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MARAD

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Conveyed Properties

Approved Applications

America’s Central Port (Granite City, IL): Charles Melvin Price Support Center

Disposal Agency: Department of the Army

Legislative Guidance: Section 2833 of Public Law 106-398

City of Dillingham, AK: Dillingham Small Boat Basin

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Non-BRAC

Disposal Process: Non-BRAC Property

The General Services Administration determines the current condition of surplus real property, including any environmental contamination and cleanup required. Pursuant to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, the Department of Housing and Urban...

BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure)

BRAC Property (Military)

The disposal of surplus Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) property through the Public Benefit Conveyance (PBC) is handled differently from the disposal of former civilian agency or non-BRAC Department of Defense (DOD) property. As noted in the disposal process for...

Application Process

After the property is declared excess to a Federal agency’s needs, an applicant initiates a letter of interest to the General Services Administration (or the military department, if it is surplus BRAC property) and the Maritime Administration to express interest in applying for a...

Artificial Reefing

USNS VANDENBERG in 2015 was reefed by the Maritime Administration on May 27, 2009 and is the second-largest artificial reef in the world. Photo courtesy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

What is artificial reefing?

Artificial reefing is the process of...

Eligibility for Conveyance

To acquire surplus Federal real and related personal property at public benefit discount for port uses, an applicant must be both organizationally eligible and programmatically eligible.

Organizational Eligibility

The following entities, or any political subdivision, municipality,...

Statutory and Implementing Authority

Statutory Authority

The statutory authority for the Public Benefit Conveyance Program is the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103-160, Section 2927). Disposal of property owned by an...

Program History

The following pieces of congressional legislation combine to form, fund, and regulate activities related to port conveyance and certain activities managed by the Maritime Administration's Port Conveyance Program:

Statutory Authority

The Surplus Property Act of 1944. This act authorized...