To authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to convey certain property to the Massac-Metropolis Port District, and for other purposes.

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6730 To authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engi- neers, to convey certain property to the Massac-Metropolis Port District, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 5, 2020 Mr. SHIMKUS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to convey certain property to the Massac-Metropolis Port District, and for other pur- poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. MASSAC-METROPOLIS PORT DISTRICT. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army, acting 4 through the Chief of Engineers, may convey, without con- 5 sideration, to the Massac-Metropolis Port District, all 6 right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 7 any real property located north of the south bank of the 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 May 16, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6730.IH H6730 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6730 IH Ohio River in Massac County, Illinois, that is associated 1 with the Ohio River Lock and Dam 52. 2 (b) REQUIREMENTS.— 3 (1) DEED.—The conveyance of real property 4 under this section shall be by quitclaim deed. 5 (2) SURVEY.—The exact acreage and legal de- 6 scription of the real property to be conveyed under 7 this section shall be determined by a survey satisfac- 8 tory to the Secretary. 9 (3) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—The Sec- 10 retary shall not require the Massac-Metropolis Port 11 District to provide funds to cover the administrative 12 expenses incurred by the Secretary in carrying out 13 a conveyance under this section, including the costs 14 of surveys required under paragraph (2). 15 (4) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 16 The Secretary may require that any conveyance 17 under this section be subject to such additional 18 terms and conditions as the Secretary considers nec- 19 essary and appropriate to protect the interests of the 20 United States. 21 (c) SCREENING REQUIREMENTS WAIVED.—Section 22 2696 of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply to 23 any conveyance under this section. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 May 16, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6730.IH H6730 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 6730 IH (d) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—If the Massac-Metropolis 1 Port District does not accept the conveyance under this 2 section of any real property described in subsection (a), 3 the Secretary may dispose of such real property under 4 subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 40, United States 5 Code. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 May 16, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6730.IH H6730 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS