[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5419 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5419

  To allow the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to convey certain 
             property to the City of Nashville, Tennessee.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2018

  Mr. Cooper (for himself and Mr. Duncan of Tennessee) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To allow the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to convey certain 
             property to the City of Nashville, Tennessee.

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

SECTION 1. PROPERTY CONVEYANCE.

    (a) Conveyance Authorized.--The Secretary of the Army may convey, 
without consideration, to the City of Nashville, Tennessee (in this 
section referred to as ``City''), all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the real property covered by Lease No. DACW62-
1-84-149, including any improvements thereon, at the Riverfront Park 
Recreational Development, consisting of approximately 5 acres, subject 
to the right of the Secretary to retain any required easements in the 
property.
    (b) Payment and Costs of Conveyance.--
            (1) Payment required.--The Secretary of the Army may 
        require the City to reimburse the Secretary for such costs 
        incurred by the Secretary, to carry out the land conveyance 
        under this section, including survey costs, costs for 
        environmental documentation, and other administrative costs 
        related to the land conveyance. If amounts paid to the 
        Secretary in advance exceed the costs actually incurred by the 
        Secretary to carry out the conveyance, the Secretary shall 
        refund the excess amount to the City.
            (2) Treatment of amounts received.--Amounts received under 
        paragraph (1) as reimbursement for costs incurred by the 
        Secretary to carry out the conveyance shall be credited to the 
        fund or account that was used to cover the costs incurred by 
        the Secretary in carrying out the conveyance. Amounts so 
        credited shall be merged with amounts in such fund or account 
        and shall be available for the same purposes, and subject to 
        the same conditions and limitations, as amounts in such fund or 
        account.
    (c) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal 
description of the property to be conveyed under this section shall be 
determined by surveys satisfactory to the Secretary.
    (d) Conveyance Agreement.--A quit claim deed shall be used to 
convey this real estate upon the terms and conditions mutually 
satisfactory to the Secretary and the City, including such additional 
terms and conditions as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect 
the interests of the United States, such as any required easements. The 
deed shall provide that in the event the City, its successors, or 
assigns cease to maintain improvements for recreation included in the 
conveyance or otherwise utilize the real estate for purposes other than 
recreation and compatible flood risk management, the City, its 
successor, or assign shall repay to the United States the Federal share 
of the cost of constructing the improvements for recreation under the 
agreement between the United States and the City dated December 8, 
1981, increased as necessary to account for inflation.
    (e) Applicability of Property Screening Provisions.--Section 2696 
of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply to this conveyance.
    (f) Liability.--The City shall hold the United States harmless from 
any liability with respect to activities carried out on the real estate 
on or after the date of conveyance.
    (g) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may require 
such additional terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance 
as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the 
United States.
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