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Union Calendar No. 401

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2135

[Report No. 104–755]

To provide for the correction of boundaries of certain lands in Clark County,

Nevada, acquired by persons who purchased such lands in good faith

reliance on existing private land surveys.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 27, 1995

Mrs. VUCANOVICH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Resources

SEPTEMBER 4, 1996

Reported with amendments, 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 27, 1995]

A BILL

To provide for the correction of boundaries of certain lands

in Clark County, Nevada, acquired by persons who purchased such lands in good faith reliance on existing

private land surveys.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

2 The Congress finds and declares that:

3 (1) Certain landowners in the (North) Decatur

4 Boulevard area of Las Vegas and North Las Vegas,

5 Clark County, Nevada, who own property adjacent to

6 lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management

7 have been adversely affected by certain erroneous pri8 vate surveys.

9 (2) These landowners have occupied or improved

10 their property in good faith and in reliance on erro11 neous surveys of their properties that they believed

12 were accurate.

13 (3) These landowners presumed their occupancy

14 was codified through an Eighth Judicial District

15 Court (Nevada) Judgment and Decree filed October

16 26, 1989, as a ‘‘friendly lawsuit’’ affecting numerous

17 landowners in the (North) Decatur Boulevard area.

18 (4) The 1990 Bureau of Land Management de19 pendent resurvey and section subdivision of sections

20 6, 7, 18, and 19, T. 19 S., R. 61 E., Mount Diablo

21 Meridian, Nevada, correctly established accurate

22 boundaries between such public lands and private

23 lands.

24 (5) The Bureau of Land Management has the

25 authority to sell public lands which are affected as a

26 result of erroneous private survey and encroachments
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1 existing as of the date of this Act as it affects T. 19

2 S., R. 61 E., sections 18 and 19, and T. 19 S. R. 60

3 E., section 13 and 24, if encroachments based on the

4 same erroneous private survey are identified, in ac5 cordance with this Act.

6 SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF LANDS.

7 (a) CLAIMS.—Within one year after the date of the en8 actment of this Act, the city of Las Vegas on behalf of the

9 owners of real property, located adjacent to the lands de10 scribed in subsection (b), may submit to the Secretary of

11 the Interior (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec12 retary’’) in writing a claim to the lands described in sub13 section (b). The claim submitted to the Secretary shall be

14 accompanied by—

15 (1) a description of the lands claimed;

16 (2) information relating to the claim of owner17 ship of such lands; and

18 (3) such other information as the Secretary may

19 require.

20 (b) LANDS DESCRIBED.—The lands described in this

21 subsection are those Federal lands located in the Bureau

22 of Land Management Las Vegas District, Clark County, Ne23 vada, in sections 18 and 19, T. 19 S., R. 61 E., Mount

24 Diablo Meridian, as described by the dependent resurvey

25 by the Bureau of Land Management accepted May 4, 1990,
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1 under Group No. 683, Nevada, and subsequent supple2 mental plats of sections 18 and 19, T. 19 S., R. 61 E.,

3 Mount Diablo Meridian, as contained on plats accepted No4 vember 17, 1992. Such lands are described as (1) govern5 ment lots 22, 23, 26, and 27 in said section 18; and (2)

6 government lots 20, 21, and 24 in said section 19, contain7 ing 29.36 acres, more or less.

8 (c) CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary shall convey all

9 right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the

10 public lands described in subsection (b) to the city of Las

11 Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, upon payment by the city

12 of fair market value based on a Bureau of Land Manage13 ment approved appraised market value of the lands as of

14 December 1, 1982, and on the condition that the city convey

15 the effected lands to the land owners referred to in sub16 section (a).

Amend the title to read as follows: ‘‘A bill to provide

for the relief of certain persons in Clark County, Nevada,

who purchased lands in good faith reliance on existing

private land surveys.’’.

Union Calendar No. 401

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2135

[Report No. 104–755]

A BILL

To provide for the correction of boundaries of cerreliance on existing private land surveys. persons who purchased such lands in good faith tain lands in Clark County, Nevada, acquired by

SEPTEMBER 4, 1996

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee

dered to be printedof the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-