[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4064 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4064

To provide for the inclusion of Department of Defense property on Santa 
    Rosa and Okaloosa Island, Florida, in the Gulf Islands National 
   Seashore if the property is ever excess to the needs of the Armed 
                                Forces.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 17, 2005

Mr. Miller of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Resources, 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 provide for the inclusion of Department of Defense property on Santa 
    Rosa and Okaloosa Island, Florida, in the Gulf Islands National 
   Seashore if the property is ever excess to the needs of the Armed 
                                Forces.

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

SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF EXCESS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROPERTY ON SANTA 
              ROSA AND OKALOOSA ISLAND IN GULF ISLANDS NATIONAL 
              SEASHORE.

    Section 7 of Public Law 91-660 (16 U.S.C. 459h-6) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``There are''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) If any of the Federal land on Santa Rosa or Okaloosa Island, 
Florida, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense is ever 
excess to the needs of the Armed Forces, the Secretary of Defense shall 
transfer, without reimbursement, the excess land to the administrative 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary of the 
Interior shall administer the transferred land as part of the seashore 
in accordance with the provisions of this Act.''.
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