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Union Calendar No. 519 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 916 
[Report No. 113–688] 
To improve Federal land management, resource conservation, environmental 
protection, and use of Federal real property, by requiring the Secretary 
of the Interior to develop a multipurpose cadastre of Federal real prop-
erty and identifying inaccurate, duplicate, and out-of-date Federal land 
inventories, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 28, 2013 
Mr. KIND (for himself and Mr. BISHOP of Utah) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
DECEMBER 22, 2014 
Additional sponsors: Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. 
JONES, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. BLUMENAUER, 
Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. 
PEARCE, Mr. PETRI, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. MORAN, and Mr. JOYCE 
DECEMBER 22, 2014 
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 February 28, 2013] 
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A BILL 
To improve Federal land management, resource conservation, 
environmental protection, and use of Federal real prop-
erty, by requiring the Secretary of the Interior to develop 
a multipurpose cadastre of Federal real property and 
identifying inaccurate, duplicate, and out-of-date Federal 
land inventories, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Land Asset In-
ventory Reform Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. CADASTRE OF FEDERAL LAND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop and 
maintain a current and accurate a multipurpose cadastre 
of Federal real property to support Federal land manage-
ment activities, including, but not limited to: resource de-
velopment and conservation, agricultural use, active forest 
management, environmental protection, and use of real 
property. 
(b) COST-SHARING.—The Secretary may enter into 
cost-sharing agreements with States to include any non- 
Federal lands in a State in the cadastre. The Federal share 
of any such cost agreement shall not exceed 50 percent of 
the total cost to a State for the development of the cadastre 
of non-Federal lands in the State. 
(c) CONSOLIDATION AND REPORT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit a report to the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate on— 
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(1) the existing real property inventories or any 
components of any cadastre currently authorized by 
law or conducted by the Department of the Interior, 
the statutory authorization for such, and the amount 
expended by the Federal Government for each such ac-
tivity in fiscal year 2012; 
(2) the existing real property inventories or any 
components of any cadastre currently authorized by 
law or conducted by the Department of the Interior 
that will be eliminated or consolidated into the multi-
purpose cadastre authorized by this Act; 
(3) the existing real property inventories or any 
components of a cadastre currently authorized by law 
or conducted by the Department of the Interior that 
will not be eliminated or consolidated into the multi-
purpose cadastre authorized by this Act, together with 
a justification for not terminating or consolidating 
such in the multipurpose cadastre authorized by this 
Act; 
(4) the use of existing real property inventories 
or any components of any cadastre currently con-
ducted by any unit of State or local government that 
can be used to identify Federal real property within 
such unit of government; 
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(5) the cost-savings that will be achieved by 
eliminating or consolidating duplicative or unneeded 
real property inventories or any components of a ca-
dastre currently authorized by law or conducted by 
the Department of the Interior that will become part 
of the multipurpose cadastre authorized by this Act; 
(6) in consultation with the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, the Administrator of 
the General Services Administration, and the Comp-
troller General of the United States, conduct the as-
sessment required by paragraphs (1) through (5) of 
this subsection with regard to all cadastres and inven-
tories authorized, operated or maintained by all other 
Executive agencies of the Federal Government; and 
(7) recommendations for any legislation nec-
essary to increase the cost-savings and enhance the ef-
fectiveness and efficiency of replacing, eliminating, or 
consolidating real property inventories or any compo-
nents of a cadastre currently authorized by law or 
conducted by the Department of the Interior. 
(d) COORDINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary shall— 
(A) participate, pursuant to section 216 of 
Public Law 107–347, in the establishment of 
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