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HR 6285 112th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Land transfers Military facilities and property Pennsylvania

To provide for the conveyance of the former Mifflin County Army Reserve Center in Lewistown, Pennsylvania.

Introduced: August 2, 2012 Introduced by: Thompson, Glenn Republican · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 13, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Aug 2, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Aug 2, 2012
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to Derry Township, Pennsylvania, all interest of the United States in a parcel of real property, including improvements, that contains the Mifflin County Army Reserve Center located at 73 Reserve Lane, Lewistown, Pennsylvania, to permit the township to use such parcel for a regional police headquarters and other public purposes.

Permits the Secretary to lease the real property to the township until the time such property is conveyed to the township.

Requires the township to cover costs (except costs for environmental remediation of the property) to be incurred by the Secretary or to reimburse the Secretary for such costs incurred in carrying out the conveyance, including survey costs, costs for environmental documentation, and any other administrative costs related to the conveyance.

Prohibits the township from using federal funds to cover any part of conveyance costs or to cover the costs for the design and construction of any facility on the property.

Instructs the township to begin using the property for public purposes before the end of a five-year period beginning on the date of such conveyance.

What's happening now September 13, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

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