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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2145 

To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Natural Resources 

Conservation Service property in Riverside, California, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 23, 2013 

Mr. CALVERT (for himself, Mr. RUIZ, and Mr. TAKANO) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Natural 

Resources Conservation Service property in Riverside, 

California, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds as follows: 

5 (1) Since 1935, the United States has owned a 

6 parcel of land in Riverside, California, consisting of 

7 approximately 9.5 acres, more specifically described 

8 in section 2(a) (in this section referred to as the 

9 ‘‘property’’). 


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1 (2) The property is administered by the Depart2 ment of Agriculture and has been variously used for 

3 research and plant materials purposes. 

4 (3) Since 1998, the property has been adminis5 tered by the Natural Resources Conservation Serv6 ice. 

7 (4) Since 2002, the property has been co-man8 aged under a cooperative agreement between the 

9 Natural Resources Conservation Service and the 

10 Riverside Corona Resource Conservation District, 

11 which is a legal subdivision of the State of California 

12 under section 9003 of the California Public Re13 sources Code. 

14 (5) The Conservation District wishes to acquire 

15 the property and use it for conservation, environ16 mental, and related educational purposes. 

17 (6) As provided in this Act, the conveyance of 

18 the property to the Conservation District would pro19 mote the Conservation District’s conservation edu20 cation and related purposes and result in savings to 

21 the Federal Government. 


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1 SEC. 2. LAND CONVEYANCE, NATURAL RESOURCES CON2 SERVATION SERVICE PROPERTY, RIVERSIDE 

3 COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. 

4 (a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 

5 Agriculture shall convey and quitclaim to the Riverside 

6 Corona Resource Conservation District (in this section re7 ferred to as the ‘‘Conservation District’’) all right, title, 

8 and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of 

9 real property, including improvements thereon, that is lo10 cated at 4500 Glenwood Drive in Riverside, California, 

11 consists of approximately 9.5 acres, and is administered 

12 by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the De13 partment of Agriculture. As necessary or desirable for the 

14 conveyance under this subsection, the Secretary or the 

15 Conservation District may survey all or portions of the 

16 property to be conveyed. 

17 (b) CONSIDERATION.— 

18 (1) VALUE IN USE.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

19 the Conservation District shall pay to the Secretary 

20 an amount equal to the value in use of the property 

21 to be conveyed under subsection (a) as consideration 

22 for the conveyance of the property. 

23 (2) REQUIRED REDUCTIONS.—The amount oth24 erwise determined under paragraph (1) shall be re25 duced by— 


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1 (A) the value of the improvements on the 

2 property provided for by non-Federal sources; 

3 and 

4 (B) the amount of any rental rate abate5 ments negotiated and agreed to by the Sec6 retary for the continued use of the property by 

7 the Department during the 10-year period be8 ginning upon the conveyance of the property. 

9 (c) DEPOSIT AND USE OF CONSIDERATION.—The 

10 amounts received as consideration under subsection (b) 

11 shall be credited to the applicable appropriation of the 

12 Natural Resources Conservation Service for conservation 

13 operations in California and shall remain available, with14 out further appropriation, until expended as the Secretary 

15 may direct. 

16 (d) PROHIBITION ON RESERVATION OF INTEREST.— 

17 The Secretary shall not reserve any future interest in the 

18 property to be conveyed under subsection (a), except that 

19 which may be acceptable to the Conservation District. 

20 (e) HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.—Notwithstanding 

21 section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re22 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 

23 U.S.C. 9620(h)) or the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 

24 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), in the conveyance of the property 

25 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall be only required 


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1 to meet the disclosure requirements for hazardous sub2 stances, pollutants, or contaminants, but shall otherwise 

3 not be required to remediate or abate any such releases 

4 of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants, in5 cluding petroleum and petroleum derivatives. 

6 (f) COOPERATIVE AUTHORITY.— 

7 (1) LEASES, CONTRACTS, AND COOPERATIVE

8 AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.—In conjunction with, or 

9 in addition to, the conveyance under subsection (a), 

10 the Secretary may enter into leases, contracts and 

11 cooperative agreements with the Conservation Dis12 trict. 

13 (2) SOLE SOURCE.—Notwithstanding sections 

14 3105, 3301, and 3303 to 3305 of title 41, United 

15 States Code, or any other provision of law, the Sec16 retary may lease real property from the Conserva17 tion District on a noncompetitive basis. 

18 (3) NON-EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY.—The author19 ity provided by this subsection is in addition to any 

20 other authority of the Secretary. 

21 (g) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The 

22 Secretary may require such reasonable terms and condi23 tions in connection with the conveyance under subsection 

24 (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the 

25 interests of the United States, except that the conveyance 


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1 does not require further administrative or environmental 

2 analyses or examination. 

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