Caza Ranches LLC and Department of Homeland Security Land Exchange Act of 2025
H.R. 2135, the Caza Ranches LLC and Department of Homeland Security Land Exchange Act of 2025, would authorize a reciprocal land swap in Artesia, New Mexico. Caza Ranches LLC would convey approximately 160 acres of its non-Federal land to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the Secretary of Homeland Security to take title to about 160 acres of Federal land that currently houses the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) and related facilities. The exchange would be governed by equal-value concepts, with costs shared equally, and the transferred non-Federal land would become part of the Centers to support training facilities. The exchange would also adjust the Centers’ boundaries to exclude the exchanged Federal land. A map showing both parcels would be made available for public inspection, and minor boundary corrections could be made by mutual agreement.
Key Points
- 1The bill defines the lands involved: a specific 160-acre Federal parcel in Artesia (FLETC/DHS land) and a specific 160-acre non-Federal parcel owned by Caza Ranches LLC, with exact legal descriptions and parcel numbers, plus a map agreed to by both parties.
- 2Exchange mechanics: upon an offer by Caza Ranches LLC to convey its non-Federal land, the Secretary would accept and convey the Federal land to Caza Ranches LLC, with title prepared under the Attorney General’s land acquisition standards.
- 3Equal-value terms and cost sharing: the exchanged lands must be treated as of equal value; the costs of carrying out the exchange are shared equally between the Secretary and Caza Ranches LLC; all terms are memorialized in a written exchange agreement signed by both parties.
- 4Use and boundary adjustment: after title to the non-Federal land is accepted, that land becomes part of the Centers to support training facilities, and the Centers’ boundaries would be adjusted to exclude the exchanged Federal land.
- 5Maps and accuracy: minor boundary adjustments and corrections to maps or descriptions can be made by mutual agreement; the Map controls in case of conflicts unless both parties agree otherwise, and the Secretary must publish the Map for public inspection at the DHS New Mexico headquarters.