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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5522 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to develop and maintain a cadastre 
of Federal real property. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 8, 2021 
Mr. KIND (for himself and Mr. WESTERMAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to develop and 
maintain a cadastre of Federal real property. 
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 
Inventory Reform Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. CADASTRE OF FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CADASTRE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘cadastre’’ 
means an inventory of real property developed 
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through collecting, storing, retrieving, or dis-
seminating graphical or digital data depicting 
natural or man-made physical features, phe-
nomena, or boundaries of the earth, and any in-
formation related to the data, including— 
(i) surveys; 
(ii) maps; 
(iii) charts; 
(iv) satellite and airborne remote 
sensing data; 
(v) images; and 
(vi) services of an architectural or en-
gineering nature performed by 1 or more 
professionals, as authorized to perform the 
services under State law, if applicable, 
such as— 
(I) a surveyor; 
(II) a photogrammetrist; 
(III) a hydrographer; 
(IV) a geodesist; or 
(V) a cartographer. 
(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘cadastre’’ 
includes— 
(i) a reference frame consisting of a 
current geodetic network that is consistent 
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with, and not duplicative of, the National 
Geodic Survey of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration; 
(ii) a series of current and accurate 
large-scale maps; 
(iii) an existing cadastral boundary 
overlay delineating all cadastral parcels; 
(iv) a system for indexing and identi-
fying each cadastral parcel; and 
(v) a series of land data files, each in-
cluding the parcel identifier, which can be 
used to retrieve information and cross-ref-
erence between and among other existing 
data files that may contain information 
about the use, assets, and infrastructure of 
each parcel. 
(2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of the Interior. 
(3) FEDERAL
REAL
PROPERTY.—The term 
‘‘Federal real property’’— 
(A) means any real property owned, leased, 
or otherwise managed by the Federal Govern-
ment; but 
(B) does not include real property held in 
trust by the Federal Government for the benefit 
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of one or more Indian Tribes or individual Indi-
ans or restricted lands owned by an Indian 
Tribe or individual Indians. 
(4) LANDHOLDING AGENCY.—The term ‘‘land-
holding agency’’ means a Federal department or 
agency with statutory authority to control real prop-
erty. 
(5) REAL
PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘real prop-
erty’’ means real estate consisting of— 
(A) land; 
(B) buildings, crops, forests, or other re-
sources still attached to or within the land; 
(C) improvements or fixtures permanently 
attached to the land; 
(D) any structure on the land; or 
(E) any interest, benefit, right, or privilege 
in the property described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (D). 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(b) CADASTRE OF FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY.— 
(1) INTERAGENCY DATA STANDARDIZATION.— 
Not later than 18 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with 
the heads of landholding agencies, shall jointly de-
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velop and adopt interagency standards to ensure 
compatibility and interoperability among applicable 
Federal databases with respect to the collection and 
dissemination of data relating to Federal real prop-
erty. 
(2) DEVELOPMENT OF CADASTRE.—Not later 
than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary, in consultation with the heads of 
landholding agencies, shall develop (and thereafter 
maintain) a current and accurate multipurpose ca-
dastre of Federal real property and any real prop-
erty included under paragraph (3)(A) to support 
Federal land management activities on Federal real 
property, including— 
(A) resource development and conserva-
tion; 
(B) agricultural use; 
(C) active forest management; 
(D) environmental protection; and 
(E) other use of the real property. 
(3) COST-SHARING.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
enter into cost-sharing agreements with States 
to include any non-Federal land in a State in 
the cadastre under paragraph (2). 
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(B) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of 
any cost-sharing agreement described in sub-
paragraph (A) shall not exceed 50 percent of 
the total cost to a State for the development of 
the cadastre of non-Federal land in the State. 
(4) CONSOLIDATION AND REPORT.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and 
the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
of Representatives a report describing— 
(A) the existing real property inventories 
or any components of any cadastre of Federal 
real property currently authorized by law or 
maintained by the Department, including— 
(i) the statutory authorization for 
each existing real property inventory or 
component of a cadastre; and 
(ii) the amount expended by the Fed-
eral Government for each existing real 
property inventory or component of a ca-
dastre in fiscal year 2020; 
(B) the existing real property inventories 
or any components of any cadastre of Federal 
real property currently authorized by law or 
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maintained by the Department that will be 
eliminated or consolidated into the multipurpose 
cadastre under paragraph (2); 
(C)(i) the existing real property inventories 
or any components of any cadastre of Federal 
real property currently authorized by law or 
maintained by the Department that will not be 
eliminated or consolidated into the multipurpose 
cadastre under paragraph (2); and 
(ii) a justification for not eliminating or 
consolidating an existing real property inven-
tory or component of a cadastre described in 
clause (i) into the multipurpose cadastre under 
paragraph (2); 
(D) the use of existing real property inven-
tories or any components of any cadastre cur-
rently maintained by any unit of State or local 
government that can be used to identify Federal 
real property within that unit of government; 
(E) the cost savings that will be achieved 
by eliminating or consolidating duplicative or 
unneeded real property inventories or any com-
ponents of any cadastre of Federal real prop-
erty currently authorized by law or maintained 
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by the Department that will become part of the 
multipurpose cadastre under paragraph (2); 
(F) a plan for the implementation of this 
section, including a cost estimate and an assess-
ment of the feasibility of using revenue from 
any transactional activity authorized by law to 
offset any costs of implementing this section; 
(G) an assessment described in subpara-
graphs (A) through (E) with regard to each ca-
dastre and inventory of Federal real property 
authorized, operated, or maintained by each 
other Federal agency, which shall be conducted 
in consultation with the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget, the Administrator 
of the General Services Administration, and the 
Comptroller General of the United States; and 
(H) recommendations for any legislation 
necessary to increase the cost savings and en-
hance the effectiveness and efficiency of replac-
ing, eliminating, or consolidating Federal real 
property inventories or any components of any 
cadastre of Federal real property currently au-
thorized by law or maintained by the Depart-
ment. 
(5) COORDINATION.— 
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—In carrying out this 
section, the Secretary shall— 
(i) participate (in accordance with sec-
tion 216 of the E-Government Act of 2002 
(44 U.S.C. 3501 note; Public Law 107– 
347) and section 757 of the Geospatial 
Data Act of 2018 (43 U.S.C. 2806)) in the 
establishment of such standards and com-
mon protocols as are necessary to ensure 
the interoperability of geospatial informa-
tion pertaining to the cadastre under para-
graph (2) for all users of the information; 
(ii) coordinate with, seek assistance 
and cooperation of, and provide liaison to 
the Federal Geographic Data Committee 
established by section 753(a) of the 
Geospatial Data Act of 2018 (43 U.S.C. 
2802(a)) for the implementation of and 
compliance with such standards and re-
quirements of that Act as may be applica-
ble to— 
(I) the cadastre under paragraph 
(2); and 
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(II) any aspect of the develop-
ment of the cadastre under paragraph 
(2); 
(iii) integrate, or make the cadastre 
interoperable with, the Federal Real Prop-
erty Profile or other inventories established 
pursuant to Executive Order 13327 (40 
U.S.C. 121 note; relating to Federal real 
property asset management), the Federal 
Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 (40 
U.S.C. 1303 note; Public Law 114–287), 
or the Federal Property Management Re-
form Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–318; 
130 Stat. 1608); and 
(iv) to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, integrate with and leverage current 
cadastre activities of units of State and 
local government. 
(B) CONTRACTS CONSIDERED SURVEYING 
AND MAPPING.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—A contract between 
the Secretary and a member of the private 
sector to provide products and services for 
the development of the cadastre shall be 
considered to be a contract for services of 
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