[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1225 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1225

      To improve Federal land management, resource conservation, 
    environmental protection, and use of Federal real property, by 
   requiring the Secretary of the Interior to develop a multipurpose 
     cadastre of Federal real property and identifying inaccurate, 
  duplicate, and out-of-date Federal land inventories, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 6, 2015

 Ms. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
      To improve Federal land management, resource conservation, 
    environmental protection, and use of Federal real property, by 
   requiring the Secretary of the Interior to develop a multipurpose 
     cadastre of Federal real property and identifying inaccurate, 
  duplicate, and out-of-date Federal land inventories, and for other 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 ``Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform 
Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Cadastre.--The term ``cadastre'' means an inventory of 
        real property of the Federal Government developed through 
        collecting, storing, retrieving, or disseminating graphical or 
        digital data depicting natural or man-made physical features, 
        phenomena, or boundaries of the earth and any information 
        related to the data, including surveys, maps, charts, satellite 
        and airborne remote sensing data, images, and services, with 
        services performed by professionals such as surveyors, 
        photogrammetrists, hydrographers, geodesists, cartographers, 
        and other such services of an architectural or engineering 
        nature including the following data layers:
                    (A) A reference frame consisting of a current 
                geodetic network.
                    (B) A series of current, accurate large-scale maps.
                    (C) An existing cadastral boundary overlay 
                delineating all cadastral parcels.
                    (D) A system for indexing and identifying each 
                cadastral parcel.
                    (E) A series of land data files, each including the 
                parcel identifier, that--
                            (i) can be used to retrieve information and 
                        cross-reference between and among other data 
                        files;
                            (ii) contain information about the use, 
                        assets, and infrastructure of each parcel; and
                            (iii) designate any parcels that the 
                        Secretary determines can be better managed 
                        through ownership by a non-Federal entity, 
                        including a State, local, or tribal government, 
                        nonprofit organization, or the private sector.
            (2) Real property.--The term ``real property'' means land, 
        buildings, crops, forests, and other resources attached to or 
        within the land or improvements or fixtures permanently 
        attached to the land or a structure on the property, including 
        any interest, benefit, right, or privilege in the property.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. CADASTRE OF FEDERAL LAND.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall develop and maintain a current 
and accurate multipurpose cadastre of Federal real property to support 
Federal land management activities, including--
            (1) resource development and conservation;
            (2) agricultural use;
            (3) active forest management;
            (4) environmental protection; and
            (5) use of real property.
    (b) Cost-Sharing Agreements.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary may enter into cost-sharing 
        agreements with States to include any non-Federal land in a 
        State in the cadastre.
            (2) Cost share.--The Federal share of any cost agreement 
        described in paragraph (1) shall not exceed 50 percent of the 
        total cost to a State for the development of the cadastre of 
        non-Federal land in the State.
    (c) Consolidation and Report.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report 
on--
            (1)(A) the real property inventories or any components of 
        any cadastre that--
                    (i) exist as of the date of enactment of this Act; 
                and
                    (ii) are authorized by law or conducted by the 
                Secretary;
            (B) the statutory authorization for each inventory or 
        component; and
            (C) the amount expended by the Federal Government for the 
        inventory or component for fiscal year 2015;
            (2) the inventories and components described in paragraph 
        (1)(A) that will be eliminated or consolidated into the 
        multipurpose cadastre authorized by this Act;
            (3) the inventories and components described in paragraph 
        (1)(A) that will not be eliminated or consolidated into the 
        multipurpose cadastre authorized by this Act, with a 
        justification for not terminating or consolidating the 
        inventories and components in the multipurpose cadastre 
        authorized by this Act;
            (4) the use of real property inventories or any components 
        of any cadastre that--
                    (A) exist as of the date of enactment of this Act;
                    (B) are conducted by any unit of a State or local 
                government; and
                    (C) can be used to identify Federal real property 
                within the unit;
            (5) the cost-savings that will be achieved by eliminating 
        or consolidating duplicative or unneeded real property 
        inventories or any components described in paragraph (1)(A) 
        that will become part of the multipurpose cadastre authorized 
        by this Act;
            (6) in consultation with the Director of the Office of 
        Management and Budget, the Administrator of General Services, 
        and the Comptroller General of the United States, all cadastres 
        and inventories authorized, operated, or maintained by all 
        other executive agencies of the Federal Government, including 
        each of the components of the assessment described in 
        paragraphs (1) through (5); and
            (7) recommendations for any legislation necessary to 
        increase the cost-savings and enhance the effectiveness and 
        efficiency of replacing, eliminating, or consolidating real 
        property inventories or any components of a cadastre described 
        in paragraph (1)(A).
    (d) Coordination.--
            (1) In general.--In carrying out this section, the 
        Secretary shall--
                    (A) participate (in accordance with section 216 of 
                the E-Government Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note; 
                Public Law 107-347)) in the establishment of such 
                standards and common protocols as are necessary to 
                ensure the interoperability of geospatial information 
                pertaining to the cadastre for all users of the 
                information;
                    (B) coordinate with, seek assistance and 
                cooperation of, and provide liaison to the Federal 
                Geographic Data Committee pursuant to Office of 
                Management and Budget Circular A-16 and Executive Order 
                12906 (43 U.S.C. 1457 note; relating to coordinating 
                geographic data acquisition and access: the National 
                Spatial Data Infrastructure) for the implementation of 
                and compliance with such standards as may be applicable 
                to the cadastre;
                    (C) make the cadastre interoperable with the 
                Federal Real Property Profile established pursuant to 
                Executive Order 13327 (40 U.S.C. 121 note; relating to 
                Federal real property asset management);
                    (D) integrate with and leverage, to the maximum 
                extent practicable, cadastre activities of units of 
                State and local government; and
                    (E) use contracts with the private sector, to the 
                maximum extent practicable, to provide such products 
                and services as are necessary to develop the cadastre.
            (2) Contracts considered surveying and mapping.--Contracts 
        entered into under paragraph (1)(E) shall be considered 
        surveying and mapping services as such term is used and as such 
        contracts are awarded in accordance with the selection 
        procedures described in chapter 11 of title 40, United States 
        Code.

SEC. 4. TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC ACCESS.

    The Secretary shall--
            (1) make the cadastre required under this Act publically 
        available on the Internet in a graphically geoenabled and 
        searchable format;
            (2) ensure that the inventory required under section 3 
        includes the identification of all land and parcels suitable 
        for disposal by resource management plans under the Federal 
        Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 
        seq.); and
            (3) in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the 
        Secretary of Homeland Security, prevent the disclosure of the 
        identity of any 1 or more parcels of land, and buildings or 
        facilities on the parcels, or information related to the 
        parcels, if the disclosure would impair or jeopardize the 
        national security or homeland defense of the United States.

SEC. 5. RIGHT OF ACTION.

    Nothing in this Act creates any substantive or procedural right or 
benefit.
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