[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1959 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1959

    To direct the Department of Defense to utilize no-cost economic 
 development conveyances as the preferred method of disposal of excess 
  property generated through the base closure process, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 2, 2009

Ms. Pingree of Maine introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To direct the Department of Defense to utilize no-cost economic 
 development conveyances as the preferred method of disposal of excess 
  property generated through the base closure process, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Defense Communities Redevelopment 
Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR NO-COST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONVEYANCES.

    (a) Repeal of Certain Requirements.--Subsection (a) of section 3006 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public 
Law 107-107; 115 Stat. 1350), and the amendments made by that 
subsection, are hereby repealed. Effective as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the provisions of section 2905 of the Defense 
Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of 
Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) that were amended by section 
3006(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, 
as such provisions were in effect on December 27, 2001, are hereby 
revived.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe 
regulations to implement the provisions of section 2905 of the Defense 
Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 revived by subsection (a) to 
ensure that the military departments transfer surplus real and personal 
property at closed or realigned military installations without 
consideration to local redevelopment authorities for economic 
development purposes, and without the requirement to value such 
property.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
Congress a report on the status of current and anticipated economic 
development conveyances, projected job creation, community 
reinvestment, and progress made as a result of the enactment of this 
section.
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