I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 533 
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 
FEBRUARY 8, 2011 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Since 1935, the United States has owned a 
parcel of land in Riverside, California, consisting of 
approximately 9.5 acres, as more specifically de-
scribed in section 2(a) (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘property’’). 
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(2) The property is administered by the Depart-
ment of Agriculture and has been variously utilized 
for research and plant materials purposes. 
(3) Since 1998, the property has been adminis-
tered by the Natural Resources Conservation Serv-
ice. 
(4) Since 2002, the property has been co-man-
aged under a cooperative agreement between the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service and the 
Riverside Corona Resource Conservation District, 
which is a legal subdivision of the State of California 
under section 9003 of the California Public Re-
sources Code. 
(5) Since 2002, the Conservation District has 
incurred substantial costs in excess of $3.2 million 
in the operation and maintenance of the property, 
and the Natural Resources Conservation Service and 
the Conservation District recognize that hundreds of 
thousands of dollars still need to be expended to up-
date utilities and other infrastructure on the prop-
erty. 
(6) The Conservation District wishes to acquire 
the property and use it for conservation, environ-
mental, and related educational purposes. 
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(7) As provided in this Act, the conveyance of 
the property to the Conservation District would pro-
mote the Conservation District’s conservation edu-
cation and related purposes and result in savings to 
the Federal Government. 
SEC. 2. LAND CONVEYANCE, NATURAL RESOURCES CON-
SERVATION SERVICE PROPERTY, RIVERSIDE 
COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall convey and quitclaim to the Riverside 
Corona Resource Conservation District (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Conservation District’’) all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of 
real property, including improvements thereon, that is lo-
cated at 4500 Glenwood Drive in Riverside, California, 
consists of approximately 9.5 acres, and is administered 
by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the De-
partment of Agriculture. As necessary or desirable for the 
conveyance under this subsection, the Secretary or the 
Conservation District may survey all or portions of the 
property to be conveyed. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) APPRAISED MARKET VALUE.—As consider-
ation for the conveyance of the property under sub-
section (a), the Conservation District shall pay to 
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the Secretary an amount equal to the appraised 
market value of the land under the hypothetical con-
dition as unimproved land, excluding all improve-
ments to the land other than normal utility connec-
tions such as sewer and water taps. 
(2) DEPOSIT AND USE OF CONSIDERATION.— 
The amounts received as consideration under para-
graph (1) shall be credited to the applicable appro-
priation of the Natural Resources Conservation 
Service for conservation operations in California and 
shall remain available, without further appropria-
tion, until expended as the Secretary may direct. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON RESERVATION OF INTEREST.— 
The Secretary shall not reserve any future interest in the 
property to be conveyed under subsection (a), except that 
which may be acceptable to the Conservation District. 
(d) 
HAZARDOUS
SUBSTANCES.—Notwithstanding 
section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 9620(h)) or the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), in the conveyance of the property 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall be only required 
to meet the disclosure requirements for hazardous sub-
stances, pollutants, or contaminants, but shall otherwise 
not be required to remediate or abate any such releases 
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