AUTHORITY FOR PORT AUTHORITY OF STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO USE NAVY PROPERTY AT NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION CENTER, GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI.

SEC. 2893. AUTHORITY FOR PORT AUTHORITY OF STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO USE NAVY PROPERTY AT NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION CENTER, GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI. (a) Joint Use Agreement Authorized.— The Secretary of the Navy may enter into an agreement with the Port Authority of the State of Mississippi (in this section referred to as the “Port Authority”), under which the Port Authority may use real property comprising up to 50 acres located at the Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Mississippi (in this section referred to as the “Center”). (b) Term of Agreement.— The agreement authorized under subsection (a) may be for an initial period of not more than 15 years. Under the agreement, the Secretary shall provide the Port Authority with an option to extend the agreement for at least three additional periods of five years each. (c) CONDITIONS ON Use.— The agreement authorized under subsection (a) shall require the Port Authority— (1) to suspend operations under the agreement in the event Navy contingency operations are conducted at the Center; and (2) to use the property covered by the agreement in a manner consistent with Navy operations conducted at the Center. (d) Consideration.— (1) As consideration for the use of the property covered by the agreement under subsection (a), the Port Authority shall pay to the Navy an amount equal to the fair market rental value of the property, as determined by the Secretary taking into consideration the Port Authority’s use of the property. (2) The Secretary may include a provision in the agreement requiring the Port Authority— (A) to pay the Navy an amount (as determined by the Secretary) to cover the costs of replacing at the Center any facilities vacated by the Navy on account of the agreement or to construct suitable replacement facilities for the Navy; and (B) to pay the Navy an amount (as determined by the Secretary) for the costs of relocating Navy operations from the vacated facilities to the replacement facilities. (e) Congressional Notification.— The Secretary may not enter into the agreement authorized by subsection (a) until 110 STAT. 592the end of the 21-day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary submits to Congress a report containing an explanation of the terms of the proposed agreement and a description of the consideration that the Secretary expects to receive under the agreement. (f) Use of Payment.— (1) In such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts, the Secretary may use amounts paid under subsection (d)(1) to pay for general supervision, administration, and overhead expenses and for improvement, maintenance, repair, construction, or restoration of the roads, railways, and facilities serving the Center. (2) In such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts, the Secretary may use amounts paid under subsection (d)(2) to pay for constructing new facilities, or making modifications to existing facilities, that are necessary to replace facilities vacated by the Navy on account of the agreement under subsection (a) and for relocating operations of the Navy from the vacated facilities to replacement facilities. (g) Construction by Port Authority.— The Secretary may authorize the Port Authority to demolish existing facilities located on the property covered by the agreement under subsection (a) and, consistent with the restriction specified in subsection (c)(2), construct new facilities on the property for joint use by the Port Authority and the Navy. (h) Additional Terms and Conditions.— The Secretary may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with the agreement authorized under subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.