S.Amdt. 2550Senate109th Congress (2005-2007)

To express the sense of the Senate on reversionary interests at Navy homeports.

What it does: Adds SEC. 2887. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON REVERSIONARY INTERESTS AT NAVY HOMEPORTS at the end of subtitle D of title XXVIII of division B
Sponsored by Trent LottSen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
Submitted November 15, 2005

What it changes

1 change to S. 1042 · shown in the bill's text

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  1. Adds SEC. 2887. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON REVERSIONARY INTERESTS AT NAVY HOMEPORTS at the end of subtitle D of title XXVIII of division B

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    In S. 1042 · Public Print

    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should not transfer any unit from a military installation closed or realigned due to the relocation of forces under the Integrated Global Presence and Basing Strategy or the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment until adequate facilities and infrastructure necessary to support the unit's mission and quality of life requirements for military families are ready for use at the receiving location.

    Inserted: SEC. 2887. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON REVERSIONARY INTERESTS AT NAVY HOMEPORTS.

    Inserted: It is the sense of the Senate that, in implementing the decisions made with respect to Navy homeports as part of the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment, the Secretary of the Navy should, consistent with the national interest and Federal policy supporting cost-free conveyances of Federal surplus property suitable for use as port facilities, release or otherwise relinquish any entitlement to receive, pursuant to any agreement providing for such payment, compensation from any holder of a reversionary interest in real property used by the United States for improvements made to any military installation that is closed or realigned as part of such base closure round.

    Original wording

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

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As printed

SA 2550. Mr. WARNER (for Mr. Lott (for himself and Mr. Cornyn)) 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. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON REVERSIONARY INTERESTS AT NAVY HOMEPORTS.

It is the sense of the Senate that, in implementing the decisions made with respect to Navy homeports as part of the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment, the Secretary of the Navy should, consistent with the national interest and Federal policy supporting cost-free conveyances of Federal surplus property suitable for use as port facilities, release or otherwise relinquish any entitlement to receive, pursuant to any agreement providing for such payment, compensation from any holder of a reversionary interest in real property used by the United States for improvements made to any military installation that is closed or realigned as part of such base closure round.

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Senate amendment submitted

November 15, 2005

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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 2550 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

November 15, 2005

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 2550 proposed by Senator Warner for Senator Lott.

November 15, 2005

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Amendment SA 2550 proposed by Senator Warner for Senator Lott. (consideration: CR S12778-12791; text: CR S12785) To express the sense of the Senate on reversionary interests at Navy homeports.

November 15, 2005

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Amendment SA 2550 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

November 15, 2005