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Union Calendar No. 519 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 916 

[Report No. 113–688] 

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of the Interior to develop a multipurpose cadastre of Federal real property and identifying inaccurate, duplicate, and out-of-date Federal land 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

FEBRUARY 28, 2013 

Mr. KIND (for himself and Mr. BISHOP of Utah) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

DECEMBER 22, 2014 

Additional sponsors: Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. 

JONES, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. BLUMENAUER, 

Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. 

PEARCE, Mr. PETRI, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. MORAN, and Mr. JOYCE

DECEMBER 22, 2014 

Reported with an amendment, 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 February 28, 2013] 


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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identifying inaccurate, duplicate, and out-of-date Federal 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 In5 ventory Reform Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CADASTRE OF FEDERAL LAND. 

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

8 maintain a current and accurate a multipurpose cadastre 

9 of 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 share 

17 of any such cost agreement shall not exceed 50 percent of 

18 the total cost to a State for the development of the cadastre 

19 of non-Federal lands in the State. 

20 (c) CONSOLIDATION AND REPORT.—Not later than 180 

21 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec22 retary shall submit a report to the Committee on Natural 

23 Resources of the House of Representatives and the Com24 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 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 ac6 tivity in fiscal year 2012; 

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 multi11 purpose cadastre authorized by this Act; 

12 (3) the existing real property inventories or any 

13 components of a cadastre currently authorized by law 

14 or conducted by the Department of the Interior that 

15 will not be eliminated or consolidated into the multi16 purpose cadastre authorized by this Act, together with 

17 a justification for not terminating or consolidating 

18 such in the multipurpose cadastre authorized by this 

19 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 (6) in consultation with the Director of the Of8 fice of Management and Budget, the Administrator of 

9 the General Services Administration, and the Comp10 troller General of the United States, conduct the as11 sessment required by paragraphs (1) through (5) of 

12 this subsection with regard to all cadastres and inven13 tories authorized, operated or maintained by all other 

14 Executive agencies of the Federal Government; and 

15 (7) recommendations for any legislation nec16 essary to increase the cost-savings and enhance the ef17 fectiveness and efficiency of replacing, eliminating, or 

18 consolidating real property inventories or any compo19 nents of a cadastre currently authorized by law or 

20 conducted by the Department of the Interior. 

21 (d) COORDINATION.— 

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

23 the Secretary shall— 

24 (A) participate, pursuant to section 216 of 

25 Public Law 107–347, in the establishment of 


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1 such standards and common protocols as are 

2 necessary to assure the interoperability of 

3 geospatial information pertaining to the cadastre 

4 for all users of such information; 

5 (B) coordinate with, seek assistance and co6 operation of, and provide liaison to the Federal 

7 Geographic Data Committee pursuant to Office 

8 of Management and Budget Circular A–16 and 

9 Executive Order 12906 for the implementation of 

10 and compliance with such standards as may be 

11 applicable to the cadastre; 

12 (C) make the cadastre interoperable with 

13 the Federal Real Property Profile established 

14 pursuant to Executive Order 13327; 

15 (D) integrate with and leverage to the max16 imum extent practicable current cadastre activi17 ties of units of State and local government; and 

18 (E) use contracts with the private sector, to 

19 the maximum extent practicable, to provide such 

20 products and services as are necessary to develop 

21 the cadastre. 

22 (2) CONTRACTS CONSIDERED SURVEYING AND

23 MAPPING.—Contracts entered into under paragraph 

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

25 services as such term is used and as such contracts 


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1 are awarded in accordance with the selection proce2 dures in title IX of the Federal Property and Admin3 istrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 1101 et 

4 seq.). 

5 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

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

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

8 the Secretary of the Interior. 

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

10 inventory of real property of the Federal Government 

11 developed through collecting, storing, retrieving, or 

12 disseminating graphical or digital data depicting 

13 natural or man-made physical features, phenomena, 

14 or boundaries of the earth and any information re15 lated thereto, including surveys, maps, charts, satellite 

16 and airborne remote sensing data, images, and serv17 ices, with services performed by professionals such as 

18 surveyors, photogrammetrists, hydrographers, geode19 sists, cartographers, and other such services of an ar20 chitectural or engineering nature including the fol21 lowing data layers: 

22 (A) A reference frame consisting of a cur23 rent geodetic network. 

24 (B) A series of current, accurate large scale 

25 maps. 


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1 (C) An existing cadastral boundary overlay 

2 delineating all cadastral parcels. 

3 (D) A system for indexing and identifying 

4 each cadastral parcel. 

5 (E) A series of land data files, each includ6 ing the parcel identifier, which can be used to re7 trieve information and cross reference between 

8 and among other data files, which contains in9 formation about the use, assets and infrastruc10 ture of each parcel, and shall also designate any 

11 parcels that the Secretary determines can be bet12 ter managed through ownership by a non-Fed13 eral entity including but not limited to State 

14 government, local government, Tribal govern15 ment, nonprofit organizations, or the private sec16 tor. 

17 (3) REAL PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘real property’’ 

18 means real estate consisting of land, buildings, crops, 

19 forests, or other resources still attached to or within 

20 the land or improvements or fixtures permanently at21 tached to the land or a structure on it, including any 

22 interest, benefit, right, or privilege in such property. 

23 SEC. 4. TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC ACCESS. 

24 The Secretary shall— 


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1 (1) make the cadastre publically available on the 

2 internet in a graphically geo-enabled and searchable 

3 format; 

4 (2) ensure that the inventory referred to in sec5 tion 2 includes the identification of all lands and 

6 parcels suitable for disposal by Resource Management 

7 Plans conducted for pursuant to the Federal Land 

8 Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43 

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

10 (3) in consultation with the Secretary of Defense 

11 and the Secretary of Homeland Security, prevent the 

12 disclosure of any parcel or parcels of land, and build13 ings or facilities thereon, or information related there14 to, if such disclosure would impair or jeopardize the 

15 national security or homeland defense of the United 

16 States. 

17 SEC. 5. RIGHT OF ACTION. 

18 Nothing in this Act shall create any substantive or pro19 cedural right or benefit. 


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Union Calendar No. 519 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 916 

[Report No. 113–688] 

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 

DECEMBER 22, 2014 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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