Sec. 3143. Department of Energy land conveyance
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Notwithstanding sections 521 and 522 of title 40, United States Code, the Administrator of General Services may transfer custody of and accountability for the portion of the real property described in subsection
(b)in the custody of the General Services Administration on the date of the enactment of this Act to the National Nuclear Security Administration. The real property described in this subsection is the real property, including any improvements thereon, consisting of the Bannister Federal Complex in Kansas City, Missouri. The exact acreage and legal description of the real property described in this subsection shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Administrator for Nuclear Security and the Administrator of General Services. After the consolidation of custody of and accountability for the real property described in subsection
(b)in the National Nuclear Security Administration under subsection (a), the Administrator for Nuclear Security may— negotiate an agreement to convey to an eligible entity all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the real property described in subsection (b); and enter into an agreement, on a reimbursable basis or otherwise, with the eligible entity to provide funding for the costs of— the negotiation of the agreement described in paragraph (1); planning for the disposition of the property; and carrying out the responsibilities of the Administrator under section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9620(h) ) with respect to the property, including— identification, investigation, and clean up of, and research and development with respect to, contamination from a hazardous substance or pollutant or contaminant; correction of other environmental damage that creates an imminent and substantial endangerment to the public health or welfare or to the environment; and demolition and removal of buildings and structures as required to clean up contamination or as required for completion of the responsibilities of the Administrator under that section. The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall select, through a public process provided for under the regulations of the Department of Energy, the eligible entity to which the real property described in subsection
(b)is to be conveyed under subsection (c). The Administrator shall use good faith efforts to ensure the greatest possible return on such conveyance considering the conditions described in paragraphs
(2)and (3). The conveyance under subsection
(c)shall be subject to the requirements relating to transfer of property by the Federal Government under section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9620(h) ). The conveyance under subsection
(c)shall be subject to the condition that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may continue to occupy until December 31, 2015, the space in the real property described in subsection
(b)that the Administration occupies as of the date of the enactment of this Act. The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall use any funds received from the conveyance under subsection
(c)to reimburse the Administrator for costs (other than costs referred to in paragraph
(2)of that subsection) incurred by the Administrator to carry out the conveyance, including survey costs, costs for environmental documentation, and any other administrative costs related to the conveyance. Amounts received as reimbursement under paragraph
(1)shall be credited to the fund or account that was used to cover the costs referred to in that paragraph. Amounts so credited shall be merged with amounts in such fund or account and shall be available for the same purposes, and subject to the same conditions and limitations, as amounts in such fund or account. The Administrator for Nuclear Security may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance under subsection
(c)as the Administrator considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States. In this section, the term eligible entity means a nongovernmental entity that has demonstrated to the Administrator for Nuclear Security, in the Administrator's sole discretion, that the entity has the capability to operate and maintain the real property described in subsection (b).
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