TRANSFER OF LAND, JOLIET ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT, ILLINOIS

SEC. 2337. TRANSFER OF LAND, JOLIET ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT, ILLINOIS (a) Authority To Convey.—The Secretary of the Army shall transfer to the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs not less than 200 acres of real property, including improvements thereon, located on the Joliet Army Ammunition Plant, Illinois, and with access to State Route 53. (b) Use of Land.—(1) The Administrator shall use the real property transferred under subsection (a) for a national cemetery. (2) A national cemetery established on such real property shall become part of the National Cemetery System and shall be administered under chapter 24 of title 38, United States Code. (c) Restoration.—(1) The Secretary of the Army shall carry out appropriate environmental restoration activities pursuant to chapter 160 of title 10, United States Code, with respect to such real property before transferring it under this section. (2) The Secretary may not transfer such property under this section unless the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs has determined that contamination that would prevent the property from being used as a national cemetery has been removed and that the land has been restored so that it is appropriate for such use. (d) Legal Description.—The exact acreage and legal descriptions of any property transferred under this section shall be based on surveys that are satisfactory to the Secretary. The Administrator shall bear the cost of such surveys.