Pub. L. 106-181, tit. VII, sec. 761

LAND EXCHANGES, FORT RICHARDSON AND ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, ALASKA.

EnactedYear: 2000Length: 352 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 761. LAND EXCHANGES, FORT RICHARDSON AND ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, ALASKA. (a) Conveyance Authorized.—The Secretary of the Interior and the Secrtaries of the Army, Air Force, or such other military departments as may be necessary and appropriate may convey to the Alaska Railroad Corporation for purposes of track realignment all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 227 acres of land located on Fort Richardson and on Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, in the vicinity of, and in exchange for all right, title, and interest of the Alaska Railroad Corporation in, approximately 229 acres of railroad right-of-way located between railroad mileposts 117 and 129. (b) Description of Property.—The exact acreage and legal description of the real property to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall be determined by surveys satisfactory to each Secretary. The cost of the surveys shall be borne by the Alaska Railroad Corporation. (c) Additional Terms and Conditions.—Each Secretary may require as to the real property under his jurisdiction such additional terms and conditions in connection with the conveyances under subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States. The interest conveyed by the Alaska Railroad Corporation to the United States under subsection (a) shall be the full title and interest received by the Corporation under the Alaska Railroad Transfer Act of 1982 (45 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.). The individual parcels of real property conveyed to the United States under this section shall be incorporated into the 114 STAT. 185 appropriate land withdrawals for the military installation in which they are situated or which surround them. The interest conveyed to the Corporation by each Secretary under subsection (a) shall be subject to the same reservations and limitations under the Alaska Railroad Transfer Act of 1982 as are currently applicable to the right-of-way for which the land is being exchanged. (d) Savings Clause.—Nothing in this section affects the duties, responsibilities, and liability of the Federal Government under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C, 9601 et seq.) concerning any lands exchanged under this section.