CONVEYANCE OF LIGHTHOUSES.

SEC. 416. CONVEYANCE OF LIGHTHOUSES. (a) Authority to Convey.— (1) In general.— The Commandant of the Coast Guard, or the Administrator of the General Services Administration, as appropriate, may convey, by an appropriate means of conveyance, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to each of the following properties: (A) Light Station Sand Point, located in Escanaba, Michigan, to the Delta County Historical Society. (B) Light Station Dunkirk, located in Dunkirk, New York, to the Dunkirk Historical Lighthouse and Veterans’ Park Museum. (C) The Mukilteo Light Station, located in Mukilteo, Washington, to the City of Mukilteo. (D) Eagle Harbor Light Station, located in Michigan, to the Keweenaw County Historical Society. (E) Cape Decision Light Station, located in Alaska, to the Cape Decision Lighthouse Society. (F) Cape St. Elias Light Station, located in Alaska, to the Cape St. Elias Light Keepers Association. (G) Five Finger Light Station, located in Alaska, to the Juneau Lighthouse Association. (H) Point Retreat Light Station, located in Alaska, to the Alaska Lighthouse Association. (I) Hudson-Athens Lighthouse, located in New York, to the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Preservation Society. (J) Georgetown Light, located in Georgetown County, South Carolina, to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. (K) Coast Guard Light Station Two Harbors, located in Lake County, Minnesota, to the Lake County Historical Society. (2) Identification of property.— The Commandant or Administrator, as appropriate, may identify, describe, and determine the property to be conveyed under this subsection. (3) Exception.— The Commandant or Administrator, as appropriate, may not convey any historical artifact, including any lens or lantern, located on the property at or before the time of the conveyance. (b) Terms of Conveyance.— (1) In general.— The conveyance of property under this section shall be made— (A) without payment of consideration; and (B) subject to the terms and conditions required by this section and other terms and conditions the Commandant or the Administrator, as appropriate, may consider, including the reservation of easements and other rights on behalf of the United States. 112 STAT. 3436 (2) Reversionary interest.— In addition to any term or condition established under this section, the conveyance of property under this section shall be subject to the condition that all right, title, and interest in the property shall immediately revert to the United States if— (A) the property, or any part of the property— (i) ceases to be used as a nonprofit center for public benefit for the interpretation and preservation of maritime history; (ii) ceases to be maintained in a manner that is consistent with its present or future use as a site for Coast Guard aids to navigation or compliance with this Act; or (iii) ceases to be maintained in a manner consistent with the conditions in paragraph (5) established by the Commandant or the Administrator, as appropriate, pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.); or (B) at least 30 days before that reversion, the Commandant or the Administrator, as appropriate, provides written notice to the owner that the property is needed for national security purposes. (3) Maintenance of navigation functions.— The conveyance of property under this section shall be made subject to the conditions that the Commandant or Administrator, as appropriate, considers to be necessary to assure that— (A) the lights, antennas, and associated equipment located on the property conveyed, which are active aids to navigation, shall continue to be operated and maintained by the United States for as long as they are needed for this purpose; (B) the owner of the property may not interfere or allow interference in any manner with aids to navigation without express written permission from the Commandant or Administrator, as appropriate; (C) there is reserved to the United States the right to relocate, replace, or add any aid to navigation or make any changes to the property conveyed as may be necessary for navigational purposes; (D) the United States shall have the right, at any time, to enter the property without notice for the purpose of operating, maintaining and inspecting aids to navigation, and for the purpose of enforcing compliance with subsection (b); and (E) the United States shall have an easement of access to and across the property for the purpose of maintaining the aids to navigation in use on the property. (4) Obligation limitation.— The owner of the property is not required to maintain any active aid to navigation equipment on the property, except private aids to navigation permitted under section 83 of title 14, United States Code. (5) Maintenance of property.— The owner of the property shall maintain the property in a proper, substantial, and workmanlike manner, and in accordance with any conditions established by the Commandant or the Administrator, as appropriate, pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), and other applicable laws. 112 STAT. 3437 (c) Definitions.— In this section: (1) Aids to navigation.— The term “aids to navigation” means equipment used for navigation purposes, including but not limited to, a light, antenna, sound signal, electronic navigation equipment, or other associated equipment which are operated or maintained by the United States. (2) Owner.— The term “owner” means the person identified in subsection (a)(1), and includes any successor or assign of that person. (3) Delta county historical society.— The term “Delta County Historical Society” means the Delta County Historical Society (a nonprofit corporation established under the laws of the State of Michigan, its parent organization, or subsidiary, if any). (4) Dunkirk historical lighthouse and veterans’ park museum.— The term “Dunkirk Historical Lighthouse and Veterans’ Park Museum” means Dunkirk Historical Lighthouse and Veterans’ Park Museum located in Dunkirk, New York, or, if appropriate as determined by the Commandant, the Chautauqua County Armed Forces Memorial Park Corporation, New York. (5) Lake county historical society.— The term “Lake County Historical Society” means the Lake County Historical Society (a nonprofit corporation established under the laws of the State of Minnesota), its parent organization or subsidiary, if any, and its successors and assigns. (d) Notification.— Not less than 1 year prior to reporting to the General Services Administration that a lighthouse or light station eligible for listing under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) and under the jurisdiction of the Coast Guard is excess to the needs of the Coast Guard, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall notify the State in which the lighthouse or fight station is located, (including the State Historic Preservation Officer, if any) the appropriate political subdivision of that State, and any lighthouse, historic, or maritime preservation organizations in that State, that such property is excess to the needs of the Coast Guard. (e) Extension of Period for Conveyance of Whitlock’s Mill Light.— Notwithstanding section 1002(a)(3) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996, the conveyance authorized by section 1002(a)(2)(AA) of that Act may take place after the date required by section 1002(a)(3) of that Act but no later than December 31, 1998.