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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 DIAZ- 
BALART 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 con-
struction of a new educational facility that includes a 
secure parking area for the Bureau of Prisons, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Miami Dade College 
Land Conveyance Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF BUREAU OF PRISONS LAND TO 
MIAMI DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—The Attorney General 
shall convey, without consideration, to Miami Dade Col-
lege of Miami Dade County, Florida (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘College’’), all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in and to a parcel of land held by 
the Bureau of Prisons of the Department of Justice in 
Miami Dade County, Florida, consisting of a parking lot 
approximately 47,500 square feet and located at 35 NE 
2 Street, for the purpose of permitting the College to use 
the parcel as a site for a new educational building that 
includes a parking area, of which not less than 118 secure 
parking spaces shall be designated for use by the Bureau 
of Prisons of the Department of Justice. 
(b) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If the Attorney Gen-
eral determines at any time that the real property con-
veyed under subsection (a) is not being used in accordance 
with the purpose of the conveyance specified in such sub-
section, all right, title, and interest in and to the property 
shall revert, at the option of the Attorney General, to the 
United States, and the United States shall have the right 
of immediate entry onto the property. Any determination 
of the Attorney General under this subsection shall be 
made on the record after an opportunity for a hearing. 
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(c) SURVEY.—If the Attorney General considers it 
necessary, the Attorney General may have the exact acre-
age or square footage and legal description of the land 
to be conveyed under subsection (a) determined by a sur-
vey satisfactory to the Attorney General. The College shall 
bear the cost of the survey. 
(d) EXEMPTION.—Section 102(2)(C) of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)) 
shall not apply to the conveyance of land under subsection 
(a). 
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