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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2433 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to develop and maintain a cadastre 

of Federal real property. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 22, 2021 

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

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to develop and 

maintain a cadastre of Federal real property. 

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 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CADASTRE OF FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) CADASTRE.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘cadastre’’ 

10 means an inventory of real property developed 


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1 through collecting, storing, retrieving, or dis2 seminating graphical or digital data depicting 

3 natural or man-made physical features, phe4 nomena, or boundaries of the earth, and any in5 formation related to the data, including— 

6 (i) surveys; 

7 (ii) maps; 

8 (iii) charts; 

9 (iv) satellite and airborne remote 

10 sensing data; 

11 (v) images; and 

12 (vi) services of an architectural or en13 gineering nature performed by 1 or more 

14 professionals, as authorized to perform the 

15 services under State law, if applicable, 

16 such as— 

17 (I) a surveyor; 

18 (II) a photogrammetrist; 

19 (III) a hydrographer; 

20 (IV) a geodesist; or 

21 (V) a cartographer. 

22 (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘cadastre’’ 

23 includes— 

24 (i) a reference frame consisting of a 

25 current geodetic network that is consistent 


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1 with, and not duplicative of, the National 

2 Geodic Survey of the National Oceanic and 

3 Atmospheric Administration; 

4 (ii) a series of current and accurate 

5 large-scale maps; 

6 (iii) an existing cadastral boundary 

7 overlay delineating all cadastral parcels; 

8 (iv) a system for indexing and identi9 fying each cadastral parcel; and 

10 (v) a series of land data files, each in11 cluding the parcel identifier, which can be 

12 used to retrieve information and cross-ref13 erence between and among other existing 

14 data files that may contain information 

15 about the use, assets, and infrastructure of 

16 each parcel. 

17 (2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

18 means the Department of the Interior. 

19 (3) FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY.—The term 

20 ‘‘Federal real property’’ means any real property 

21 owned, leased, or otherwise managed by the Federal 

22 Government. 

23 (4) LANDHOLDING AGENCY.—The term ‘‘land24 holding agency’’ means a Federal department or 


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1 agency with statutory authority to control real prop2 erty. 

3 (5) REAL PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘real prop4 erty’’ means real estate consisting of— 

5 (A) land; 

6 (B) buildings, crops, forests, or other re7 sources still attached to or within the land; 

8 (C) improvements or fixtures permanently 

9 attached to the land; 

10 (D) any structure on the land; or 

11 (E) any interest, benefit, right, or privilege 

12 in the property described in subparagraphs (A) 

13 through (D). 

14 (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

15 the Secretary of the Interior. 

16 (b) CADASTRE OF FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY.— 

17 (1) INTERAGENCY DATA STANDARDIZATION.— 

18 Not later than 18 months after the date of enact19 ment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with 

20 the heads of landholding agencies, shall jointly de21 velop and adopt interagency standards to ensure 

22 compatibility and interoperability among applicable 

23 Federal databases with respect to the collection and 

24 dissemination of data relating to Federal real prop25 erty. 


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1 (2) DEVELOPMENT OF CADASTRE.—Not later 

2 than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 

3 the Secretary, in consultation with the heads of 

4 landholding agencies, shall develop (and thereafter 

5 maintain) a current and accurate multipurpose ca6 dastre of Federal real property and any real prop7 erty included under paragraph (3)(A) to support 

8 Federal land management activities on Federal real 

9 property, including— 

10 (A) resource development and conserva11 tion; 

12 (B) agricultural use; 

13 (C) active forest management; 

14 (D) environmental protection; and 

15 (E) other use of the real property. 

16 (3) COST-SHARING.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

18 enter into cost-sharing agreements with States 

19 to include any non-Federal land in a State in 

20 the cadastre under paragraph (2). 

21 (B) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of 

22 any cost-sharing agreement described in sub23 paragraph (A) shall not exceed 50 percent of 

24 the total cost to a State for the development of 

25 the cadastre of non-Federal land in the State. 


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1 (4) CONSOLIDATION AND REPORT.—Not later 

2 than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 

3 Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 

4 Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and 

5 the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 

6 of Representatives a report describing— 

7 (A) the existing real property inventories 

8 or any components of any cadastre of Federal 

9 real property currently authorized by law or 

10 maintained by the Department, including— 

11 (i) the statutory authorization for 

12 each existing real property inventory or 

13 component of a cadastre; and 

14 (ii) the amount expended by the Fed15 eral Government for each existing real 

16 property inventory or component of a ca17 dastre in fiscal year 2020; 

18 (B) the existing real property inventories 

19 or any components of any cadastre of Federal 

20 real property currently authorized by law or 

21 maintained by the Department that will be 

22 eliminated or consolidated into the multipurpose 

23 cadastre under paragraph (2); 

24 (C)(i) the existing real property inventories 

25 or any components of any cadastre of Federal 


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1 real property currently authorized by law or 

2 maintained by the Department that will not be 

3 eliminated or consolidated into the multipurpose 

4 cadastre under paragraph (2); and 

5 (ii) a justification for not eliminating or 

6 consolidating an existing real property inven7 tory or component of a cadastre described in 

8 clause (i) into the multipurpose cadastre under 

9 paragraph (2); 

10 (D) the use of existing real property inven11 tories or any components of any cadastre cur12 rently maintained by any unit of State or local 

13 government that can be used to identify Federal 

14 real property within that unit of government; 

