To require the Secretary of Defense, subject to a national security exception, to offer to transfer to local redevelopment authorities for no consideration real property and personal property located at military installations that are closed or realigned as part of the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment, and to clarify that the requirement does not affect certain property interests.

SA 2436. Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Ms. Collins, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Wyden
and Mr. Corzine) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1042, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other
purposes; as follows:

At the end of subtitle D of title XXVIII of division B, add
the following:

SEC. 2887. TRANSFER TO REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES WITHOUT
CONSIDERATION OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS CLOSED OR REALIGNED UNDER 2005
ROUND OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT.

(a) Option on Transfer of Real Property and Facilities.--
Paragraph (2)(C) of section 2905(b) of the Defense Base
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of
Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(i)'' after ``(C)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new clause:
``(ii)(I) Except as provided in subclause (II), in the case
of any real property or facilities located at an installation
for which the date of approval of closure or realignment is
after January 1, 2005, including property or facilities that
would otherwise be transferred to a military department or
other entity within the Department of Defense or the Coast
Guard under clause (i), or would otherwise be transferred to
another Federal agency--
``(aa) the Secretary shall instead offer to transfer such
property or facilities to the redevelopment authority with
respect to such installation; and
``(bb) if the redevelopment authority accepts the offer,
transfer such property or facilities to the redevelopment
authority, without consideration, subject to the provisions
of paragraph (4).
``(II) The requirement under subclause (I) shall not
apply--
``(aa) to a transfer of property or facilities to a
military department or other entity within the Department of
Defense or the Coast Guard under clause (i), or to the
Department of Homeland Security, if the Secretary of Defense
determines that such transfer is necessary in the national
security interest of the United States; or
``(bb) to a transfer of property or facilities to an Indian
tribe or tribal organization pursuant to section 105(f)(3) of
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
(25 U.S.C. 450j(f)(3)).''.
(b) Option on Transfer of Personal Property.--Paragraph (3)
of such section is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ``subparagraphs (E)
and (F)'' and inserting ``subparagraphs (F) and (G)'';
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as
subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new
subparagraph (E):
``(E) In the case of any personal property located at an
installation for which the date of approval of closure or
realignment is after January 1, 2005, including property that
is determined pursuant to the inventory under subparagraph
(A)(i) to be excess property that would otherwise be
transferred to another Federal agency under subchapter II of
chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code, pursuant to the
authority in paragraph (1)(A)--
``(i) the Secretary shall, unless the Secretary determines
that a transfer of such property to a military department or
other entity within the Department of Defense or the Coast
Guard, or to the Department of Homeland Security, is
necessary in the national security interest of the United
States, instead offer to transfer such property to the
redevelopment authority with respect to such installation;
and
``(ii) if the redevelopment authority accepts the offer,
transfer such property to the redevelopment authority,
without consideration, subject to the provisions of paragraph
(4).''.
(c) Economic Redevelopment.--Paragraph (4)(A) of such
section is amended by striking ``purposes of job generation''
and inserting ``purposes of economic redevelopment or job
generation''.
(d) Conforming Change.--Paragraph (4)(B) of such section is
amended--
(1) by striking ``shall seek'' and all that follows through
``with respect to the installation'' and inserting the
following: ``may not obtain consideration in connection with
any transfer under this paragraph of property located at the
installation. The redevelopment authority to which such
property is transferred shall'';
(2) in clause (i), by striking ``agrees'' and inserting
``agree''; and
(3) in clause (ii)--
(A) by striking ``executes'' and inserting ``execute''; and
(B) by striking ``accepts'' and inserting ``accept''.
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