[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3433-S3434]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 366. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Ms. Harris) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 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 B of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2815. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORIZED USES OF CERTAIN 
                   PROPERTY CONVEYED BY THE UNITED STATES IN LOS 
                   ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

       (a) In General.--Section 2 of Public Law 85-236 (71 Stat. 
     517) is amended in the first sentence by inserting after 
     ``for other military purposes'' the following: ``and for 
     purposes of meeting the needs of the homeless (as that term 
     is defined in section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
     Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302))''.
       (b) Modification of Use.--
       (1) Application.--The State of California may submit to the 
     Administrator of General Services an application for use of 
     the property conveyed pursuant to section 2 of Public Law 85-
     236 for purposes of meeting the needs of the homeless in 
     accordance with the amendment made by subsection (a).
       (2) Review of application.--Not later than 60 days after 
     the date of receipt of an application pursuant to paragraph 
     (1), the Administrator and the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services shall jointly determine whether the use of the 
     property described in the application is a use for purposes 
     of meeting the needs of the homeless.
       (3) Modification of instrument of conveyance.--
       (A) In general.--If the Administrator and the Secretary 
     jointly determine that the use of the property described in 
     the application is for purposes of meeting the needs of the 
     homeless, the Administrator shall execute and record in the 
     appropriate office an instrument of modification of the deed 
     of conveyance executed pursuant to Public Law 85-236 in order 
     to authorize such use of the property. The instrument shall 
     include such additional terms and conditions as the 
     Administrator considers appropriate to protect the interests 
     of the United States.

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       (B) Compatibility with military purposes.--Before executing 
     under subparagraph (A) any instrument of modification of the 
     deed of conveyance executed pursuant to Public Law 85-236, 
     the Administrator and the Secretary shall request review by 
     the Chief of the National Guard Bureau in consultation with 
     the Secretary of the Army to ensure that any modification of 
     the use of the property described in the application is 
     compatible with the training of the members of the National 
     Guard.
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