[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 17 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 17

 To provide for an exchange of land between the Department of Homeland 
         Security and the South Carolina State Ports Authority.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 29, 2010

  Mr. Graham introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for an exchange of land between the Department of Homeland 
         Security and the South Carolina State Ports Authority.

    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 ``Former Charleston Naval Base Land 
Exchange Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means the 
        parcels consisting of approximately 10.499 acres of land 
        (including improvements) that is owned by the United States, 
        located on the former U.S. Naval Base Complex in North 
        Charleston, South Carolina, and described on the map entitled 
        ``Charleston County Assessors Map'' as Tax Map Number 400-00-
        00-004, with the deed recorded in the Charleston County RMC 
        Office on Book X23, at page 245.
            (2) Non-federal land.--The term ``non-Federal land'' means 
        the 2 parcels of land (including improvements) to be conveyed 
        to the United States under this Act.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Homeland Security.
            (4) State ports authority.--The term ``State Ports 
        Authority'' means the South Carolina State Ports Authority, an 
        agency of the State of South Carolina.

SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGE.

    In exchange for the conveyance to the Secretary of the non-Federal 
land owned by the State Ports Authority, the Secretary is authorized to 
convey to the State Ports Authority, by quitclaim deed, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the Federal land.
     (a) Land Exchange Required.--If the State Ports Authority offers 
to convey to the Secretary all right, title, and interest of the State 
Ports Authority in and to the non-Federal parcels identified in 
subsection (b)--
            (1) the Secretary shall accept the offer; and
            (2) the Secretary shall simultaneously convey to the State 
        Ports Authority all right, title, and interest of the United 
        States in and to approximately 10.499 acres of Federal land.
    (b) Non-Federal Land Described.--The non-Federal land (including 
improvements) to be conveyed under this section consists of--
            (1) the approximately 18.736 acres of land that is owned by 
        the State Ports Authority, located on S. Hobson Avenue, and 
        depicted on the map entitled ``Charleston Country Assessors 
        Map'' as Tax Map Number 400-00-00-051, with the deed recorded 
        in the Charleston County RMC Office in Book EL, at page 280;
            (2) the approximately 4.069 acres of land that is owned by 
        the State Ports Authority, located on Juneau Avenue and the 
        Cooper River, and depicted on the map entitled ``Charleston 
        County Assessors Map'' as a Tax Map Number 400-00-00-004, with 
        the deed recorded in the Charleston County RMC Office in Book 
        L09, at page 0391; and
            (3) the approximately 2.568 acres of land that is owned by 
        the State Ports Authority, located on Partridge Avenue, and 
        depicted on the map entitled ``Charleston County Assessors 
        Map'' as Tax Map Number 400-00-00-004, with the deed recorded 
        in the Charleston County RMC Office in Book L09, at page 0391.
    (c) Land Title.--Title to the non-Federal land conveyed to the 
Secretary under this section shall--
            (1) be acceptable to the Secretary; and
            (2) conform to the title approval standards of the Attorney 
        General of the United States applicable to land acquisitions by 
        the Federal Government.

SEC. 4. EXCHANGE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

    (a) In General.--The conveyance of Federal land under section 3 
shall be subject to--
            (1) any valid existing rights; and
            (2) any additional terms and conditions that the Secretary 
        determines to be appropriate to protect the interests of the 
        United States.
    (b) Costs.--The costs of carrying out the exchange of land under 
section 3 shall be shared equally by the Secretary and the State Ports 
Authority.
    (c) Equal Value Exchange.--Notwithstanding the appraised value of 
the land exchanged under section 3, the values of the Federal and non-
Federal land in the land exchange under section 3 shall be considered 
to be equal.

SEC. 5. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

    On acceptance of title to the non-Federal land by the Secretary--
            (1) the non-Federal land shall be added to and administered 
        as part of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; and
            (2) the boundaries of the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
        Center shall be adjusted to exclude the exchanged Federal land.
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