S.Amdt. 6034

1. Adds SEC. 1026. AUTHORITY TO CONVEY BY DONATION CERTAIN VESSELS FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND DISASTER RELIEF PURPOSES at the end of subtitle C of title X

   Adds a section

   In S.Amdt. 5499 as proposed

   (12) USNS John Glenn (T-ESD 2).

   Inserted: SEC. 1026. AUTHORITY TO CONVEY BY DONATION CERTAIN VESSELS FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND DISASTER RELIEF PURPOSES.

   Inserted: (a) Authority to Convey.--The Secretary of the Navy may convey, by donation, all right, title, and interest of the United States Government in and to any vessel described in subsection (b) to the Coalition of Hope Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit organization, for use in the provision of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief services, if the vessel is no longer required by the United States Government.

   Inserted: (b) Vessels Described.--The vessels described in this subsection are the following vessels, which have been stricken from the Naval Vessel Register:

   Inserted: (1) The former U.S.S. Tarawa (LHA-1)

   Inserted: (2) The former U.S.S. Peleliu (LHA-5).

   Inserted: (c) Terms of Conveyance.--

   Inserted: (1) Delivery of vessel.--The Secretary of the Navy shall deliver a vessel conveyed under subsection (a)--

   Inserted: (A) at a location and on a date of conveyance as mutually agreed to by the Secretary and the recipient; and

   Inserted: (B) in its condition on that date.

   Inserted: (2) Limitations on liability and responsibility.--

   Inserted: (A) Immunity of the united states.--The United States and all departments and agencies thereof, and their officers and employees, shall not be liable at law or in equity for any injury or damage to any person or property occurring on a vessel donated under this section.

   Inserted: (B) Improvements, upgrades, and repairs.--Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Defense, and the officers and employees of the Department of Defense, shall have no responsibility or obligation to make, engage in, or provide funding for, any improvement, upgrade, modification, maintenance, preservation, or repair to a vessel donated under this section.

   Show 6 more inserted paragraphsShow less

   Inserted: (C) Claims arising from exposure to hazardous material.--The Secretary may not convey a vessel under this section unless the recipient agrees to hold the United States Government harmless for any claim arising from exposure to hazardous material, including asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls, after the conveyance of the vessel, except for any claim arising before the date of the conveyance or from use of the vessel by the Government after that date.

   Inserted: (3) Conveyance to be at no cost to department of defense.--Any conveyance of a vessel under this section, the demilitarization of Munitions List items of that vessel, the maintenance and preservation of that vessel after conveyance, and the ultimate disposal of that vessel shall be made at no cost to the Department of Defense.

   Inserted: (4) Additional terms.--The Secretary may require such additional terms in connection with the conveyance authorized by this section as the Secretary considers appropriate.

   Inserted: (d) Definitions.--In this section:

   Inserted: (1) Nonprofit organization.--The term "nonprofit organization" means an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that Code.

   Inserted: (2) Munitions list.--The term "Munitions List" means the United States Munitions List created and controlled under section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778).

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle C of title X, add the following:

Read automatically from the Congressional Record. Check the original before relying on it.

As printed