Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2021
Bill: H.R.5522 | Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron (D-WI)
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2021
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to develop and maintain a current and accurate multipurpose cadastre (inventory) of federal real property (excluding Indian land) to support federal land management activities on federal real property, including resource development and conservation and agricultural use.
Interior may enter cost-sharing agreements with states to include nonfederal real property in the cadastre.
Interior shall report on (1) existing real property inventories or any components of any cadastre of federal real property, (2) consolidation of inventories and components, (3) the use of existing inventories and components of any cadastre, (4) cost savings that will be achieved, (5) a plan for implementation of this bill, and (6) recommendations for legislation.
Interior shall (1) make the multipurpose cadastre publicly available on the internet, and (2) ensure that such cadastre includes the identification of all lands suitable for disposal pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.

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 Representatives 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 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 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 
                        engineering 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 
                        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 identifying 
                        each cadastral parcel; and
                            (v) a series of land data files, each 
                        including the parcel identifier, which can be 
                        used to retrieve information and cross-
                        reference 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 Government; but
                    (B) does not include real property held in trust by 
                the Federal Government for the benefit of one or more 
                Indian Tribes or individual Indians or restricted lands 
                owned by an Indian Tribe or individual Indians.
            (4) Landholding agency.--The term ``landholding agency'' 
        means a Federal department or agency with statutory authority 
        to control real property.
            (5) Real property.--The term ``real property'' means real 
        estate consisting of--
                    (A) land;
                    (B) buildings, crops, forests, or other resources 
                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 enactment of this Act, the Secretary, 
        in consultation with the heads of landholding agencies, shall 
        jointly develop 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 property.
            (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 cadastre of Federal real property and any real 
        property included under paragraph (3)(A) to support Federal 
        land management activities on Federal real property, 
        including--
                    (A) resource development and conservation;
                    (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).
                    (B) Cost share.--The Federal share of any cost-
                sharing agreement described in subparagraph (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 Federal 
                        Government for each existing real property 
                        inventory or component of a cadastre 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 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 inventory or 
                component of a cadastre described in clause (i) into 
                the multipurpose cadastre under paragraph (2);
                    (D) the use of existing real property inventories 
                or any components of any cadastre currently 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 components of any 
                cadastre of Federal real property currently authorized 
                by law or maintained 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 assessment 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 subparagraphs (A) 
                through (E) with regard to each cadastre 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 enhance the 
                effectiveness and efficiency of replacing, eliminating, 
                or consolidating Federal real property inventories or 
                any components of any cadastre of Federal real property 
                currently authorized by law or maintained by the 
                Department.
            (5) Coordination.--
                    (A) In general.--In carrying out this section, the 
                Secretary shall--
                            (i) participate (in accordance with section 
                        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 common protocols as are necessary to ensure 
                        the interoperability of geospatial information 
                        pertaining to the cadastre under paragraph (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 
                        requirements of that Act as may be applicable 
                        to--
                                    (I) the cadastre under paragraph 
                                (2); and
                                    (II) any aspect of the development 
                                of the cadastre under paragraph (2);
                            (iii) integrate, or make the cadastre 
                        interoperable with, the Federal Real Property 
                        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 Reform Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-
                        318; 130 Stat. 1608); and
                            (iv) to the maximum extent practicable, 
                        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 surveying and 
                        mapping (within the meaning of chapter 11 of 
                        title 40, United States Code).
                            (ii) Selection procedures.--A contract 
                        described in clause (i) shall be entered into 
                        in accordance with the selection procedures in 
                        chapter 11 of title 40, United States Code.
    (c) Transparency and Public Access.--The Secretary shall--
            (1) in accordance with any requirements applicable to the 
        Department under section 759 of the Geospatial Data Act of 2018 
        (43 U.S.C. 2808), make the cadastre under subsection (b)(2) 
        publicly available on the internet--
                    (A) in a graphically geo-enabled and searchable 
                format; and
                    (B) in a manner that is consistent with, and meets 
                any requirements for integration with, the GeoPlatform 
                established under section 758(a) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 
                2807(a));
            (2) ensure that the inventory referred to in subsection (b) 
        includes the identification of all land suitable for disposal 
        in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
        of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 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, any buildings or facilities on the 
        land, or any information related to the land, buildings, or 
        facilities if that disclosure would impair or jeopardize the 
        national security or homeland defense of the United States.
    (d) Applicable Law.--Any data that is part of the cadastre 
developed under subsection (b)(2) shall be--
            (1) considered to be geospatial data for purposes of the 
        Geospatial Data Act of 2018 (43 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.); and
            (2) subject to the requirements of that Act.
    (e) Effect.--Nothing in this section--
            (1) creates any substantive or procedural right or benefit; 
        or
            (2) requires or authorizes--
                    (A) any new surveying or mapping of Federal real 
                property;
                    (B) the evaluation of any parcel of land or other 
                real property for potential management by a non-Federal 
                entity;
                    (C) the disposal of any Federal real property; or
                    (D) any new appraisal or assessment of--
                            (i) the value of any parcel of Federal land 
                        or other real property; or
                            (ii) the cultural and archaeological 
                        resources on any parcel of Federal land or 
                        other real property.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 495

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5522

                          [Report No. 117-678]

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