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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2135
To provide for the correction of boundaries of certain lands in Clark County,
Nevada, acquired by persons who purchased such lands in good faith
reliance on existing private land surveys.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 27, 1995
Mrs. VUCANOVICH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To provide for the correction of boundaries of certain lands
in Clark County, Nevada, acquired by persons who pur-
chased such lands in good faith reliance on existing
private land surveys.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds and declares
that—
(1) certain landowners in the (North) Decatur
Boulevard area of Las Vegas and North Las Vegas,
Clark County, Nevada, who own property adjacent
to lands managed by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment have been adversely affected by certain erro-
neous private surveys;
(2) these landowners have occupied or improved
their property in good faith and in reliance on erro-
neous surveys of their properties that they believed
were accurate;
(3) these landowners presumed their occupancy
was codified through an Eighth Judicial District
Court (Nevada) Judgment and Decree filed October
26, 1989, as a ‘‘friendly lawsuit’’ affecting numerous
landowners in the (North) Decatur Boulevard area;
and
(4) the 1990 Bureau of Land Management de-
pendent resurvey and section subdivision of sections
6, 7, 18, and 19, T. 19 S., R. 61 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian, Nevada, correctly established accurate
boundaries between such public lands and private
lands.
SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF LANDS.
(a) CLAIMS.—Within one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, an owner of real property in the
city of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, located adjacent
to the lands described in subsection (b), may submit to
the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this Act referred
to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) a claim to that portion of the lands
described in subsection (b) which the owner claims to have
been deprived by the United States of title to property
as a result of previous erroneous private surveys. The
claim submitted to the Secretary shall be accompanied
by—
(1) a description of the lands claimed;
(2) information relating to the claim of owner-
ship of such lands; and
(3) such other information as the Secretary
may require.
(b) LANDS DESCRIBED.—The lands described in this
subsection are those Federal lands located in the Bureau
of Land Management Las Vegas District, Clark County,
Nevada, in sections 18 and 19, T. 19 S., R. 61 E., Mount
Diablo Meridian, as described by the dependent resurvey
by the Bureau of Land Management accepted May 4,
1990, under Group No. 683, Nevada, and subsequent sup-
plemental plats of sections 18 and 19, T. 19 S., R. 61
E., Mount Diablo Meridian, as contained on plats accepted
November 17, 1992. Such lands are described as (1) gov-
ernment lots 22, 23, 26, and 27 in said section 18; and
(2) government lots 20, 21, and 24 in said section 19,
containing 29.36 acres, more or less.
(c) SECRETARIAL ACTION.—Within six months after
receipt of a claim under subsection (a), the Secretary—
(1) shall determine whether the claimant was
deprived by the United States of title to property as
a result of previous erroneous private surveys, based
on the survey referred to in section 1(4); and
(2) if so, shall execute such instruments as may
be necessary to transfer without consideration to the
claimant all right, title, and interest of the United
States in and to that portion of the lands described
in subsection (b) which the Secretary determines are
properly claimed by the claimant.
(d) AGENCY BY CITY OF LAS VEGAS.—Claims may
be submitted directly by an owner of real property referred
to in subsection (a) or through the city of Las Vegas act-
ing on behalf of one or more of such claimants.
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