[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3433-S3434]
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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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