42 U.S.C. § 2384: Transfer to governmental entity or private nonprofit organization; determination of transferee

Transfers may be made to one or more of the following, if the entity has the legal authority to receive the installation: (1) the city at the community; (2) the State in which the community is located; (3) any political subdivision or agency of that State; or (4) a private nonprofit organization in the case of the hospital installation or cemetery at the community. the results of a vote in which the eligible voters in the community expressed themselves directly on the transfer in the vote on the incorporation of the city; the results of a vote in which the eligible voters have directly expressed themselves on the proposed transfer in a referendum or other officially recognized procedure; there being only one entity which is legally authorized to receive the municipal installation; or in the absence of the other alternatives, the Commission has conducted a vote of the eligible voters of the community on the proposed transfer under such procedures as it may establish.