Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 118.djvu/2173

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118 STAT. 2143 PUBLIC LAW 108–375—OCT. 28, 2004 (b) CONDITION OF CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance under sub section (a) shall be subject to the condition that the State accept the real property in its condition at the time of the conveyance, commonly known as conveyance ‘‘as is’’. (c) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—(1) The State shall reimburse the Secretary for the administrative expenses incurred by the Sec retary in carrying out the conveyance under subsection (a), including expenses related to surveys and legal descriptions, boundary monumentation, environmental surveys, necessary docu mentation, travel, and deed preparation. (2) Section 2695(c) of title 10, United States Code, shall apply to any amounts received by the Secretary as reimbursement under this subsection. (d) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage and legal description of the property to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. The cost of the survey shall be borne by the United States, subject to the requirement for reimbursement under subsection (c). (e) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States. SEC. 2852. MODIFICATION OF LAND EXCHANGE AND CONSOLIDATION, FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON. (a) PROPERTY TO BE TRANSFERRED TO SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR IN TRUST.—Subsection (a)(1) of section 2837 of the Mili tary Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (division B of Public Law 107–107; 115 Stat. 1315) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘may convey to’’ and inserting ‘‘may transfer to the Secretary of the Interior, in trust for’’; and (2) by striking ‘‘Washington, in’’ and all that follows through the period and inserting ‘‘Washington. The Secretary of the Army may make the transfer under the preceding sen tence, and the Secretary of the Interior may accept the property transferred in trust for the Nisqually Tribe under the preceding sentence, only in conjunction with the conveyance described in subsection (b)(2).’’. (b) INCREASE IN ACREAGE TO BE TRANSFERRED.—Such sub section is further amended by striking ‘‘138 acres’’ and inserting ‘‘168 acres’’. (c) QUALIFICATION ON PROPERTY TO BE TRANSFERRED.—Sub section (a)(2) of such section is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘conveyance’’ and inserting ‘‘transfer’’; and (2) by striking ‘‘or the right of way described in subsection (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘located on the real property transferred under that paragraph’’. (d) CONSIDERATION.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended— (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘conveyance’’ and inserting ‘‘transfer’’; and (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘fee title over the acquired property to the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘to the United States fee title to the property acquired under paragraph (1), free from all liens, encumbrances or other interests other than those, if any, acceptable to the Secretary of the Army’’.