I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5414 
To require a patent correction involving the Elkhorn Ranch and the White 
River National Forest in the State of Colorado to protect bona fide 
private property rights in the Elkhorn Ranch adversely impacted by 
a 1949 resurvey of the southern boundary of Section 18 of Township 
7 South, Range 93 West, Sixth Principle Meridian, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 
Mr. TIPTON (for himself and Mr. POLIS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To require a patent correction involving the Elkhorn Ranch 
and the White River National Forest in the State of 
Colorado to protect bona fide private property rights 
in the Elkhorn Ranch adversely impacted by a 1949 
resurvey of the southern boundary of Section 18 of 
Township 7 South, Range 93 West, Sixth Principle Me-
ridian, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Elkhorn Ranch and 
White River National Forest Patent Correction Act of 
2014’’. 
SEC. 2. PATENT CORRECTION, ELKHORN RANCH AND 
WHITE 
RIVER 
NATIONAL 
FOREST, 
COLO-
RADO. 
(a) PATENT CORRECTION DIRECTED.—The parcel of 
land consisting of approximately 148 acres generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Elkhorn Ranch Land–White 
River National Forest’’ and dated June 2014 shall be pat-
ented into the ownership of the Gordman-Leverich Part-
nership, a Colorado Limited Liability Limited Partnership 
(in this section referred to as ‘‘GLP’’). The patent shall 
include all right, title and interest of the United States 
in and to the parcel, except that the patent shall be subject 
to the valid existing rights of the lessee of Federal oil and 
gas lease COC–75070 and any other valid existing rights. 
(b) NO IMPACT ON EXISTING BOUNDARIES.—The 
patent correction executed pursuant to this section does 
not modify the exterior boundary of the White River Na-
tional Forest, Colorado, or the boundaries of Sections 18 
and 19 of Township 7 South, Range 93 West, Sixth Prin-
ciple Meridian, as in effect on January 1, 2014. The fence 
lines in existence on such date on the 148-acre parcel ref-
erenced in subsection (a) shall constitute the southern and 
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eastern boundaries of such parcel, unless modification of 
such boundaries are mutually agreed to by the Secretary 
of Agriculture and GLP. 
(c) ISSUANCE
OF
PATENT
AND
COVERAGE
OF 
COSTS.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
prepare and issue the patent required by subsection (a). 
Any costs incurred by the Secretary of the Interior relat-
ing to any survey, lotting, legal description, or other activi-
ties undertaken by the Secretary in preparing and issuing 
the patent shall be borne by GLP. 
Æ 
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