[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3501 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3501

To amend the Organic Act of Guam to provide the government of Guam the 
  opportunity to acquire excess real property in Guam, and to release 
              lands from a condition on disposal by Guam.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 1996

Mr. Underwood introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Government 
    Reform and Oversight and National Security, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Organic Act of Guam to provide the government of Guam the 
  opportunity to acquire excess real property in Guam, and to release 
              lands from a condition on disposal by Guam.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Guam Land Return Act''.

SEC. 2. OPPORTUNITY FOR GUAM TO ACQUIRE EXCESS REAL PROPERTY IN GUAM.

    The Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new title:
    ``Sec. 36. (a) At least 180 days before transferring to any Federal 
agency excess real property located in Guam, the Administrator of 
General Services shall notify the government of Guam that the property 
is available under this section.
    ``(b) The Administrator shall transfer to the government of Guam 
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to excess 
real property located in Guam, by quit claim deed and without 
reimbursement, if the government of Guam, within 180 days after 
receiving notification under subsection (a) regarding the property, 
notifies the Administrator that the government intends to acquire the 
property under this section.
    ``(c) For purposes of this section, the term `excess real property' 
means excess property (as that term is defined in section 3 of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as in effect 
on the date of enactment of the Guam Land Return Act) that is real 
property.''.

SEC. 3. RELEASE OF LANDS FROM CONDITION ON DISPOSAL BY GUAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 818(b)(2) of Public Law 96-418 (94 Stat. 
1782), relating to a condition on disposal by Guam of lands conveyed to 
Guam by the United States, shall have no force or effect and is 
repealed.
    (b) Execution of Instruments.--The Secretary of the Navy and the 
Administrator of General Services shall execute all instruments 
necessary to implement this section.
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