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Title II — Bureau of Land Management Resurvey Requirements

H.R. 580 · 116th Congress · Jan 15, 2019 · Lineage

II Bureau of Land Management Resurvey Requirements

Sec. 201 Bureau Resurvey Transparency; Notice requirements

(a)
Notice—
(1)
In general— Not later than 30 days before the commencement of a resurvey of Federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, the Secretary shall notify all property owners with land abutting or adjacent to the Federal land being resurveyed of the pending resurvey. If a resurvey extends the boundaries of Federal land, the Secretary shall notify affected landowners of the results of the resurvey not later than 30 days after the completion of the survey.
(2)
Notification— The Secretary shall use certified or registered mail to notify landowners under this subsection.
(3)
Identification of landowners— When identifying affected landowners for the purpose of notification under this subsection, the Secretary shall use the most recently available property tax records.
(b)
Public comment— Not later than 30 days after completing a resurvey, the Secretary shall publish a notice in the Federal Register. Affected landowners may comment to the Secretary and by submitting formal comments to the Federal Register notice.

Sec. 202 Protection of persons

If a resurvey results in land previously thought to be privately owned to be reclassified as Federal land, the persons thought to be a private owner of such land—
(1)
shall—
(A)
be given the right of first refusal to purchase the land for fair market value minus the value of any significant improvements made to such lands; or
(B)
be reimbursed for the fair market value of any significant improvements made to such lands; and
(2)
may not be charged with willful trespass onto such land unless the person used such lands with the knowledge that the lands should be classified as Federal land.

Sec. 203 Definitions

For the purposes of this title:
(1)
Resurvey— The term resurvey means an official rerunning and remarking intended to supersede the records of the original survey.
(2)
Secretary— The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.