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Authority applicable to reduction in operations.

70A Stat. 147; 77 Stat. 3 2 9. 10 USC 2 6 6 1 2682.

PUBLIC LAW 91-511-OCT. 26, 1970

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"or if as the result of such action and other similar action in the same area," after the word "part," in subsection (a)(3), and by (2) adding the following new subsection: " (k) The authority provided by this section to the Secretary of Defense shall also be available when the Department of Defense has ordered a reduction in the scope of operations at a military base or installation. All references in subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section to 'closures' or 'closings' or words of similar effect shall be deemed to include the reduction in scope of operations at a base or installation." SEC. 613. Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) by adding the following new section at the end thereof: "§ 2683. Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction " (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of a military department may, whenever he considers it desirable, relinquish to a State all or part of the legislative jurisdiction of the United States over lands or interests under his control in that State. Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction under this section may be accomplished (1) by filing with the Governor of the State concerned a notice of relinquishment to take effect upon acceptance thereof, or (2) as the laws of the State may otherwise provide. " (b) The authority granted by this section is in addition to and not instead of that granted by any other provision of law."; and (2) by adding the following new item at the end of the analysis: "2683. Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction."

Army Secretary, land e x c h a n g e, Va.

Citation of titles.

SEC. 614. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Secretary of the Army, or his designee, is authorized to convey to the Anheuser-Busch Company, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Army shall deem to be in the public interest, all right, title and interest of the United States in and to the land generally identified as Camp Wallace located in York County, Virginia, and James City County, Virginia, comprising approximately one hundred and ninety-one acres. In consideration of such conveyance by the Secretary of the Army, the Anheuser-Busch Company shall convey to the United States unencumbered fee title to certain lands generally identified as being a portion of the Oakland F a r m in Newport News, Virginia, comprising approximately one hundred and ninety-one acres, together with such buildings and improvements thereon, or to be constructed thereon without cost to the United States, as are acceptable to the Secretary of the Army and subject to such other conditions as are acceptable to the Secretary of the Army. The exact acreages and legal descriptions of both properties are to be determined by accurate surveys as mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of the Army and the Anheuser-Busch Company: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army is authorized to accept the lands so conveyed to the United States which lands shall become a part of the Fort Eustis Military Reservation and be administered by the Department of the Army. SEC. 615. Titles I, II, III, IV, V, and VI of this Act may be cited as the "Military Construction Authorization Act, 1971".

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