business information submitted under paragraphs 
(A), (B), and (C) of subsection (d) is confidential 
and all information covered by the Privacy Act of 
1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a) will be protected to the extent 
allowed by law. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘third-party 
facilitator’ means any entity (other than an agent of the 
United States) whose role in a real estate transaction is 
to assist the buyer or seller, or both, in reaching agree-
ment in the transaction.’’. 
(2) LAND CONVEYANCES.—Section 208 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1718) is amended by inserting after sub-
section (c), as added by subsection (a)(2), the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) 
OVERSIGHT
OF
USE
OF
THIRD-PARTY 
FACILITATORS.—(1) If the process by which a parcel of 
public lands or National Forest System lands will be con-
veyed by sale, exchange, or other disposal method under 
section 203 or 206 or other applicable law, involves the 
use of a third-party facilitator, the Secretary or the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, as the case may be, shall require, 
as a condition of the approval of the conveyance— 
‘‘(A) submission of all purchase contracts and 
related agreements held by the third-party facilitator 
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related to the Federal land to be conveyed on writ-
ten request by the appropriate official; 
‘‘(B) submission to appraisers of contact infor-
mation for prospective end owners of the Federal 
land to be conveyed; 
‘‘(C) supervisor review of such purchase con-
tracts and related agreements, the purpose of the 
conveyance, and other terms and conditions of the 
conveyance; and 
‘‘(D) a clear statement to Bureau of Land 
Management and United States Forest Service em-
ployees that the Secretary or the Secretary of Agri-
culture, as the case may be, has determined that all 
business information submitted under paragraphs 
(A), (B), and (C) of this subsection is confidential 
and all information covered by the Privacy Act of 
1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a) will be protected to the extent 
allowed by law. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘third-party 
facilitator’ means any entity (other than an agent of the 
United States) whose role in a real estate transaction is 
to assist the buyer or seller, or both, in reaching agree-
ment in the transaction.’’. 
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TITLE 
II—BUREAU 
OF 
LAND 
MANAGEMENT RESURVEY RE-
QUIREMENTS 
SEC. 201. BUREAU RESURVEY TRANSPARENCY; NOTICE RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
(a) NOTICE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days be-
fore the commencement of a resurvey of Federal 
land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bu-
reau of Land Management, the Secretary shall no-
tify all property owners with land abutting or adja-
cent to the Federal land being resurveyed of the 
pending resurvey. If a resurvey extends the bound-
aries of Federal land, the Secretary shall notify af-
fected landowners of the results of the resurvey not 
later than 30 days after the completion of the sur-
vey. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall use 
certified or registered mail to notify landowners 
under this subsection. 
(3) IDENTIFICATION OF LANDOWNERS.—When 
identifying affected landowners for the purpose of 
notification under this subsection, the Secretary 
shall use the most recently available property tax 
records. 
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(b) PUBLIC COMMENT.—Not later than 30 days after 
completing a resurvey, the Secretary shall publish a notice 
in the Federal Register. Affected landowners may com-
ment to the Secretary and by submitting formal comments 
to the Federal Register notice. 
SEC. 202. PROTECTION OF PERSONS. 
If a resurvey results in land previously thought to be 
privately owned to be reclassified as Federal land, the per-
sons thought to be a private owner of such land— 
(1) shall— 
(A) be given the right of first refusal to 
purchase the land for fair market value minus 
the value of any significant improvements made 
to such lands; or 
(B) be reimbursed for the fair market 
value of any significant improvements made to 
such lands; and 
(2) may not be charged with willful trespass 
onto such land unless the person used such lands 
with the knowledge that the lands should be classi-
fied as Federal land. 
SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of this title: 
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(1) RESURVEY.—The term ‘‘resurvey’’ means 
an official rerunning and remarking intended to su-
persede the records of the original survey. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Land Management. 
Æ 
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