necessary to assure the interoperability of 
geospatial information pertaining to the cadas-
tre for all users of such information; 
(B) coordinate with, seek assistance and 
cooperation of, and provide liaison to the Fed-
eral Geographic Data Committee pursuant to 
Office of Management and Budget Circular A– 
16 and Executive Order 12906 for the imple-
mentation of and compliance with such stand-
ards as may be applicable to the cadastre; 
(C) integrate, or make the cadastre inter-
operable with, the Federal Real Property Pro-
file established pursuant to Executive Order 
13327; 
(D) integrate with and leverage to the 
maximum extent practicable current cadastre 
activities of units of State and local govern-
ment; and 
(E) use contracts with the private sector, 
to the maximum extent practicable, to provide 
such products and services as are necessary to 
develop the cadastre. 
(2) CONTRACTS CONSIDERED SURVEYING AND 
MAPPING.—Contracts entered into under paragraph 
(1)(E) shall be considered ‘‘surveying and mapping’’ 
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services as such term is used and as such contracts 
are awarded in accordance with the selection proce-
dures in title IX of the Federal Property and Ad-
ministrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 1101 
et seq.). 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this Act, the following definitions apply: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) CADASTRE.—The term ‘‘cadastre’’ means 
an inventory of real property of the Federal Govern-
ment developed through collecting, storing, retriev-
ing, or disseminating graphical or digital data de-
picting natural or man-made physical features, phe-
nomena, or boundaries of the earth and any infor-
mation related thereto, including surveys, maps, 
charts, satellite and airborne remote sensing data, 
images, and services, with services performed by pro-
fessionals such as surveyors, photogrammetrists, hy-
drographers, geodesists, cartographers, and other 
such services of an architectural or engineering na-
ture including the following data layers: 
(A) A reference frame consisting of a cur-
rent geodetic network. 
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(B) A series of current, accurate large 
scale maps. 
(C) An existing cadastral boundary overlay 
delineating all cadastral parcels. 
(D) A system for indexing and identifying 
each cadastral parcel. 
(E) A series of land data files, each includ-
ing the parcel identifier, which can be used to 
retrieve information and cross reference be-
tween and among other existing data files, 
which may contain information about the use, 
assets and infrastructure of each parcel. 
(3) REAL
PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘real prop-
erty’’ means real estate consisting of land, buildings, 
crops, forests, or other resources still attached to or 
within the land or improvements or fixtures perma-
nently attached to the land or a structure on it, in-
cluding any interest, benefit, right, or privilege in 
such property. 
SEC. 4. TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC ACCESS. 
The Secretary shall— 
(1) make the cadastre publically available on 
the Internet in a graphically geo-enabled and search-
able format; 
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(2) ensure that the inventory referred to in sec-
tion 2 includes the identification of all lands and 
parcels suitable for disposal by Resource Manage-
ment Plans conducted for pursuant to the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1711 et seq.); and 
(3) in consultation with the Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretary of Homeland Security, pre-
vent the disclosure of any parcel or parcels of land, 
and buildings or facilities thereon, or information re-
lated thereto, if such disclosure would impair or 
jeopardize the national security or homeland defense 
of the United States. 
SEC. 5. RIGHT OF ACTION. 
Nothing in this Act shall create any substantive or 
procedural right or benefit. 
SEC. 6. CERTAIN NEW ACTIONS NOT REQUIRED. 
Nothing in this Act shall require or authorize any 
new surveying or mapping of Federal land, the evaluation 
of any parcel of land for potential management by non- 
Federal entities, the disposal of any Federal land, or any 
new appraisal or assessment of the value or cultural and 
archaeological resources on any parcel of Federal land. 
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