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(C) not patented or subject to a pending 
request for a patent under section 5. 
(b) DISPOSAL BY COMPETITIVE SALE.—If a parcel 
offered under subsection (a) is not purchased, the Sec-
retary shall offer the parcel for disposal by competitive 
sale for not less than fair market value as determined by 
an appraisal conducted in accordance with nationally rec-
ognized appraisal standards, including the Uniform Ap-
praisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and the 
Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. 
(c) CONDITIONS OF SALE.—The sale of a parcel 
under this section shall be subject to— 
(1) the condition that all minerals contained in 
the parcel are reserved to the United States and 
subject to sale or disposal by the United States 
under applicable leasing and mineral land laws; 
(2) the condition that permittees, lessees, or 
grantees of the United States have the right to enter 
the parcel for the purpose of prospecting for and 
mining deposits; and 
(3) valid existing State, tribal, and local rights. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after the date 
on which the survey is approved, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 
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Natural Resources of the Senate a list of the parcels of 
identified Federal lands that have not been sold under 
subsection (b) and a description of the reasons such par-
cels were not sold. 
SEC. 7. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
The Secretary may not treat a parcel of identified 
Federal lands as Federal land for the purposes of a re-
source management plan if the treatment of such parcel 
does not comply with the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 8. CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) LANDS LOCATED NORTH OF THE SOUTH BANK 
BOUNDARY LINE.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to modify the interest of Texas or Oklahoma or sov-
ereignty rights of any federally recognized Indian tribe 
over lands located to the north of the South Bank bound-
ary line as established by the survey. 
(b) PATENTS UNDER THE COLOR OF TITLE ACT.— 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to modify land pat-
ented under the Act of December 22, 1928 (Public Law 
70–645; 45 Stat. 1069; 43 U.S.C. 1068; commonly known 
as the Color of Title Act), before the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(c) RED RIVER BOUNDARY COMPACT.—Nothing in 
this Act shall be construed to modify the Red River 
Boundary Compact as enacted by the States of Texas and 
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Oklahoma and consented to by the United States Congress 
by Public Law 106–288 (114 Stat. 919). 
(d) TRIBAL ALLOTMENTS.—Nothing in this Act shall 
be construed to alter the present median line of the Red 
River as it relates to the surface or mineral interests of 
tribal allottees north of the present median line. 
(e) TRIBAL RESERVATIONS.—Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to create or reinstate a tribal reserva-
tion or any portion of a tribal reservation. 
(f) TRIBAL MINERAL INTERESTS.—Nothing in this 
Act shall be construed to alter the valid rights of the 
Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Nations to the mineral in-
terest trust fund created pursuant to the Act of June 12, 
1926. 
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AFFECTED
AREA.—The term ‘‘affected 
area’’ means lands along the approximately 116-mile 
stretch of the Red River from its confluence with the 
North Fork of the Red River on the west to the 
98th meridian on the east between the States of 
Texas and Oklahoma. 
(2) GRADIENT BOUNDARY SURVEY METHOD.— 
The term ‘‘gradient boundary survey method’’ 
means the measurement technique used to locate the 
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South Bank boundary line under the methodology 
established in Oklahoma v. Texas, 261 U.S. 340 
(1923) (recognizing that the boundary line between 
the States of Texas and Oklahoma along the Red 
River is subject to change due to erosion and accre-
tion). 
(3) IDENTIFIED FEDERAL LANDS.—The term 
‘‘identified Federal lands’’ means the lands in the 
affected area from the South Bank boundary line 
north to the medial line of the Red River as identi-
fied pursuant to this Act. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(5) SOUTH
BANK.—The term ‘‘South Bank’’ 
means the water-washed and relatively permanent 
elevation or acclivity, commonly called a cut bank, 
along the southerly or right side of the Red River 
which separates its bed from the adjacent upland, 
whether valley or hill, and usually serves to confine 
the waters within the bed and to preserve the course 
of the river (as specified in the fifth paragraph of 
Oklahoma v. Texas, 261 U.S. 340 (1923)). 
(6) SOUTH BANK BOUNDARY LINE.—The term 
‘‘South Bank boundary line’’ means the boundary 
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between Texas and Oklahoma identified through the 
gradient boundary survey method (as specified in 
the sixth and seventh paragraphs of Oklahoma v. 
Texas, 261 U.S. 340 (1923)). 
(7) SURVEY.—The term ‘‘survey’’ means the 
survey required by section 3(a). 
(8) VEGETATION LINE.—The term ‘‘vegetation 
line’’ means the visually identifiable continuous line 
of vegetation that is adjacent to the portion of the 
riverbed kept practically bare of vegetation by the 
natural flow of the river and is continuous with the 
vegetation beyond the riverbed. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 9, 
2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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