[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3718-S3719]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 708. Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Romney) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him 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 appropriate place, add the following:

     SEC.__ LAND CONVEYANCE, HILL AIR FORCE BASE, OGDEN, UTAH.

       (a) Conveyance Required.--The Secretary of the Air Force 
     may convey, for no monetary consideration, to the State of 
     Utah or a designee of the State of Utah (in this section 
     referred to as the ``State'') all right, title, and interest 
     of the United States in and to a parcel of real property, 
     including improvements thereon, consisting of approximately 
     35 acres located at Hill Air Force Base commonly known as the 
     ``Defense Nontactical Generator and Rail Center'' and such 
     real property adjacent to the Center as the parties consider 
     to be appropriate, for the purpose of permitting the State to 
     construct a new interchange for Interstate 15.
       (b) Condition Precedent.--The conveyance authorized by 
     subsection (a) shall be contingent upon the relocation of the 
     Defense Nontactical Generator and Rail Center.
       (c) Termination and Reentry.--If the State does not meet 
     the conditions required under subsection (d) by the date that 
     is five years after the date of the conveyance authorized by 
     subsection (a), or such later date as the Secretary of the 
     Air Force and the State may agree is reasonably necessary due 
     to unexpected circumstances, the Secretary of the Air Force 
     may terminate such conveyance and reenter the property.
       (d) Consideration and Conditions of Conveyance.--In 
     consideration of and as a condition to the conveyance 
     authorized by subsection (a), the State shall agree to the 
     following:
       (1) Not later than two years after the conveyance, the 
     State shall, at no cost to the United States Government--
       (A) demolish all improvements and associated infrastructure 
     existing on the property; and
       (B) conduct environmental cleanup and remediation of the 
     property, as required by law and approved by the Utah 
     Department of Environmental Quality, for the planned 
     redevelopment and use of the property.
       (2) Not later than three years after the completion of the 
     cleanup and remediation under paragraph (1)(B), the State, at 
     no cost to the United States Government, shall construct on 
     Hill Air Force Base a new gate for vehicular and pedestrian 
     traffic in and out of Hill Air Force Base in compliance with 
     all applicable construction and security requirements and 
     such other requirements as the Secretary of the Air Force may 
     consider necessary.
       (3) That the State shall coordinate the demolition, 
     cleanup, remediation, design, redevelopment, and construction 
     activities performed pursuant to the conveyance under 
     subsection (a) with the Secretary of the Air Force, the Utah 
     Department of Transportation, and the Utah Department of 
     Environmental Quality.
       (e) Environmental Obligations.--The State shall not have 
     any obligation with respect to cleanup and remediation of an 
     environmental condition on the property to be conveyed under 
     subsection (a) unless the condition was in existence and 
     known before the date of the conveyance or the State 
     exacerbates the condition which then requires further 
     remediation.

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       (f) Payment of Costs of Conveyance.--
       (1) Payment required.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall 
     require the State to cover costs to be incurred by the 
     Secretary, or to reimburse the Secretary for such costs 
     incurred, to carry out the conveyance under subsection (a), 
     including survey costs, costs for environmental 
     documentation, and other administrative costs related to the 
     conveyance. If amounts are collected from the State in 
     advance of the Secretary incurring 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 State.
       (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 the costs incurred by 
     the Secretary in carrying out the conveyance under subsection 
     (a) 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.
       (g) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal 
     description of the property to be conveyed under subsection 
     (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the 
     Secretary of the Air Force and the State.
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