§305103 Selection of Eligible Entity and Conveyance of Historic Light Stations

Summary

The Secretary and the Administrator must keep a process and rules to find and pick a qualifying group to receive a historic light station for education, park, recreation, cultural, or historic preservation uses, and they must watch how that group uses the property. When the agency in charge says the light station is excess (as that term is defined in section 102 of title 40), the Secretary must review all applications, pick one, and send that single approved application to the Administrator. The Secretary must talk with the State Historic Preservation Officer where the light station is located. After the Secretary picks an eligible group, the Administrator must transfer all U.S. interest in the light station to that group by quitclaim deed for no payment, under the conditions listed in section 305104. These transfers are not covered by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.) or section 416(d) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–383, 14 U.S.C. 93 note). If a light station is inside a National Park Service unit or a National Wildlife Refuge, the Secretary must approve any conveyance or sale first. If approved, the transfer or sale must follow the conditions in section 305104 and any extra terms the Secretary needs to protect those lands; sales must follow paragraphs (1)–(4) and (8) of subsection (a) and subsection (b) of section 305104.