[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3841-S3842]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1791. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Rubio) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to 
the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 
for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military 
construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2822. LAND EXCHANGE, NAVY OUTLYING LANDING FIELD, NAVAL 
                   AIR STATION, WHITING FIELD, FLORIDA.

       (a) Land Exchange Authorized.--The Secretary of the Navy 
     may convey to Escambia County, Florida (in this section 
     referred to as the ``County''), all right, title, and 
     interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real 
     property, including any improvements thereon, containing Navy 
     Outlying Landing Field Site 8 in Escambia County associated 
     with Naval Air Station, Whiting Field, Milton, Florida.
       (b) Land to Be Acquired.--In exchange for the property 
     described in subsection (a), the County shall convey to the 
     Secretary of the

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     Navy land and improvements thereon in Santa Rosa County, 
     Florida, that is acceptable to the Secretary and suitable for 
     use as a Navy outlying landing field to replace Navy Outlying 
     Landing Field Site 8.
       (c) Payment of Costs of Conveyance.--
       (1) Payment required.--The Secretary of the Navy shall 
     require the County to cover costs to be incurred by the 
     Secretary, or to reimburse the Secretary for such costs 
     incurred by the Secretary, to carry out the land exchange 
     under this section, including survey costs, costs for 
     environmental documentation, other administrative costs 
     related to the land exchange, and all costs associated with 
     relocation of activities and facilities from Navy Outlying 
     Landing Field Site 8 to the replacement location. If amounts 
     are collected from the County in advance of the Secretary 
     incurring the actual costs, and the amount collected exceeds 
     the costs actually incurred by the Secretary to carry out the 
     land exchange, the Secretary shall refund the excess amount 
     to the County.
       (2) Treatment of amounts received.--Amounts received as 
     reimbursement under paragraph (1) shall be credited to the 
     fund or account that was used to cover those costs incurred 
     by the Secretary in carrying out the land exchange. 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.
       (d) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal 
     description of the property to be exchanged under this 
     section shall be determined by surveys satisfactory to the 
     Secretary of the Navy.
       (e) Conveyance Agreement.--The exchange of real property 
     under this section shall be accomplished using a quit claim 
     deed or other legal instrument and upon terms and conditions 
     mutually satisfactory to the Secretary of the Navy and the 
     County, including such additional terms and conditions as the 
     Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of 
     the United States.
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