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Union Calendar No. 418
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4874
[Report No. 107–676] 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to disclaim any Federal interest 
in lands adjacent to Spirit Lake and Twin Lakes in the State of Idaho 
resulting from possible omission of lands from an 1880 survey. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 5, 2002
Mr. OTTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Resources 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2002
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to disclaim any Fed-
eral interest in lands adjacent to Spirit Lake and Twin 
Lakes in the State of Idaho resulting from possible omis-
sion of lands from an 1880 survey.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) The meander lines in the original surveys by 
John B. David, deputy surveyor, of two lakes in the 
State of Idaho, Spirit Lake, formerly known as Lake 
Tesemini, located in T. 53 N., R. 4 W., Boise Merid-
ian, and Twin Lakes, formerly known as Fish Lake, 
located in T. 52 N. and T. 53 N., R. 4 W., Boise 
Meridian, do not reflect the current line of ordinary 
high water conditions. 
(2) All lands adjacent to the original meander 
lines have been patented. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to direct 
the Secretary of the Interior to issue a recordable dis-
claimer of interest by the United States to any omitted 
lands or lands lying outside the record meander lines in 
the vicinity of the lakes referred to in subsection (a). 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) RECORDABLE DISCLAIMER OF INTEREST.—
The term ‘‘recordable disclaimer of interest’’ means 
a document recorded in the county clerk’s office or 
other such local office where real property docu-
ments are recorded, in which the United States dis-
claims any right, title, or interest to those lands 
found lying outside the recorded meander lines of
the lakes referred to in section 1(a)(1), including 
omitted lands, if any. 
(2) OMITTED
LANDS.—The term ‘‘omitted 
lands’’ means those lands that were in place on the 
date of the original surveys referred to in section 
1(a)(1) but were not included in the survey of the 
township and the meander lines of the water body 
due to gross error or fraud by the original surveyor. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. SURVEYS. 
The Secretary shall— 
(1) conduct a survey investigation of the condi-
tions along the lakeshores of Spirit Lake and Twin 
Lakes in the townships referenced in section 1(a); 
and 
(2) after the completion of the survey investiga-
tion, resurvey the original meander lines along the 
lakeshores, using the results of the survey investiga-
tion. 
SEC. 4. DISCLAIMER OF INTEREST IN LANDS ADJACENT TO 
SPIRIT LAKE AND TWIN LAKES, IDAHO. 
Upon acceptance and approval of the surveys under 
section 3 by the Secretary, the Secretary shall—
(1) prepare a recordable disclaimer of interest 
with land descriptions, using the lot or tract num-
bers of the omitted lands, if any, and lands lying 
outside the record meander lines, as shown on the 
survey plats; and 
(2) record such recordable disclaimer of interest 
simultaneously with the filing of the surveys. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary $400,000 to carry out this Act. Funds appropriated 
to carry out the purposes of this Act may be available 
without fiscal year limitation.
Union Calendar No. 418
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4874
[Report No. 107–676] 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to disclaim 
any Federal interest in lands adjacent to Spirit 
Lake and Twin Lakes in the State of Idaho re-
sulting from possible omission of lands from an 
1880 survey. 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2002
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed