Title: To provide for conveyance of a former immigration and customs facility from the Department of Homeland Security to Ventura County, California.
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to convey all U.S. interest in real property consisting of a former immigration and customs facility in Ventura County, California, to such county to use for public purposes. The county shall agree to use any revenue generated from such use only for such public purposes.
DHS shall require the county to cover or reimburse costs incurred by DHS to carry out the conveyance.
If the property conveyed or revenues generated are not being used in accordance with this bill, such property shall, at the option of DHS, revert to the United States.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2524 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for conveyance of a former immigration and customs facility 
from the Department of Homeland Security to Ventura County, California.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 
improvements thereon, consisting of a former immigration and customs 
facility in Ventura County for the purpose of permitting the County to 
use the property for public purposes.
    (b) Condition on Use of Revenues.--If the property 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 reimburse the Secretary for such costs 
        incurred by the Secretary, to carry out the conveyance under 
        subsection (a), including survey costs, costs for environmental 
        documentation, and any other administrative costs related to 
        the conveyance. If amounts are collected 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 
        refund the excess amount to the County.
            (2) Treatment of amounts received.--Amounts received as 
        reimbursement under paragraph (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 
condition 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 
determination by the Secretary under this subsection shall be made on 
the record after an opportunity for a hearing.
    (f) Additional Terms.--The Secretary of Homeland Security may 
require such additional terms and conditions in connection with the 
conveyance as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the 
interests of the United States.
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