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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3121 

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of the Interior to develop a multipurpose cadastre of Federal real property and identifying inaccurate, duplicate, and out-of-date Federal land 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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 21, 2015 

Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. 

AMODEI, and Mr. GRAYSON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

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identifying inaccurate, duplicate, and out-of-date Federal 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. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Land Asset 

5 Inventory Reform Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CADASTRE OF FEDERAL LAND. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop and 

3 maintain a current and accurate multipurpose cadastre of 

4 Federal real property to support Federal land manage5 ment activities, including, but not limited to: resource de6 velopment and conservation, agricultural use, active forest 

7 management, environmental protection, and use of real 

8 property. 

9 (b) COST-SHARING.—The Secretary may enter into 

10 cost-sharing agreements with States to include any non11 Federal lands in a State in the cadastre. The Federal 

12 share of any such cost agreement shall not exceed 50 per13 cent of the total cost to a State for the development of 

14 the cadastre of non-Federal lands in the State. 

15 (c) CONSOLIDATION AND REPORT.—Not later than 

16 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

17 Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Nat18 ural Resources of the House of Representatives and the 

19 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen20 ate on— 

21 (1) the existing real property inventories or any 

22 components of any cadastre currently authorized by 

23 law or conducted by the Department of the Interior, 

24 the statutory authorization for such, and the amount 

25 expended by the Federal Government for each such 

26 activity in fiscal year 2014; 


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1 (2) the existing real property inventories or any 

2 components of any cadastre currently authorized by 

3 law or conducted by the Department of the Interior 

4 that will be eliminated or consolidated into the mul5 tipurpose cadastre authorized by this Act; 

6 (3) the existing real property inventories or any 

7 components of a cadastre currently authorized by 

8 law or conducted by the Department of the Interior 

9 that will not be eliminated or consolidated into the 

10 multipurpose cadastre authorized by this Act, to11 gether with a justification for not terminating or 

12 consolidating such in the multipurpose cadastre au13 thorized by this Act; 

14 (4) the use of existing real property inventories 

15 or any components of any cadastre currently con16 ducted by any unit of State or local government that 

17 can be used to identify Federal real property within 

18 such unit of government; 

19 (5) the cost-savings that will be achieved by 

20 eliminating or consolidating duplicative or unneeded 

21 real property inventories or any components of a ca22 dastre currently authorized by law or conducted by 

23 the Department of the Interior that will become part 

24 of the multipurpose cadastre authorized by this Act, 

25 and a plan for implementation of this Act, including 


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1 a cost estimate and the feasibility of the use of rev2 enue from any transactional activity authorized by 

3 law that may be used to offset any costs of imple4 menting this Act; 

5 (6) in consultation with the Director of the Of6 fice of Management and Budget, the Administrator 

7 of the General Services Administration, and the 

8 Comptroller General of the United States, conduct 

9 the assessment required by paragraphs (1) through 

10 (5) of this subsection with regard to all cadastres 

11 and inventories authorized, operated or maintained 

12 by all other Executive agencies of the Federal Gov13 ernment; and 

14 (7) recommendations for any legislation nec15 essary to increase the cost-savings and enhance the 

16 effectiveness and efficiency of replacing, eliminating, 

17 or consolidating real property inventories or any 

18 components of a cadastre currently authorized by 

19 law or conducted by the Department of the Interior. 

20 (d) COORDINATION.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section, 

22 the Secretary shall— 

23 (A) participate, pursuant to section 216 of 

24 Public Law 107–347, in the establishment of 

25 such standards and common protocols as are 


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1 necessary to assure the interoperability of 

2 geospatial information pertaining to the cadas3 tre for all users of such information; 

4 (B) coordinate with, seek assistance and 

5 cooperation of, and provide liaison to the Fed6 eral Geographic Data Committee pursuant to 

7 Office of Management and Budget Circular A– 

8 16 and Executive Order 12906 for the imple9 mentation of and compliance with such stand10 ards as may be applicable to the cadastre; 

11 (C) integrate, or make the cadastre inter12 operable with, the Federal Real Property Pro13 file established pursuant to Executive Order 

14 13327; 

15 (D) integrate with and leverage to the 

16 maximum extent practicable current cadastre 

17 activities of units of State and local govern18 ment; and 

19 (E) use contracts with the private sector, 

20 to the maximum extent practicable, to provide 

21 such products and services as are necessary to 

22 develop the cadastre. 

23 (2) CONTRACTS CONSIDERED SURVEYING AND

24 MAPPING.—Contracts entered into under paragraph 

25 (1)(E) shall be considered ‘‘surveying and mapping’’ 


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1 services as such term is used and as such contracts 

2 are awarded in accordance with the selection proce3 dures in title IX of the Federal Property and Ad4 ministrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 1101 

5 et seq.). 

6 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

7 As used in this Act, the following definitions apply: 

8 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

9 the Secretary of the Interior. 

10 (2) CADASTRE.—The term ‘‘cadastre’’ means 

11 an inventory of real property of the Federal Govern12 ment developed through collecting, storing, retriev13 ing, or disseminating graphical or digital data de14 picting natural or man-made physical features, phe15 nomena, or boundaries of the earth and any infor16 mation related thereto, including surveys, maps, 

17 charts, satellite and airborne remote sensing data, 

18 images, and services, with services performed by pro19 fessionals such as surveyors, photogrammetrists, hy20 drographers, geodesists, cartographers, and other 

21 such services of an architectural or engineering na22 ture including the following data layers: 

23 (A) A reference frame consisting of a cur24 rent geodetic network. 


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1 (B) A series of current, accurate large 

2 scale maps. 

3 (C) An existing cadastral boundary overlay 

4 delineating all cadastral parcels. 

5 (D) A system for indexing and identifying 

6 each cadastral parcel. 

7 (E) A series of land data files, each includ8 ing the parcel identifier, which can be used to 

9 retrieve information and cross reference be10 tween and among other existing data files, 

11 which may contain information about the use, 

12 assets and infrastructure of each parcel. 

13 (3) REAL PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘real prop14 erty’’ means real estate consisting of land, buildings, 

15 crops, forests, or other resources still attached to or 

16 within the land or improvements or fixtures perma17 nently attached to the land or a structure on it, in18 cluding any interest, benefit, right, or privilege in 

19 such property. 

20 SEC. 4. TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC ACCESS. 

21 The Secretary shall— 

22 (1) make the cadastre publically available on 

23 the Internet in a graphically geo-enabled and search24 able format; 


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1 (2) ensure that the inventory referred to in sec2 tion 2 includes the identification of all lands and 

3 parcels suitable for disposal by Resource Manage4 ment Plans conducted for pursuant to the Federal 

5 Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 

6 U.S.C. 1711 et seq.); and 

7 (3) in consultation with the Secretary of De8 fense and the Secretary of Homeland Security, pre9 vent the disclosure of any parcel or parcels of land, 

10 and buildings or facilities thereon, or information re11 lated thereto, if such disclosure would impair or 

12 jeopardize the national security or homeland defense 

13 of the United States. 

14 SEC. 5. RIGHT OF ACTION. 

15 Nothing in this Act shall create any substantive or 

16 procedural right or benefit. 

17 SEC. 6. CERTAIN NEW ACTIONS NOT REQUIRED. 

18 Nothing in this Act shall require or authorize any 

19 new surveying or mapping of Federal land, the evaluation 

20 of any parcel of land for potential management by non21 Federal entities, the disposal of any Federal land, or any 

22 new appraisal or assessment of the value or cultural and 

23 archaeological resources on any parcel of Federal land. 

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