S.Amdt. 5481

SA 5481. Mrs. DOLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 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:

On page 458, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:

SEC. 2842. DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY AT OUTLYING LANDING FIELD, BEAUFORT AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, NORTH CAROLINA.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Navy shall make an exception to policy when the Secretary disposes of the land acquired for the Navy's now-cancelled Outlying Landing Field (OLF) in Beaufort and Washington Counties, North Carolina, by first offering the previous property owners the opportunity to reacquire their land by right of first refusal at fair market value. Should these parties decline the Navy's offer, the Secretary shall dispose of these properties in a manner most likely to ensure continued agricultural productivity.