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 PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 111 STAT. 2001 modernization of the Armed Forces. The savings assumed in the budget request were not reaUzed. (6) The fiscal year 1998 budget request for the Department assumes a savings of $5,000,000,000 as a result of the closure or realignment of such installations, which savings are to be dedicated to the modernization of the Armed Forces. (b) SENSE OF SENATE ON USE OF SAVINGS RESULTING FROM BASE CLOSURE PROCESS. —It is the sense of the Senate that the savings identified in the report under section 2824 should be made available to the Department of Defense solely for purposes of the modernization of new weapon systems (including research, development, test, and evaluation relating to such modernization) and should be used by the Department solely for such purposes. SEC. 2826. PROHIBITION AGAINST CERTAIN CONVEYANCES OF PROP- ERTY AT NAVAL STATION, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. (a) PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT CONVEYANCE.— In disposing of real property in connection with the closure of Naval Station, Long Beach, California, under the Defense Base Closure and Reahgnment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note), the Secretary of the Navy may not convey any portion of the property (by sale, lease, or other method) to the China Ocean Shipping Company or any legal successor or subsidiary of that Company (in this section referred to as "COSCO"). (b) PROHIBITION AGAINST INDIRECT CONVEYANCE.— The Secretary of the Navy shall impose as a condition on each conveyance of real property located at Naval Station, Long Beach, California, the requirement that the property may not be subsequently conveyed (by sale, lease, or other method) to COSCO. (c) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.— If the Secretary of the Navy determines at any time that real property located at Naval Station, Long Beach, California, and conveyed under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 has been conveyed to COSCO in violation of subsection (b) or is otherwise being used by COSCO in violation of such subsection, all right, title, and interest in and to the property shall revert to the United States, and the United States shall have immediate right of entry thereon. (d) NATIONAL SECURITY REPORT AND DETERMINATION.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall separately submit to the President and the congressional defense committees a report regarding the potential national security implications of conveying property described in subsection (a) to COSCO. Each report shall specifically identify any increased risk of espionage, arms smuggling, or other illegal activities that could result from a conveyance to COSCO and recommend appropriate action to address any such risk. (e) WAIVER AUTHORITY. —(1) The President may waive the prohibitions contained in this section with respect to a conveyance of property described in subsection (a) to COSCO if the President determines that— (A) appropriate action has been taken to address any increased national security risk identified in the reports required by subsection (d); and

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