S.Amdt. 2295

SA 2295. Mr. CARPER (for himself and Mr. Coons) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 5515, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 subtitle F of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. LAND DISPOSAL, FORT DUPONT, DELAWARE.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law
and subject to subsection (b), not later than 180 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army
shall transfer--
(1) all right, title, and interest in and to a parcel of
land known as that part of the Original Acquisition (OADE)
Tract that includes the bed and banks of the Delaware Branch
Channel on the north side of the Fifth Street Bridge,
Delaware City, Delaware, containing approximately 31.6 acres
of land, to the Fort DuPont Redevelopment and Preservation
Corporation; and
(2) all right, title, and interest in and to the Fifth
Street Bridge, together with the land known as that part of
the Original Acquisition (OADE) Tract that includes the banks
and bed of the Delaware Branch Channel, Delaware City,
Delaware, containing approximately 0.27 acres of land, to the
State of Delaware.

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(b) Conditions.--
(1) State approval.--Before making a transfer under
subsection (a), the Secretary of the Army shall ensure that
the Governor of Delaware agrees to the transfer.
(2) Toll-free bridge.--Before making a transfer under
subsection (a)(2), the Governor of Delaware shall agree to
ensure that no toll is imposed for use of the bridge referred
to in that subsection, in accordance with section 109 of the
River and Harbor Act of 1950 (33 U.S.C. 534).
(3) Survey.--The exact acreage and legal description of the
land to be transferred under subsection (a) shall be
determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary of the
Army and the Governor of Delaware.
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