[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2861-S2862]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 750. Mr. BOOZMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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

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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. 2863. LAND CONVEYANCE, ARMY AND NAVY GENERAL HOSPITAL, 
                   HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, HOT SPRINGS, 
                   ARKANSAS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army may convey to 
     the State of Arkansas by quitclaim deed, without 
     consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United 
     States in and to the covered property if, not later than five 
     years after the date of the enactment of this Act--
       (1) the Governor of Arkansas submits to the Secretary of 
     the Army a request for such conveyance; and
       (2) the Secretary of the Army, in consultation with the 
     Administrator of the General Services Administration, 
     determines such conveyance is appropriate notwithstanding the 
     requirements under section 3 of the Act of September 12, 1959 
     (Public Law 86-323).
       (b) Designation.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through 
     the Director of the Office of Local Defense Community 
     Cooperation, shall designate the State of Arkansas as the 
     local redevelopment authority with respect to the covered 
     property.
       (c) Grant Authority.--The Secretary of Defense, acting 
     through the Director of the Office of Local Defense Community 
     Cooperation, may make a grant (including a supplemental 
     grant) or enter into a cooperative agreement to assist the 
     local redevelopment authority designated under subsection (b) 
     in planning community adjustments and economic 
     diversification, including site caretaker services, security 
     services, and fire protection services, required under the 
     conveyance under subsection (a).
       (d) Report Required.--Not later than 120 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army 
     shall provide to the congressional defense committees a 
     briefing that includes--
       (1) with respect to the conveyance under subsection (a), a 
     summary of the coordination among affected stakeholders 
     including--
       (A) the Director of the Office of Local Defense Community 
     Cooperation;
       (B) the Administrator of the General Services 
     Administration;
       (C) the Director of the National Park Service;
       (D) the Governor of Arkansas;
       (E) the Mayor of Hot Springs, Arkansas; and
       (F) the Secretary of the Navy;
       (2) a summary of--
       (A) any environmental investigations conducted at the 
     covered property as of the date of the enactment of this Act;
       (B) the response actions required under any such 
     environmental investigation;
       (C) an estimate of the cost to each such response action; 
     and
       (D) an identification of potentially responsible parties, 
     if any, for any hazardous substance identified under an 
     environmental investigation described in subparagraph (A);
       (3) an estimate of the total cost to--
       (A) stabilize each structure on the covered property; and
       (B) demolish each such structure; and
       (4) an assessment of necessary steps for the covered 
     property to be eligible for a grant under the Arkansas 
     Brownfields Program and recommendations with respect to such 
     steps.
       (e) Covered Property Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``covered property'' means the approximately twenty-one 
     acres, more or less, of land located at Hot Springs National 
     Park, Arkansas, which comprise facilities previously occupied 
     by the Army and Navy General Hospital conveyed by quitclaim 
     deed to the State of Arkansas pursuant to the Act of 
     September 12, 1959.
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