,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ccga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bd1 #bjag,mr4 
,la,malfa introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
provide for the conveyance of an        
obsolete ,over-the-,horizon ,backscatter
 ,radar ,system receiving station in    
,modoc ,county1 ,california1 to promote 
economic development of the site4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,modoc ,county ,land ,transfer and  
,economic ,development ,act of #bjag4   
#b4 ,land conveyance1 ,over-the-,horizon
 ,backscatter ,radar ,system receiving  
station1 ,modoc ,county1 ,california    
7a7 ,conveyance required ,the ,secretary
 of ,agriculture shall convey1 without  
consideration1 to ,modoc ,county1       
,california 7in this section referred to
 as the ,county71 all right1 title1 and 
interest of the ,united ,states in and  
to a parcel of ,national ,forest ,system
 land1 including improvements thereon1  

consisting of approximately #ibg acres  
in ,modoc ,national ,forest in the      
,state of ,california and containing an 
obsolete ,over-the-,horizon ,backscatter
 ,radar ,system receiving station       
established on the parcel pursuant to a 
memorandum of agreement between the     
,department of the ,air ,force and      
,forest ,service dated ,may #ah and #bc1
 #aihg4  7b7 ,purpose of conveyance ,the
 purpose of the conveyance under this   
section is to preserve and utilize the  
improvements constructed on the parcel  
of ,national ,forest ,system land       
described in subsection 7a7 and to      
permit the ,county to use the conveyed  
property1 including improvements        
thereon1 for economic development       
purposes4  7c7 ,payment of costs of     
conveyance  7#a7 ,payment required ,the 
,secretary of ,agriculture shall require
 the ,county to cover costs 7except     
costs for environmental remediation of  
the property7 to be incurred by the     
,secretary1 or to reimburse the         

,secretary for such costs incurred by   
the ,secretary1 to carry out the        
conveyance under subsection 7a71        
including survey costs1 costs for       
environmental documentation1 and any    
other administrative costs related to   
the conveyance4 ,if amounts are         
collected from the ,county in advance of
 the ,secretary incurring the actual    
costs1 and the amount collected exceeds 
the costs actually incurred by the      
,secretary to carry out the conveyance1 
the ,secretary shall refund the excess  
amount to the ,county4  7#b7 ,treatment 
of amounts received ,amounts received as
 reimbursement under paragraph 7#a7     
shall be credited to the fund or account
 that was used to cover those costs     
incurred by the ,secretary in carrying  
out the conveyance4 ,amounts so credited
 shall be merged with amounts in such   
fund or account1 and shall be available 
for the same purposes1 and subject to   
the same conditions and limitations1 as 
amounts in such fund or account4  7d7   

,environmental remediation ,to expedite 
the conveyance of the parcel of         
,national ,forest ,system land described
 in subsection 7a71 including           
improvements thereon1 environmental     
remediation of the land by the          
,department of the ,air ,force shall be 
limited to the removal of the perimeter 
wooden fence1 which was treated with an 
arsenic-based weatherproof coating1 and 
treatment of soil affected by leaching  
of such chemical4  7e7 ,description of  
property ,the exact acreage and legal   
description of the property to be       
conveyed under subsection 7a7 shall be  
determined by a survey satisfactory to  
the ,secretary of ,agriculture4