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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 838 

To provide for the conveyance of a parcel of land held by the Bureau 

of Prisons of the Department of Justice in Miami Dade County, Florida, 

to facilitate the construction of a new educational facility that includes 

a secure parking area for the Bureau of Prisons, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 3, 2009 

Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Ms. WASSERMAN

SCHULTZ, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, and Mr. MARIO DIAZBALART of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide for the conveyance of a parcel of land held by 

the Bureau of Prisons of the Department of Justice 

in Miami Dade County, Florida, to facilitate the construction of a new educational facility that includes a 

secure parking area for the Bureau of Prisons, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Miami Dade College 

5 Land Conveyance Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF BUREAU OF PRISONS LAND TO 

2 MIAMI DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA. 

3 (a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—The Attorney General 

4 shall convey, without consideration, to Miami Dade Col5 lege of Miami Dade County, Florida (in this section re6 ferred to as the ‘‘College’’), all right, title, and interest 

7 of the United States in and to a parcel of land held by 

8 the Bureau of Prisons of the Department of Justice in 

9 Miami Dade County, Florida, consisting of a parking lot 

10 approximately 47,500 square feet and located at 35 NE 

11 2 Street, for the purpose of permitting the College to use 

12 the parcel as a site for a new educational building that 

13 includes a parking area, of which not less than 118 secure 

14 parking spaces shall be designated for use by the Bureau 

15 of Prisons of the Department of Justice. 

16 (b) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If the Attorney Gen17 eral determines at any time that the real property con18 veyed under subsection (a) is not being used in accordance 

19 with the purpose of the conveyance specified in such sub20 section, all right, title, and interest in and to the property 

21 shall revert, at the option of the Attorney General, to the 

22 United States, and the United States shall have the right 

23 of immediate entry onto the property. Any determination 

24 of the Attorney General under this subsection shall be 

25 made on the record after an opportunity for a hearing. 


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1 (c) SURVEY.—If the Attorney General considers it 

2 necessary, the Attorney General may have the exact acre3 age or square footage and legal description of the land 

4 to be conveyed under subsection (a) determined by a sur5 vey satisfactory to the Attorney General. The College shall 

6 bear the cost of the survey. 

7 (d) EXEMPTION.—Section 102(2)(C) of the National 

8 Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)) 

9 shall not apply to the conveyance of land under subsection 

10 (a). 

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