H.R. 3567: To authorize the purchase of a small parcel of Natural Resources Conservation Service property in Riverside, California, by the Riverside Corona Resource Conservation District, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3567: To authorize the purchase of a small parcel of Natural Resources Conservation Service property in Riverside, California, by the Riverside Corona Resource Conservation District, and for other purposes.

115th Congress · introduced 2017-07-28 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-07-28 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

To authorize the purchase of a small parcel of Natural Resources Conservation Service property in Riverside, California, by the Riverside Corona Resource Conservation District, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to sell a parcel of real property, including improvements, located at 4500 Glenwood Drive in Riverside, California, consisting of approximately 8.75 acres and administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, to the Riverside Corona Resource Conservation District for such property's appraised value. USDA and the district may survey such property to facilitate its purchase. USDA shall: (1) not reserve any future interest in such property except as may be acceptable to the district; and (2) be required to meet the disclosure requirements for, but shall not be required to remediate or abate any such releases of, hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants on such property. In conjunction with or in addition to the purchase of such property, USDA may enter into leases, contracts, and cooperative agreements with the district. USDA may lease real property from the district on a noncompetitive basis.

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Official text

To authorize the purchase of a small parcel of Natural Resources Conservation Service property in Riverside, California, by the Riverside Corona Resource Conservation District, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3567, a bill to authorize the purchase of a small parcel of National Resources Conservation Service property in Riverside, California, by the Riverside Corona Resource Conservation District, and for other purposes (2017-10-26)

Cosponsors on this site

Mark Takano (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42] reported raising $7.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Words on this page, explained (3)

Appraisal: An estimate of what property is worth. In Texas, county appraisal districts set the value that property taxes are based on.
Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr3567.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr3567 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115