[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 26, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4331-S4332]
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SA 388. Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Mr. Risch) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and
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for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 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. 2826. LAND CONVEYANCE, MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE,
IDAHO.
(a) Conveyance Authorized.--The Secretary of the Air Force
may convey, without consideration, to the City of Mountain
Home, Idaho (in this section referred to as the ``City''),
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to
a parcel of real property, including improvements thereon,
consisting of approximately 4.25 miles of railroad spur
located near Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, as further
described in subsection (b), for the purpose of economic
development.
(b) Map and Legal Description.--
(1) Finalizing legal descriptions.--As soon as practicable
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
the Air Force shall finalize a map and the legal description
of the property to be conveyed under subsection (a).
(2) Minor errors.--The Secretary of the Air Force may
correct any minor errors in the map or the legal description.
(3) Availability.--The map and legal description shall be
on file and available for public inspection.
(c) Payment of Costs of Conveyance.--
(1) Payment required.--The Secretary may require the City
to cover all costs (except costs for environmental
remediation of the property) to be incurred by the Secretary,
or to reimburse the Secretary for costs incurred by the
Secretary, to carry out the conveyance under this section,
including survey costs, costs for environmental
documentation, and any other administrative costs related to
the conveyance. If amounts are collected from the City 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 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 under subsection (a)
shall be credited to the fund or account that was used to
cover the costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out the
conveyance, or to an appropriate fund or account currently
available to the Secretary for the purposes for which the
costs were paid. 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) Use Reservation.--The Secretary may reserve a right to
temporarily use, for urgent reasons of national defense and
at no cost to the United States, all or a portion of the
railroad spur conveyed under subsection (a).
(e) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may
require such additional terms and conditions in connection
with the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Secretary
considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United
States.
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