[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5414 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5414

  To require a patent correction involving the Elkhorn Ranch and the 
 White River National Forest in the State of Colorado to protect bona 
fide private property rights in the Elkhorn Ranch adversely impacted by 
 a 1949 resurvey of the southern boundary of Section 18 of Township 7 
South, Range 93 West, Sixth Principle Meridian, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 8, 2014

 Mr. Tipton (for himself and Mr. Polis) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require a patent correction involving the Elkhorn Ranch and the 
 White River National Forest in the State of Colorado to protect bona 
fide private property rights in the Elkhorn Ranch adversely impacted by 
 a 1949 resurvey of the southern boundary of Section 18 of Township 7 
South, Range 93 West, Sixth Principle Meridian, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Elkhorn Ranch and White River 
National Forest Patent Correction Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. PATENT CORRECTION, ELKHORN RANCH AND WHITE RIVER NATIONAL 
              FOREST, COLORADO.

    (a) Patent Correction Directed.--The parcel of land consisting of 
approximately 148 acres generally depicted on the map entitled 
``Elkhorn Ranch Land-White River National Forest'' and dated June 2014 
shall be patented into the ownership of the Gordman-Leverich 
Partnership, a Colorado Limited Liability Limited Partnership (in this 
section referred to as ``GLP''). The patent shall include all right, 
title and interest of the United States in and to the parcel, except 
that the patent shall be subject to the valid existing rights of the 
lessee of Federal oil and gas lease COC-75070 and any other valid 
existing rights.
    (b) No Impact on Existing Boundaries.--The patent correction 
executed pursuant to this section does not modify the exterior boundary 
of the White River National Forest, Colorado, or the boundaries of 
Sections 18 and 19 of Township 7 South, Range 93 West, Sixth Principle 
Meridian, as in effect on January 1, 2014. The fence lines in existence 
on such date on the 148-acre parcel referenced in subsection (a) shall 
constitute the southern and eastern boundaries of such parcel, unless 
modification of such boundaries are mutually agreed to by the Secretary 
of Agriculture and GLP.
    (c) Issuance of Patent and Coverage of Costs.--Not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall prepare and issue the patent required by subsection (a). 
Any costs incurred by the Secretary of the Interior relating to any 
survey, lotting, legal description, or other activities undertaken by 
the Secretary in preparing and issuing the patent shall be borne by 
GLP.
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