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Union Calendar No. 391

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3954

[Report No. 108–647] 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to resolve boundary discrepancies 

in San Diego County, California, arising from an erroneous survey conducted by a Government contractor in 1881 that resulted in overlapping 

boundaries for certain lands, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 11, 2004

Mr. HUNTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Resources 

SEPTEMBER 7, 2004 

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 March 11, 2004] 

A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to resolve boundary discrepancies in San Diego County, California, arising from an erroneous survey conducted by a Government contractor in 1881 that resulted in overlapping 

boundaries for certain lands, 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 ‘‘Rancho El Cajon 

5 Boundary Reconciliation Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. RESOLUTION OF BOUNDARY DISCREPANCIES, SAN 

7 DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. 

8 (a) RESOLUTION OF BOUNDARY DISCREPANCIES.—

9 The Secretary of the Interior shall provide compensation 

10 to any landowner whose title to land in lots 1 and 2 of 

11 section 9, township 15 south, range 1 east, San Bernardino 

12 Meridian, in San Diego County, California, is based on 

13 an erroneous survey conducted by a Government contractor 

14 in 1881 and is rendered void because that title is inferior 

15 to the title to the same land established by a survey of the 

16 Rancho El Cajon conducted in 1872 and approved by the 

17 Commissioner of the General Land Office in 1876. 

18 (b) FORMS OF COMPENSATION.—Compensation under 

19 subsection (a) shall be mutually agreed upon by the Sec20 retary and the landowner and shall consist of—

21 (1) public lands in San Diego or Imperial Coun22 ties, California, selected jointly by the Secretary and 

23 the landowner and conveyed by the Secretary to the 

24 landowner; 

25 (2) a cash payment to the landowner; or 
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1 (3) a combination of a conveyance under para2 graph (1) and a cash payment under paragraph (2). 

3 (c) EQUAL VALUE.—Compensation provided under 

4 subsection (a) for a parcel of land whose title was rendered 

5 void, as described in such subsection, may not exceed the 

6 fair market value of the land, as determined by an ap7 praisal satisfactory to the Secretary and the landowner. 

8 (d) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary may make 

9 payments under subsection (a) using funds available to the 

10 Secretary to equalize land exchanges under section 206(b) 

11 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 

12 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)). 

13 (e) PUBLIC LANDS DEFINED.—In this section, the 

14 term ‘‘public lands’’ has the meaning given the term in sec15 tion 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 

16 Act of 1976 (7 U.S.C. 1702(e)). 
Union Calendar No. 391

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3954

[Report No. 108–647] 

A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to resolve 

lands, and for other purposes. resulted in overlapping boundaries for certain ducted by a Government contractor in 1881 that California, arising from an erroneous survey conboundary discrepancies in San Diego County, 

SEPTEMBER 7, 2004

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