S.Amdt. 2283

SA 2283. Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Mr. Tester) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 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 title XXVIII, insert the following:

SEC. 2854. RIGHT OF RECOUPMENT RELATED TO LAND CONVEYANCE, HELENA, MONTANA.

Section 2843(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163; 119 Stat. 3525) is amended to read as follows:

“(b) Effect of Reconveyance or Lease.--

“(1) Reconveyance.--If, at any time during the 10-year period following the conveyance of property under subsection (a), the Helena Indian Alliance reconveys all or any part of the conveyed property, the Alliance shall pay to the United States an amount equal to the fair market value of the reconveyed property as of the time of the reconveyance, excluding the value of any improvements made to the property by the Alliance, as determined by the Secretary in accordance with Federal appraisal standards and procedures.

“(2) Lease.--The Secretary may treat a lease of property conveyed under subsection (a) within such 10-year period as a reconveyance if the Secretary determines that the lease is being used to avoid application of paragraph (1).”.