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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4827 

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 

MARCH 11, 2010 

Mr. CALVERT (for himself, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. BACA, and Mrs. 

BONO MACK) 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 makes the following findings: 

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

6 parcel of land in Riverside, California, consisting of 

7 approximately 9.5 acres, as more specifically de8 scribed in section 2(a) (in this section referred to as 

9 the ‘‘property’’). 


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

3 for 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) Since 2002, the Conservation District has 

15 incurred substantial costs in excess of $3.2 million 

16 in the operation and maintenance of the property, 

17 and the Natural Resources Conservation Service and 

18 the Conservation District recognize that hundreds of 

19 thousands of dollars still need to be expended to up20 date utilities and other infrastructure on the prop21 erty. 

22 (6) The Conservation District wishes to acquire 

23 the property and use it for conservation, environ24 mental, and related educational purposes. 


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1 (7) As provided in this Act, the conveyance of 

2 the property to the Conservation District would pro3 mote the Conservation District’s conservation edu4 cation and related purposes and result in savings to 

5 the Federal Government. 

6 SEC. 2. LAND CONVEYANCE, NATURAL RESOURCES CON7 SERVATION SERVICE PROPERTY, RIVERSIDE 

8 COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. 

9 (a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 

10 Agriculture shall convey and quitclaim to the Riverside 

11 Corona Resource Conservation District (in this section re12 ferred to as the ‘‘Conservation District’’) all right, title, 

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

14 real property, including improvements thereon, that is lo15 cated at 4500 Glenwood Drive in Riverside, California, 

16 consists of approximately 9.5 acres, and is administered 

17 by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the De18 partment of Agriculture. As necessary or desirable for the 

19 conveyance under this subsection, the Secretary or the 

20 Conservation District may survey all or portions of the 

21 property to be conveyed. 

22 (b) CONSIDERATION.— 

23 (1) APPRAISED MARKET VALUE.—As consider24 ation for the conveyance of the property under sub25 section (a), the Conservation District shall pay to 


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1 the Secretary an amount equal to the appraised 

2 market value of the land under the hypothetical con3 dition as unimproved land, excluding all improve4 ments to the land other than normal utility connec5 tions such as sewer and water taps. 

6 (2) DEPOSIT AND USE OF CONSIDERATION.— 

7 The amounts received as consideration under para8 graph (1) shall be credited to the applicable appro9 priation of the Natural Resources Conservation 

10 Service for conservation operations in California and 

11 shall remain available, without further appropria12 tion, until expended as the Secretary may direct. 

13 (c) PROHIBITION ON RESERVATION OF INTEREST.— 

14 The Secretary shall not reserve any future interest in the 

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

16 which may be acceptable to the Conservation District. 

17 (d) HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.—Notwithstanding 

18 section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re19 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 

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

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

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

23 to meet the disclosure requirements for hazardous sub24 stances, pollutants, or contaminants, but shall otherwise 

25 not be required to remediate or abate any such releases 


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1 of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants, in2 cluding petroleum and petroleum derivatives. 

3 (e) COOPERATIVE AUTHORITY.— 

4 (1) LEASES, CONTRACTS, AND COOPERATIVE

5 AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.—In conjunction with, or 

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

7 the Secretary may enter into leases, contracts and 

8 cooperative agreements with the Conservation Dis9 trict. 

10 (2) SOLE SOURCE.—Notwithstanding title III of 

11 the Federal Property and Administrative Services 

12 Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) or any other 

13 provision of law, the Secretary may lease real prop14 erty from the Conservation District on a non15 competitive basis. 

16 (3) NON-EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY.—The author17 ity provided by this subsection is in addition to any 

18 other authority of the Secretary. 

19 (f) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec20 retary may require such reasonable terms and conditions 

21 in connection with the conveyance under subsection (a) as 

22 the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the inter23 ests of the United States, except that the conveyance does 


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1 not require further administrative or environmental anal2 yses or examination. 

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