15 (E) the cost savings that will be achieved 

16 by eliminating or consolidating duplicative or 

17 unneeded real property inventories or any com18 ponents of any cadastre of Federal real prop19 erty currently authorized by law or maintained 

20 by the Department that will become part of the 

21 multipurpose cadastre under paragraph (2); 

22 (F) a plan for the implementation of this 

23 section, including a cost estimate and an assess24 ment of the feasibility of using revenue from 


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1 any transactional activity authorized by law to 

2 offset any costs of implementing this section; 

3 (G) an assessment described in subpara4 graphs (A) through (E) with regard to each ca5 dastre and inventory of Federal real property 

6 authorized, operated, or maintained by each 

7 other Federal agency, which shall be conducted 

8 in consultation with the Director of the Office 

9 of Management and Budget, the Administrator 

10 of the General Services Administration, and the 

11 Comptroller General of the United States; and 

12 (H) recommendations for any legislation 

13 necessary to increase the cost savings and en14 hance the effectiveness and efficiency of replac15 ing, eliminating, or consolidating Federal real 

16 property inventories or any components of any 

17 cadastre of Federal real property currently au18 thorized by law or maintained by the Depart19 ment. 

20 (5) COORDINATION.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this 

22 section, the Secretary shall— 

23 (i) participate (in accordance with sec24 tion 216 of the E-Government Act of 2002 

25 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note; Public Law 107– 


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1 347) and section 757 of the Geospatial 

2 Data Act of 2018 (43 U.S.C. 2806)) in the 

3 establishment of such standards and com4 mon protocols as are necessary to ensure 

5 the interoperability of geospatial informa6 tion pertaining to the cadastre under para7 graph (2) for all users of the information; 

8 (ii) coordinate with, seek assistance 

9 and cooperation of, and provide liaison to 

10 the Federal Geographic Data Committee 

11 established by section 753(a) of the 

12 Geospatial Data Act of 2018 (43 U.S.C. 

13 2802(a)) for the implementation of and 

14 compliance with such standards and re15 quirements of that Act as may be applica16 ble to— 

17 (I) the cadastre under paragraph 

18 (2); and 

19 (II) any aspect of the develop20 ment of the cadastre under paragraph 

21 (2); 

22 (iii) integrate, or make the cadastre 

23 interoperable with, the Federal Real Prop24 erty Profile or other inventories established 

25 pursuant to Executive Order 13327 (40 


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1 U.S.C. 121 note; relating to Federal real 

2 property asset management), the Federal 

3 Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 (40 

4 U.S.C. 1303 note; Public Law 114–287), 

5 or the Federal Property Management Re6 form Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–318; 

7 130 Stat. 1608); and 

8 (iv) to the maximum extent prac9 ticable, integrate with and leverage current 

10 cadastre activities of units of State and 

11 local government. 

12 (B) CONTRACTS CONSIDERED SURVEYING

13 AND MAPPING.— 

14 (i) IN GENERAL.—A contract between 

15 the Secretary and a member of the private 

16 sector to provide products and services for 

17 the development of the cadastre shall be 

18 considered to be a contract for services of 

19 surveying and mapping (within the mean20 ing of chapter 11 of title 40, United States 

21 Code). 

22 (ii) SELECTION PROCEDURES.—A 

23 contract described in clause (i) shall be en24 tered into in accordance with the selection 


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1 procedures in chapter 11 of title 40, 

2 United States Code. 

3 (c) TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC ACCESS.—The Sec4 retary shall— 

5 (1) in accordance with any requirements appli6 cable to the Department under section 759 of the 

7 Geospatial Data Act of 2018 (43 U.S.C. 2808), 

8 make the cadastre under subsection (b)(2) publicly 

9 available on the internet— 

10 (A) in a graphically geo-enabled and 

11 searchable format; and 

12 (B) in a manner that is consistent with, 

13 and meets any requirements for integration 

14 with, the GeoPlatform established under section 

15 758(a) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 2807(a)); 

16 (2) ensure that the inventory referred to in sub17 section (b) includes the identification of all land suit18 able for disposal in accordance with the Federal 

19 Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 

20 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 

21 (3) in consultation with the Secretary of De22 fense and the Secretary of Homeland Security, pre23 vent the disclosure of any parcel or parcels of land, 

24 any buildings or facilities on the land, or any infor25 mation related to the land, buildings, or facilities if 


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1 that disclosure would impair or jeopardize the na2 tional security or homeland defense of the United 

3 States. 

4 (d) APPLICABLE LAW.—Any data that is part of the 

5 cadastre developed under subsection (b)(2) shall be— 

6 (1) considered to be geospatial data for pur7 poses of the Geospatial Data Act of 2018 (43 U.S.C. 

8 2801 et seq.); and 

9 (2) subject to the requirements of that Act. 

10 (e) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section— 

11 (1) creates any substantive or procedural right 

12 or benefit; or 

13 (2) requires or authorizes— 

14 (A) any new surveying or mapping of Fed15 eral real property; 

16 (B) the evaluation of any parcel of land or 

17 other real property for potential management 

18 by a non-Federal entity; 

19 (C) the disposal of any Federal real prop20 erty; or 

21 (D) any new appraisal or assessment of— 

22 (i) the value of any parcel of Federal 

23 land or other real property; or 


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1 (ii) the cultural and archaeological re2 sources on any parcel of Federal land or 

3 other real property. 

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