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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2524 
To provide for conveyance of a former immigration and customs facility 
from the Department of Homeland Security to Ventura County, California. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 18, 2017 
Ms. BROWNLEY of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To provide for conveyance of a former immigration and cus-
toms facility from the Department of Homeland Security 
to Ventura County, California. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LAND CONVEYANCE, FORMER IMMIGRATION 
AND CUSTOMS FACILITY, VENTURA COUNTY, 
CALIFORNIA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security may convey, without consideration, to 
Ventura County, California (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘County’’), all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to the real property, including any improve-
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ments thereon, consisting of a former immigration and 
customs facility in Ventura County for the purpose of per-
mitting the County to use the property for public pur-
poses. 
(b) CONDITION ON USE OF REVENUES.—If the prop-
erty conveyed under subsection (a) is used, consistent with 
such subsection, for a public purpose that results in the 
generation of revenue for the County, the County shall 
agree to use the generated revenue only for such public 
purposes by depositing the revenues in a fund designated 
for such use. 
(c) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) PAYMENT
REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall require the County to cover 
costs to be incurred by the Secretary, or to reim-
burse the Secretary for such costs incurred by the 
Secretary, to carry out the conveyance under sub-
section (a), including survey costs, costs for environ-
mental documentation, and any other administrative 
costs related to the conveyance. If amounts are col-
lected from the County in advance of the Secretary 
incurring the actual costs, and the amount collected 
exceeds the costs actually incurred by the Secretary 
to carry out the conveyance, the Secretary shall re-
fund the excess amount to the County. 
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(2) TREATMENT
OF
AMOUNTS
RECEIVED.— 
Amounts received as reimbursement under para-
graph (1) shall be credited to the fund or account 
that was used to cover those costs incurred by the 
Secretary in carrying out the conveyance. Amounts 
so credited shall be merged with amounts in such 
fund or account, and shall be available for the same 
purposes, and subject to the same conditions and 
limitations, as amounts in such fund or account. 
(d) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage 
and legal description of the property to be conveyed under 
subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory 
to the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(e) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If the Secretary of 
Homeland Security determines at any time that the real 
property conveyed under subsection (a) is not being used 
in accordance with the purpose of the conveyance specified 
in subsection (a) or that the County has violated the con-
dition on the use of revenues imposed by subsection (b), 
all right, title, and interest in and to such real property, 
including any improvements thereto, shall, at the option 
of the Secretary, revert to and become the property of the 
United States, and the United States shall have the right 
of immediate entry onto such real property. A determina-
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tion by the Secretary under this subsection shall be made 
on the record after an opportunity for a hearing. 
(f) ADDITIONAL TERMS.—The Secretary of Home-
land Security may require such additional terms and con-
ditions in connection with the conveyance as the Secretary 
considers appropriate to protect the interests of the 
United States. 
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