PUBLIC LAW 106-65—OCT. 5, 1999 113 STAT. 867 2798), as amended by section 2853 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (division B of Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 2009), is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking "22,000 square feet" and inserting "27,000 square feet"; and (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking "20 percent" and inserting "25 percent". SEC. 2858. LAND CONVEYANCES, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. (a) CONVEYANCES AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of the Navy may convey to the Commonwealth of Virginia (in this section referred to as the "Commonwealth"), all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to such parcels of real property in the Norfolk, Virginia, area as the Secretary and the Commonwealth jointly determine to be required for the projects referred to in subsection (d). (b) GRANTS OF EASEMENT OR RIGHT-OF-WAY.— The Secretary may grant to the Commonwealth such easements, rights-of-way, or other interests in land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary as the Secretary and the Commonwealth jointly determine to be required for the projects referred to in subsection (d). (c) CONSIDERATION. — (1) As consideration for the grant of easements and rights-of-way under subsection (b), the Secretary may require the Commonwealth— (A) to provide in the Virginia Transportation Improvement Plan for improved access for ingress and egress from Interstate Route 564 to the new air terminal at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia; (B) to include funding for a project or projects necessary for such access in the Fiscal Year 2000-2001 Six Year Improvement Program of the Commonwealth of Virginia; and (C) to relocate or replace (at no cost to the Department of the Navy) facilities of the Navy that are affected by the projects referred to in subsection (d). (2) The consideration to be provided under this subsection for any gremts of easement and right-of-way under this section shall be set forth in a memorandum of agreement between the Secretary and the Commonwealth. (d) COVERED PROJECTS. — The projects referred to in this subsection are projects relating to highway construction, as follows: (1) Project number 0337-122 -F14, PE-101 (Back Gate). (2) Project number 0337-122-F14, PE-102 (Front Gate). (3) Project number 0564-122 -108, PE-101 (Interstate Route 564 intermodal connector). (e) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF ACCESS TO NAVAL AIR STATION, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. —It is the sense of Congress that, by reason of the conveyances under subsection (a), the Commonwealth should work with the Secretary for purposes of constructing on Interstate Route 564 an interchange providing improved access to the new air terminal at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia. (f) EXEMPTION FROM FEDERAL SCREENING REQUIREMENT. —The conveyances authorized by subsection (a) shall be made without regard to the requirement under section 2696 of title 10, United States Code, that the property be screened for further Federal use in accordance with the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.).
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