Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025
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1Short title
This section would let the Act be called the Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025 .
2Definitions
This section would define two terms used in the Act. SCF would mean the Southcentral Foundation, located in Anchorage, Alaska. Secretary would mean the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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2. Definitions In this Act: (1) SCF The term SCF means the Southcentral Foundation located in Anchorage, Alaska. (2) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
3Conveyance of property to SCF
This section would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to transfer to SCF all of the United States' right, title, and interest in a specific piece of property, for use in connection with health and social services programs. The transfer would have to happen as soon as practicable, but no later than 2 years after the date the Act becomes law. The property is about 3.372 acres, including all land, improvements, and appurtenances, located in Lot 1A, Block 36 East Addition, Anchorage Townsite Subdivision in Anchorage, Alaska, as shown on the official plat filed as Plat No. 2025-11 in the records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska.
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3. Conveyance of property to SCF (a) In general As soon as practicable, but not later than 2 years, after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall convey to SCF all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the property described in subsection (b) for use in connection with health and social services programs. (b) Property described The property, including all land, improvements, and appurtenances, referred to in this section is the approximately 3.372 acres located in Lot 1A, Block 36 East Addition, Anchorage Townsite Subdivision in Anchorage, Alaska, according to the official plat thereof, filed under Plat No. 2025–11, records of the Anchorage Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska.
4Conditions of conveyance
This section would set conditions on the property transfer described in section 3. The transfer would have to be made by warranty deed. It could not require SCF to pay anything for the property, could not impose any obligation, term, or condition on SCF relating to the property, and could not let the United States keep a reversionary interest (a right to get the property back later) in it. Once the warranty deed transfer takes effect, it would cancel and permanently void any earlier quitclaim deed to the property that the Secretary and SCF had signed. The Secretary would keep any easement or access to the property that is reasonably necessary to satisfy any obligation or liability the Secretary still has.
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4. Conditions of conveyance (a) Conditions The conveyance under subsection (a) of section 3— (1) shall be made by warranty deed; and (2) shall not— (A) require any consideration from SCF for the property described in subsection (b) of that section; (B) impose any obligation, term, or condition on SCF relating to that property; or (C) allow for any reversionary interest of the United States in that property. (b) Effect on any quitclaim deed The conveyance by the Secretary under subsection (a) of section 3 by warranty deed shall, on the effective date of the conveyance, supersede, and render of no future effect, any quitclaim deed to the property described in subsection (b) of that section executed by the Secretary and SCF. (c) Easement The Secretary shall be accorded any easement or access to the property conveyed under section 3(a) as may be reasonably necessary to satisfy any retained obligation or liability of the Secretary.
5Environmental liability
This section would say that, despite any other law, SCF would not be liable for soil, surface water, groundwater, or other contamination on the property that happened on or before the date the property is transferred to SCF. However, the Secretary would not be liable for contamination that happened after SCF took control of, occupied, and used the property. Environmental contamination covered by this section would include oil or petroleum products, hazardous substances, hazardous materials, hazardous waste, pollutants, toxic substances, solid waste, or any other contamination or hazard defined under federal or Alaska law. In carrying out this section, the Secretary would have to comply with section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)), which covers notice of hazardous substance activity and warranties in property transfers. These liability rules would apply only to the property conveyance required by this Act.
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5. Environmental liability (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, SCF shall not be liable for any soil, surface water, groundwater, or other contamination resulting from the disposal, release, or presence of any environmental contamination described in subsection (b) on any portion of the property described in section 3(b) that occurred on or before the date on which the property is conveyed to SCF under section 3(a), except that the Secretary shall not be liable for any contamination that occurred after the date that SCF controlled, occupied, and used the property. (b) Environmental contamination Environmental contamination referred to in subsection (a) includes any oil or petroleum products, hazardous substances, hazardous materials, hazardous waste, pollutants, toxic substances, solid waste, or any other environmental contamination or hazard as defined in any Federal or State of Alaska law. (c) Notice of hazardous substance activity and warranty In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall comply with section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9620(h) ). (d) Limitation on applicability This section shall only apply to the property conveyance specifically required by this Act.
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