such standards and common protocols as are 
necessary to assure the interoperability of 
geospatial information pertaining to the cadastre 
for all users of such information; 
(B) coordinate with, seek assistance and co-
operation of, and provide liaison to the Federal 
Geographic Data Committee pursuant to Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–16 and 
Executive Order 12906 for the implementation of 
and compliance with such standards as may be 
applicable to the cadastre; 
(C) make the cadastre interoperable with 
the Federal Real Property Profile established 
pursuant to Executive Order 13327; 
(D) integrate with and leverage to the max-
imum extent practicable current cadastre activi-
ties of units of State and local government; 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’’ 
services as such term is used and as such contracts 
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are awarded in accordance with the selection proce-
dures in title IX of the Federal Property and Admin-
istrative 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 Government 
developed through collecting, storing, retrieving, or 
disseminating graphical or digital data depicting 
natural or man-made physical features, phenomena, 
or boundaries of the earth and any information re-
lated thereto, including surveys, maps, charts, satellite 
and airborne remote sensing data, images, and serv-
ices, with services performed by professionals such as 
surveyors, photogrammetrists, hydrographers, geode-
sists, cartographers, and other such services of an ar-
chitectural or engineering nature including the fol-
lowing data layers: 
(A) A reference frame consisting of a cur-
rent geodetic network. 
(B) A series of current, accurate large scale 
maps. 
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(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 re-
trieve information and cross reference between 
and among other data files, which contains in-
formation about the use, assets and infrastruc-
ture of each parcel, and shall also designate any 
parcels that the Secretary determines can be bet-
ter managed through ownership by a non-Fed-
eral entity including but not limited to State 
government, local government, Tribal govern-
ment, nonprofit organizations, or the private sec-
tor. 
(3) REAL PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘real property’’ 
means real estate consisting of land, buildings, crops, 
forests, or other resources still attached to or within 
the land or improvements or fixtures permanently at-
tached to the land or a structure on it, including any 
interest, benefit, right, or privilege in such property. 
SEC. 4. TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC ACCESS. 
The Secretary shall— 
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(1) make the cadastre publically available on the 
internet in a graphically geo-enabled and searchable 
format; 
(2) ensure that the inventory referred to in sec-
tion 2 includes the identification of all lands and 
parcels suitable for disposal by Resource Management 
Plans conducted for pursuant to the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43 
U.S.C. 1711 et. seq.); and 
(3) in consultation with the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of Homeland Security, prevent the 
disclosure of any parcel or parcels of land, and build-
ings or facilities thereon, or information related there-
to, 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 pro-
cedural right or benefit. 
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Union Calendar No. 519 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 916 
[Report No. 113–688] 
A BILL 
To improve Federal land management, resource 
conservation, environmental protection, and use 
of Federal real property, by requiring the Sec-
retary 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. 
DECEMBER 22, 2014 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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