the Secretary of the 
Navy shall comply with the terms of any reversionary interest retained 
with regard to the property when it was donated and promptly convey the 
property to the holder of the reversionary interest.
    (c) Terms of Conveyance.--A conveyance under subsection (a) shall 
convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
the property subject to the reversionary interest, including 
improvements thereon, and shall be made without consideration.
    (d) Repeal of Superseded Provision.--Section 2823 of the Military 
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (division B of 
Public Law 108-375; 118 Stat. 2132; 10 U.S.C. 5013 note) is repealed.
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