[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1801 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1801

 To require a study on the relocation of the Sector Buffalo facilities 
              of the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 17, 2007

 Mrs. Clinton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require a study on the relocation of the Sector Buffalo facilities 
              of the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. STUDY OF RELOCATION OF COAST GUARD SECTOR BUFFALO 
              FACILITIES.

    (a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
            (1) to authorize a project study to evaluate the 
        feasibility of consolidating and relocating Coast Guard 
        facilities at Coast Guard Sector Buffalo within the study area;
            (2) to obtain a preliminary plan for the design, 
        engineering, and construction for the consolidation of Coast 
        Guard facilities at Sector Buffalo; and
            (3) to distinguish what Federal lands, if any, shall be 
        identified as excess after the consolidation.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Commandant.--The term ``Commandant'' means the 
        Commandant of the Coast Guard.
            (2) Sector buffalo.--The term ``Sector Buffalo'' means 
        Coast Guard Sector Buffalo of the Ninth Coast Guard District.
            (3) Study area.--The term ``study area'' means the area 
        consisting of approximately 31 acres of real property and any 
        improvements thereon that are commonly identified as Coast 
        Guard Sector Buffalo, located at 1 Fuhrmann Boulevard, Buffalo, 
        New York, and under the administrative control of the Coast 
        Guard.
    (c) Study.--
            (1) In general.--Within 12 months after the date on which 
        funds are first made available to carry out this section, the 
        Commandant shall conduct a project proposal report of the study 
        area and shall submit such report to the Committee on Commerce, 
        Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 
        Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
        Representatives.
            (2) Requirements.--The project proposal report shall--
                    (A) evaluate the most cost-effective method for 
                providing shore facilities to meet the operational 
                requirements of Sector Buffalo;
                    (B) determine the feasibility of consolidating and 
                relocating shore facilities on a portion of the 
                existing site, while--
                            (i) meeting the operational requirements of 
                        Sector Buffalo; and
                            (ii) allowing the expansion of operational 
                        requirements of Sector Buffalo; and
                    (C) contain a preliminary plan for the design, 
                engineering, and construction of the proposed project, 
                including--
                            (i) the estimated cost of the design, 
                        engineering, and construction of the proposed 
                        project;
                            (ii) an anticipated timeline of the 
                        proposed project; and
                            (iii) a description of what Federal lands, 
                        if any, shall be considered excess to Coast 
                        Guard needs.
    (d) Limitation.--Nothing in this section shall affect the current 
administration and management of the study area.
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