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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3281 

To authorize the purchase of a small parcel of Natural Resources Conservation Service property in Riverside, California, by the Riverside Corona 

Resource Conservation District, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 29, 2015 

Mr. CALVERT (for himself and Mr. TAKANO) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To authorize the purchase of a small parcel of Natural 

Resources Conservation Service property in Riverside, 

California, by the Riverside Corona Resource Conservation District, 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 8.75 acres, more specifically described 


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

2 ‘‘property’’). 

3 (2) The property is under the jurisdiction of the 

4 Department of Agriculture and has been variously 

5 used for research and plant materials purposes. 

6 (3) Since 1998, the property has been adminis7 tered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service 

8 of the Department of Agriculture. 

9 (4) Since 2002, the property has been co-man10 aged under a cooperative agreement between the 

11 Natural Resources Conservation Service and the 

12 Riverside Corona Resource Conservation District, 

13 which is a legal subdivision of the State of California 

14 under section 9003 of the California Public Re15 sources Code. 

16 (5) The Conservation District wishes to pur17 chase the property and use it for conservation, envi18 ronmental, and related educational purposes. 

19 (6) As provided in section 2, the purchase of 

20 the property by the Conservation District would pro21 mote the conservation education and related activi22 ties of the Conservation District and result in sav23 ings to the Federal Government. 


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

3 COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. 

4 (a) PURCHASE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Ag5 riculture shall sell and quitclaim to the Riverside Corona 

6 Resource Conservation District (in this section referred to 

7 as the ‘‘Conservation District’’) all right, title, and interest 

8 of the United States in and to a parcel of real property, 

9 including improvements thereon, that is located at 4500 

10 Glenwood Drive in Riverside, California, consists of ap11 proximately 8.75 acres, and is administered by the Nat12 ural Resources Conservation Service of the Department of 

13 Agriculture. As necessary or desirable to facilitate the pur14 chase of the property under this section, the Secretary or 

15 the Conservation District may survey all or portions of 

16 the property. 

17 (b) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the pur18 chase of the property under this section, the Conservation 

19 District shall pay to the Secretary of Agriculture an 

20 amount equal to the appraised value of the property. 

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

22 amounts received as consideration under subsection (b) 

23 may be credited to the applicable appropriation of the Nat24 ural Resources Conservation Service for conservation op25 erations in California and shall remain available, without 


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1 further appropriation, until expended as the Secretary of 

2 Agriculture may direct. 

3 (d) PROHIBITION ON RESERVATION OF INTEREST.— 

4 The Secretary of Agriculture shall not reserve any future 

5 interest in the property to be conveyed under this section, 

6 except such interest as may be acceptable to the Conserva7 tion District. 

8 (e) HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.—Notwithstanding 

9 section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re10 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 

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

12 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), in the case of the property purchased 

13 by the Conservation District under this section, the Sec14 retary of Agriculture shall be only required to meet the 

15 disclosure requirements for hazardous substances, pollut16 ants, or contaminants, but shall otherwise not be required 

17 to remediate or abate any such releases of hazardous sub18 stances, pollutants, or contaminants, including petroleum 

19 and petroleum derivatives. 

20 (f) COOPERATIVE AUTHORITY.— 

21 (1) LEASES, CONTRACTS, AND COOPERATIVE

22 AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.—In conjunction with, or 

23 in addition to, the purchase of the property by the 

24 Conservation District under this section, the Sec25 retary of Agriculture may enter into leases, conVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:44 Aug 03, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3281.IH H3281

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1 tracts and cooperative agreements with the Con2 servation District. 

3 (2) SOLE SOURCE.—Notwithstanding sections 

4 3105, 3301, and 3303 to 3305 of title 41, United 

5 States Code, or any other provision of law, the Sec6 retary may lease real property from the Conserva7 tion District on a noncompetitive basis. 

8 (3) NON-EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY.—The author9 ity provided by this subsection is in addition to any 

10 other authority of the Secretary. 

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