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Union Calendar No. 232 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2199 

[Report No. 115–322] 

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of the Interior to develop a multipurpose cadastre of Federal real property and identifying inaccurate, duplicate, and out-of-date Federal land 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

APRIL 27, 2017 

Mr. CRAMER (for himself and Mr. KIND) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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identifying inaccurate, duplicate, and out-of-date Federal 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


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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 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CADASTRE OF FEDERAL LAND. 

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

8 maintain a current and accurate multipurpose cadastre of 

9 Federal real property to support Federal land manage10 ment activities, including, but not limited to: resource de11 velopment and conservation, agricultural use, active forest 

12 management, environmental protection, and use of real 

13 property. 

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

15 cost-sharing agreements with States to include any non16 Federal lands in a State in the cadastre. The Federal 

17 share of any such cost agreement shall not exceed 50 per18 cent of the total cost to a State for the development of 

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

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

21 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

22 Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Nat23 ural Resources of the House of Representatives and the 

24 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen25 ate on— 


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1 (1) 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 the statutory authorization for such, and the amount 

5 expended by the Federal Government for each such 

6 activity in fiscal year 2014; 

7 (2) the existing real property inventories or any 

8 components of any cadastre currently authorized by 

9 law or conducted by the Department of the Interior 

10 that will be eliminated or consolidated into the mul11 tipurpose cadastre authorized by this Act; 

12 (3) the existing real property inventories or any 

13 components of a cadastre currently authorized by 

14 law or conducted by the Department of the Interior 

15 that will not be eliminated or consolidated into the 

16 multipurpose cadastre authorized by this Act, to17 gether with a justification for not terminating or 

18 consolidating such in the multipurpose cadastre au19 thorized by this Act; 

20 (4) the use of existing real property inventories 

21 or any components of any cadastre currently con22 ducted by any unit of State or local government that 

23 can be used to identify Federal real property within 

24 such unit of government; 


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

2 eliminating or consolidating duplicative or unneeded 

3 real property inventories or any components of a ca4 dastre currently authorized by law or conducted by 

5 the Department of the Interior that will become part 

6 of the multipurpose cadastre authorized by this Act, 

7 and a plan for implementation of this Act, including 

8 a cost estimate and the feasibility of the use of rev9 enue from any transactional activity authorized by 

10 law that may be used to offset any costs of imple11 menting this Act; 

12 (6) in consultation with the Director of the Of13 fice of Management and Budget, the Administrator 

14 of the General Services Administration, and the 

15 Comptroller General of the United States, conduct 

16 the assessment required by paragraphs (1) through 

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

18 and inventories authorized, operated or maintained 

19 by all other Executive agencies of the Federal Gov20 ernment; and 

21 (7) recommendations for any legislation nec22 essary to increase the cost-savings and enhance the 

23 effectiveness and efficiency of replacing, eliminating, 

24 or consolidating real property inventories or any 


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1 components of a cadastre currently authorized by 

2 law or conducted by the Department of the Interior. 

3 (d) COORDINATION.— 

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

5 the Secretary shall— 

6 (A) participate, pursuant to section 216 of 

7 Public Law 107–347, in the establishment of 

8 such standards and common protocols as are 

9 necessary to assure the interoperability of 

10 geospatial information pertaining to the cadas11 tre for all users of such information; 

12 (B) coordinate with, seek assistance and 

13 cooperation of, and provide liaison to the Fed14 eral Geographic Data Committee pursuant to 

15 Office of Management and Budget Circular A– 

16 16 and Executive Order 12906 for the imple17 mentation of and compliance with such stand18 ards as may be applicable to the cadastre; 

19 (C) integrate, or make the cadastre inter20 operable with, the Federal Real Property Pro21 file established pursuant to Executive Order 

22 13327; 

23 (D) integrate with and leverage to the 

24 maximum extent practicable current cadastre 


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1 activities of units of State and local govern2 ment; and 

3 (E) use contracts with the private sector, 

4 to the maximum extent practicable, to provide 

5 such products and services as are necessary to 

6 develop the cadastre. 

7 (2) CONTRACTS CONSIDERED SURVEYING AND

8 MAPPING.—Contracts entered into under paragraph 

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

10 services as such term is used and as such contracts 

11 are awarded in accordance with the selection proce12 dures in title IX of the Federal Property and Ad13 ministrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 1101 

14 et seq.). 

15 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

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

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

18 the Secretary of the Interior. 

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

20 an inventory of real property of the Federal Govern21 ment developed through collecting, storing, retriev22 ing, or disseminating graphical or digital data de23 picting natural or man-made physical features, phe24 nomena, or boundaries of the earth and any infor25 mation related thereto, including surveys, maps, 


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1 charts, satellite and airborne remote sensing data, 

2 images, and services, with services performed by pro3 fessionals such as surveyors, photogrammetrists, hy4 drographers, geodesists, cartographers, and other 

5 such services of an architectural or engineering na6 ture including the following data layers: 

7 (A) A reference frame consisting of a cur8 rent geodetic network. 

9 (B) A series of current, accurate large 

10 scale maps. 

11 (C) An existing cadastral boundary overlay 

12 delineating all cadastral parcels. 

13 (D) A system for indexing and identifying 

14 each cadastral parcel. 

15 (E) A series of land data files, each includ16 ing the parcel identifier, which can be used to 

17 retrieve information and cross reference be18 tween and among other existing data files, 

19 which may contain information about the use, 

20 assets and infrastructure of each parcel. 

21 (3) REAL PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘real prop22 erty’’ means real estate consisting of land, buildings, 

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1 cluding any interest, benefit, right, or privilege in 

2 such property. 

3 SEC. 4. TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC ACCESS. 

4 The Secretary shall— 

5 (1) make the cadastre publically available on 

6 the Internet in a graphically geo-enabled and search7 able format; 

8 (2) ensure that the inventory referred to in sec9 tion 2 includes the identification of all lands and 

10 parcels suitable for disposal by Resource Manage11 ment Plans conducted for pursuant to the Federal 

12 Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 

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

14 (3) in consultation with the Secretary of De15 fense and the Secretary of Homeland Security, pre16 vent the disclosure of any parcel or parcels of land, 

17 and buildings or facilities thereon, or information re18 lated thereto, if such disclosure would impair or 

19 jeopardize the national security or homeland defense 

20 of the United States. 

21 SEC. 5. RIGHT OF ACTION. 

22 Nothing in this Act shall create any substantive or 

23 procedural right or benefit. 


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1 SEC. 6. CERTAIN NEW ACTIONS NOT REQUIRED. 

2 Nothing in this Act shall require or authorize any 

3 new surveying or mapping of Federal land, the evaluation 

4 of any parcel of land for potential management by non5 Federal entities, the disposal of any Federal land, or any 

6 new appraisal or assessment of the value or cultural and 

7 archaeological resources on any parcel of Federal land. 


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Union Calendar No. 232 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2199 

[Report No. 115–322] 

A BILL 

To improve Federal land management, resource 

land inventories, and for other purposes. inaccurate, duplicate, and out-of-date Federal cadastre of Federal real property and identifying retary of the Interior to develop a multipurpose of Federal real property, by requiring the Secconservation, environmental protection, and use 

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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