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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1225 

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of the Interior to develop a multipurpose cadastre of Federal real property and identifying inaccurate, duplicate, and out-of-date Federal land 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

MAY 6, 2015 

Ms. MURKOWSKI introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Energy and 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identifying inaccurate, duplicate, and out-of-date Federal 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. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) CADASTRE.—The term ‘‘cadastre’’ means 

4 an inventory of real property of the Federal Govern5 ment developed through collecting, storing, retriev6 ing, or disseminating graphical or digital data de7 picting natural or man-made physical features, phe8 nomena, or boundaries of the earth and any infor9 mation related to the data, including surveys, maps, 

10 charts, satellite and airborne remote sensing data, 

11 images, and services, with services performed by pro12 fessionals such as surveyors, photogrammetrists, hy13 drographers, geodesists, cartographers, and other 

14 such services of an architectural or engineering na15 ture including the following data layers: 

16 (A) A reference frame consisting of a cur17 rent geodetic network. 

18 (B) A series of current, accurate large19 scale maps. 

20 (C) An existing cadastral boundary overlay 

21 delineating all cadastral parcels. 

22 (D) A system for indexing and identifying 

23 each cadastral parcel. 

24 (E) A series of land data files, each includ25 ing the parcel identifier, that— 


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1 (i) can be used to retrieve information 

2 and cross-reference between and among 

3 other data files; 

4 (ii) contain information about the use, 

5 assets, and infrastructure of each parcel; 

6 and 

7 (iii) designate any parcels that the 

8 Secretary determines can be better man9 aged through ownership by a non-Federal 

10 entity, including a State, local, or tribal 

11 government, nonprofit organization, or the 

12 private sector. 

13 (2) REAL PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘real prop14 erty’’ means land, buildings, crops, forests, and 

15 other resources attached to or within the land or im16 provements or fixtures permanently attached to the 

17 land or a structure on the property, including any 

18 interest, benefit, right, or privilege in the property. 

19 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

20 the Secretary of the Interior. 

21 SEC. 3. CADASTRE OF FEDERAL LAND. 

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

23 maintain a current and accurate multipurpose cadastre of 

24 Federal real property to support Federal land manage25 ment activities, including— 


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1 (1) resource development and conservation; 

2 (2) agricultural use; 

3 (3) active forest management; 

4 (4) environmental protection; and 

5 (5) use of real property. 

6 (b) COST-SHARING AGREEMENTS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may enter 

8 into cost-sharing agreements with States to include 

9 any non-Federal land in a State in the cadastre. 

10 (2) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of any 

11 cost agreement described in paragraph (1) shall not 

12 exceed 50 percent of the total cost to a State for the 

13 development of the cadastre of non-Federal land in 

14 the State. 

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

16 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec17 retary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Nat18 ural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Nat19 ural Resources of the House of Representatives a report 

20 on— 

21 (1)(A) the real property inventories or any com22 ponents of any cadastre that— 

23 (i) exist as of the date of enactment of this 

24 Act; and 


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1 (ii) are authorized by law or conducted by 

2 the Secretary; 

3 (B) the statutory authorization for each inven4 tory or component; and 

5 (C) the amount expended by the Federal Gov6 ernment for the inventory or component for fiscal 

7 year 2015; 

8 (2) the inventories and components described in 

9 paragraph (1)(A) that will be eliminated or consoli10 dated into the multipurpose cadastre authorized by 

11 this Act; 

12 (3) the inventories and components described in 

13 paragraph (1)(A) that will not be eliminated or con14 solidated into the multipurpose cadastre authorized 

15 by this Act, with a justification for not terminating 

16 or consolidating the inventories and components in 

17 the multipurpose cadastre authorized by this Act; 

18 (4) the use of real property inventories or any 

19 components of any cadastre that— 

20 (A) exist as of the date of enactment of 

21 this Act; 

22 (B) are conducted by any unit of a State 

23 or local government; and 

24 (C) can be used to identify Federal real 

25 property within the unit; 


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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 de4 scribed in paragraph (1)(A) that will become part of 

5 the multipurpose cadastre authorized by this Act; 

6 (6) in consultation with the Director of the Of7 fice of Management and Budget, the Administrator 

8 of General Services, and the Comptroller General of 

9 the United States, all cadastres and inventories au10 thorized, operated, or maintained by all other execu11 tive agencies of the Federal Government, including 

12 each of the components of the assessment described 

13 in paragraphs (1) through (5); 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 described in paragraph 

19 (1)(A). 

20 (d) COORDINATION.— 

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

22 the Secretary shall— 

23 (A) participate (in accordance with section 

24 216 of the E–Government Act of 2002 (44 

25 U.S.C. 3501 note; Public Law 107–347)) in the 


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1 establishment of such standards and common 

2 protocols as are necessary to ensure the inter3 operability of geospatial information pertaining 

4 to the cadastre for all users of the information; 

5 (B) coordinate with, seek assistance and 

6 cooperation of, and provide liaison to the Fed7 eral Geographic Data Committee pursuant to 

8 Office of Management and Budget Circular A– 

9 16 and Executive Order 12906 (43 U.S.C. 

10 1457 note; relating to coordinating geographic 

11 data acquisition and access: the National Spa12 tial Data Infrastructure) for the implementa13 tion of and compliance with such standards as 

14 may be applicable to the cadastre; 

15 (C) make the cadastre interoperable with 

16 the Federal Real Property Profile established 

17 pursuant to Executive Order 13327 (40 U.S.C. 

18 121 note; relating to Federal real property 

19 asset management); 

20 (D) integrate with and leverage, to the 

21 maximum extent practicable, cadastre activities 

22 of units of State and local government; and 

23 (E) use contracts with the private sector, 

24 to the maximum extent practicable, to provide 


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1 such products and services as are necessary to 

2 develop the cadastre. 

3 (2) CONTRACTS CONSIDERED SURVEYING AND

4 MAPPING.—Contracts entered into under paragraph 

5 (1)(E) shall be considered surveying and mapping 

6 services as such term is used and as such contracts 

7 are awarded in accordance with the selection proce8 dures described in chapter 11 of title 40, United 

9 States Code. 

10 SEC. 4. TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC ACCESS. 

11 The Secretary shall— 

12 (1) make the cadastre required under this Act 

13 publically available on the Internet in a graphically 

14 geoenabled and searchable format; 

15 (2) ensure that the inventory required under 

16 section 3 includes the identification of all land and 

17 parcels suitable for disposal by resource manage18 ment plans under the Federal Land Policy and Man19 agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 

20 (3) in consultation with the Secretary of De21 fense and the Secretary of Homeland Security, pre22 vent the disclosure of the identity of any 1 or more 

23 parcels of land, and buildings or facilities on the 

24 parcels, or information related to the parcels, if the 


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1 disclosure would impair or jeopardize the national 

2 security or homeland defense of the United States. 

3 SEC. 5. RIGHT OF ACTION. 

4 Nothing in this Act creates any substantive or proce5 dural right or benefit. 

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