[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2135 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2135

 To provide for the correction of boundaries of certain lands in Clark 
 County, Nevada, acquired by persons who purchased such lands in good 
            faith reliance on existing private land surveys.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 1995

 Mrs. Vucanovich introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                       the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the correction of boundaries of certain lands in Clark 
 County, Nevada, acquired by persons who purchased such lands in good 
            faith reliance on existing private land surveys.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds and declares that--
            (1) certain landowners in the (North) Decatur Boulevard 
        area of Las Vegas and North Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, 
        who own property adjacent to lands managed by the Bureau of 
        Land Management have been adversely affected by certain 
        erroneous private surveys;
            (2) these landowners have occupied or improved their 
        property in good faith and in reliance on erroneous surveys of 
        their properties that they believed were accurate;
            (3) these landowners presumed their occupancy was codified 
        through an Eighth Judicial District Court (Nevada) Judgment and 
        Decree filed October 26, 1989, as a ``friendly lawsuit'' 
        affecting numerous landowners in the (North) Decatur Boulevard 
        area; and
            (4) the 1990 Bureau of Land Management dependent resurvey 
        and section subdivision of sections 6, 7, 18, and 19, T. 19 S., 
        R. 61 E., Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada, correctly established 
        accurate boundaries between such public lands and private 
        lands.

SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF LANDS.

    (a) Claims.--Within one year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, an owner of real property in the city of Las Vegas, Clark 
County, Nevada, located adjacent to the lands described in subsection 
(b), may submit to the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this Act 
referred to as the ``Secretary'') a claim to that portion of the lands 
described in subsection (b) which the owner claims to have been 
deprived by the United States of title to property as a result of 
previous erroneous private surveys. The claim submitted to the 
Secretary shall be accompanied by--
            (1) a description of the lands claimed;
            (2) information relating to the claim of ownership of such 
        lands; and
            (3) such other information as the Secretary may require.
    (b) Lands Described.--The lands described in this subsection are 
those Federal lands located in the Bureau of Land Management Las Vegas 
District, Clark County, Nevada, in sections 18 and 19, T. 19 S., R. 61 
E., Mount Diablo Meridian, as described by the dependent resurvey by 
the Bureau of Land Management accepted May 4, 1990, under Group No. 
683, Nevada, and subsequent supplemental plats of sections 18 and 19, 
T. 19 S., R. 61 E., Mount Diablo Meridian, as contained on plats 
accepted November 17, 1992. Such lands are described as (1) government 
lots 22, 23, 26, and 27 in said section 18; and (2) government lots 20, 
21, and 24 in said section 19, containing 29.36 acres, more or less.
    (c) Secretarial Action.--Within six months after receipt of a claim 
under subsection (a), the Secretary--
            (1) shall determine whether the claimant was deprived by 
        the United States of title to property as a result of previous 
        erroneous private surveys, based on the survey referred to in 
        section 1(4); and
            (2) if so, shall execute such instruments as may be 
        necessary to transfer without consideration to the claimant all 
        right, title, and interest of the United States in and to that 
        portion of the lands described in subsection (b) which the 
        Secretary determines are properly claimed by the claimant.
    (d) Agency by city of Las Vegas.--Claims may be submitted directly 
by an owner of real property referred to in subsection (a) or through 
the city of Las Vegas acting on behalf of one or more of such 
claimants.
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