[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 166 (Wednesday, November 2, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S7090]
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         FORT PULASKI NATIONAL MONUMENT LEASE AUTHORIZATION ACT

  The bill (S. 535) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease 
certain lands within Fort Pulaski National Monument, and for other 
purposes, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the 
third time, and passed, as follows:

                                 S. 535

       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 ``Fort Pulaski National 
     Monument Lease Authorization Act''.

     SEC. 2. LEASE AUTHORIZATION.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior (referred to 
     in this section as the ``Secretary'') may lease to the 
     Savannah Bar Pilots Association, or a successor organization, 
     no more than 30,000 square feet of land and improvements 
     within Fort Pulaski National Monument (referred to in this 
     section as the ``Monument'') at the location on Cockspur 
     Island that has been used continuously by the Savannah Bar 
     Pilots Association since 1940.
       (b) Rental Fee and Proceeds.--
       (1) Rental fee.--For the lease authorized by this Act, the 
     Secretary shall require a rental fee based on fair market 
     value adjusted, as the Secretary deems appropriate, for 
     amounts to be expended by the lessee for property 
     preservation, maintenance, or repair and related expenses.
       (2) Proceeds.--Disposition of the proceeds from the rental 
     fee required pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be made in 
     accordance with section 3(k)(5) of Public Law 91-383 (16 
     U.S.C. 1a-2(k)(5)).
       (c) Terms and Conditions.--A lease entered into under this 
     section--
       (1) shall be for a term of no more than 10 years and, at 
     the Secretary's discretion, for successive terms of no more 
     than 10 years at a time; and
       (2) shall include any terms and conditions the Secretary 
     determines to be necessary to protect the resources of the 
     Monument and the public interest.
       (d) Exemption From Applicable Law.--Except as provided in 
     section 2(b)(2) of this Act, the lease authorized by this Act 
     shall not be subject to section 3(k) of Public Law 91-383 (16 
     U.S.C. 1a-2(k)) or section 321 of Act of June 30, 1932 (40 
     U.S.C. 1302).

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