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

Summary

Keep and use a clear process to pick groups that can take over historic lighthouses for education, parks, recreation, cultural uses, or preservation. The Secretary and the Administrator must have rules to find eligible groups and to check how those groups use the lighthouse. The Secretary must review all applications for a lighthouse once the agency in charge says the property is excess under section 102 of title 40, pick one approved application, and send that single approved application to the Administrator. When choosing, the Secretary must talk with the State Historic Preservation Officer where the lighthouse sits. After the Secretary picks the group, the Administrator must transfer the lighthouse by quitclaim deed, for no payment, giving all U.S. interest in the property and following the conditions in section 305104. Those transfers are not covered by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.) or by section 416(d) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–383, 14 U.S.C. 93 note). If the lighthouse is inside a System unit or a National Wildlife Refuge, the Secretary must approve any transfer or sale. If approved, the conveyance or sale must follow section 305104 and any extra terms the Secretary needs to protect the unit or refuge; sales must follow paragraphs (1)–(4) and (8) of subsection (a), and subsection (b), of section 305104. The Secretary is encouraged to make cooperative agreements with suitable groups when consistent with managing the unit or refuge.