Pub. L. 85-685, tit. I, sec. 109

Sec. 109. (a) The Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed, unless the Secretary of Defense finds after due investigation that such action would be inimical to the national security, to make available to the Administrator of the General Services Administration, or his designee, the San Jacinto Ordnance Depot, Texas. Upon such property being made available, the Administrator or his designee is authorized and directed to enter into a contract or contracts for the72 Stat. 642 sale of such property in lots or in its entirety under public bid procedures and at not less than the fair market value and to convey by quitclaim deed, all right, title, and interest of the United States, except as retained in this Act, in and to such property to any legal person or group except Government agencies or departments upon such terms and conditions as the Administrator or his designee determines to be in the public interest. (b) Any conveyance made pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) hereof shall include the following conditions: (1) All mineral rights, including gas and oil, in the lands to be conveyed shall be reserved to the United States; (2) The San Jacinto property shall be offered for sale within twenty-four months from the date of enactment of this Act; (3) Title in and to such property shall remain in the United States until full payment or the agreed purchase price is made. (c) In the event the San Jacinto Ordnance Depot is made available to the General Services Administration pursuant to the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) hereof, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Army such sums as are necessary not to exceed $40,000,000 to establish and construct, including land acquisition, replacement facilities to the extent required at Point-Aux-Pins, Alabama, or any other location selected by the Secretary of Defense. (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to modify the requirements of section 2662 of title 10 of the United States Code relative to coming into agreement with the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and of the House of Representatives with respect to real estate actions.