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                                                 Union Calendar No. 597
115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3392

                          [Report No. 115-768]

   To provide for stability of title to certain land in the State of 
                   Louisiana, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2017

   Mr. Johnson of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

                             June 20, 2018

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 
                               25, 2017]


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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for stability of title to certain land in the State of 
                   Louisiana, 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 ``Lake Bistineau Land Title Stability 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
to issue a recordable disclaimer of interest of the United States in 
and to--
            (1) any land described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
        subsection (a) of section 4 that is located outside the record 
        meander lines of the Original Survey described in that 
        subsection; and
            (2) any omitted land.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Omitted land.--The term ``omitted land'' means any land 
        in S30-T16N-R10W, including adjacent islands and the meander 
        lines of the water body, that was in place during the Original 
        Survey, but that was not included in the Original Survey, 
        regardless of whether the exclusion of the land was due to 
        gross error in the Original Survey or fraud by any individual 
        conducting the Original Survey.
            (2) Original survey.--The term ``Original Survey'' means 
        the survey of land in northern Louisiana approved by the 
        Surveyor General on December 8, 1842.
            (3) Resurvey.--The term ``Resurvey'' means the document 
        entitled ``Dependent Re-Survey, Extension Survey and Survey of 
        Two Islands, Sections 17, 29, and 30'', which was completed on 
        November 24, 1967, approved on January 15, 1969, and published 
        in the Federal Register on February 27, 1969 (34 Fed. Reg. 
        2677).
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 4. MEANDER LINES; RECORDABLE DISCLAIMER OF INTEREST.

    (a) Meander Lines.--The meander lines in the Original Survey are 
definitive for purposes of determining title to--
            (1) the land in S30-T16N-R10W; and
            (2) the 2 islands adjacent to the land described in 
        paragraph (1).
    (b) Recordable Disclaimer of Interest.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall prepare a recordable 
        disclaimer of interest in which the United States conveys and 
        disclaims any right, title, or interest of the United States in 
        and to--
                    (A) any land described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
                subsection (a) that is located outside the recorded 
                meander lines described in that subsection; and
                    (B) any omitted land.
            (2) Filing.--The Secretary shall record the disclaimer of 
        interest prepared under paragraph (1) in the appropriate local 
        office in the State of Louisiana in which real property 
        documents are recorded.
            (3) Inclusions.--The disclaimer of interest filed under 
        paragraph (2) shall include legal descriptions of the land 
        subject to the disclaimer of interest using the lot or tract 
        numbers included in the Resurvey.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 597

115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3392

                          [Report No. 115-768]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

   To provide for stability of title to certain land in the State of 
                   Louisiana, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             June 20, 2018

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed