[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1069 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1069

    For the relief of certain persons in Clark County, Nevada, who 
purchased land in good faith reliance on certain private land surveys, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 25 (legislative day, July 10), 1995

  Mr. Bryan (for himself and Mr. Reid) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    For the relief of certain persons in Clark County, Nevada, who 
purchased land in good faith reliance on certain private land surveys, 
                        and for other purposes.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds 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 property of the Bureau of Land Management 
        have been adversely affected by certain erroneous private 
        surveys;
            (2) the landowners have occupied or improved their property 
        in good faith and in reliance on erroneous surveys of the 
        property that the landowners believed were accurate;
            (3) the landowners presumed that their occupancy was 
        codified through a judgment and decree of the Eighth Judicial 
        District Court of Nevada that was filed on October 26, 1989, as 
        a friendly lawsuit affecting numerous landowners in the north 
        Decatur Boulevard area; and
            (4) the dependent resurvey and section subdivision of 
        sections 6, 7, 18, and 19, Township 19 South, Range 61 East, 
        Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada, performed in 1990 by the Bureau 
        of Land Management correctly established accurate boundaries 
        between the public lands and the private lands.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Affected lands.--The term ``affected lands'' means--
                    (A) the Federal lands located in the Las Vegas 
                District of the Bureau of Land Management, Clark 
                County, Nevada, in sections 18 and 19, Township 19 
                South, Range 61 East, Mount Diablo Meridian, as 
                described in the dependent resurvey by the Bureau of 
                Land Management accepted on May 4, 1990, under Group 
                No. 683, Nevada; and
                    (B) the Federal lands comprising the subsequent 
                supplemental plats of sections 18 and 19, Township 19 
                South, Range 61 East, Mount Diablo Meridian, as 
                contained on plats accepted on November 17, 1992;
        which lands are described as government lots 22, 23, 26, and 27 
        in section 18 and government lots 20, 21, and 24 in section 19, 
        containing approximately 29.36 acres.
            (2) Claimant.--The term ``claimant'' means an owner of real 
        property in the City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, 
        located adjacent to the affected lands, who claims to have been 
        deprived by the United States of title to a portion of the 
        affected lands as a result of an erroneous private survey 
        performed prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF LANDS.

    (a) Provision of Information to Secretary.--Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the City of Las Vegas shall 
notify the Secretary, through the State Director of the Nevada Bureau 
of Land Management, in writing of the claim of each claimant to the 
affected lands. The claim shall be accompanied by--
            (1) a description of the affected lands claimed;
            (2) information relating to the claim of ownership of the 
        affected lands; and
            (3) such other information as the Secretary may require.
    (b) Conveyance by the Secretary.--Not later than 180 days after 
receipt of the notification described in subsection (a), 
notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary shall convey the affected 
lands to the City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, on the condition 
that the City convey the affected lands to the claimants in accordance 
with the resurvey and plats described in section 2(1).
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