To resolve boundary conflicts in the vicinity of the Mark Twain National Forest in Barry and Stone Counties, Missouri, that resulted from private landowner reliance on a subsequent Federal survey, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-2304
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt, Roy [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2003-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Boundaries
Claims
Compensation (Law)
Department of Agriculture
Department of Defense
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Land transfers
Land use
Landowners
Law
Licenses
Missouri
National forests
Real estate appraisal
Right-of-way
Surveying
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Establishes procedures for resolving the status of Federal land in Barry and Stone County, Missouri, which is claimed by private property owners based on land surveys subsequent to the Public Land Survey System land surveys upon which the original land patents were issued. Directs the appropriate Secretary (the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of Agriculture), upon receiving notification of a boundary conflict from a qualifying claimant, to: (1) convey and quitclaim all right, title, and interest of the United States in the overlapping land; or (2) if there are Federal interests in such land, to confirm Federal title to it and retain it in Federal management, while compensating the qualifying claimant. Establishes rules for the treatment of preexisting conditions, existing reservations, and existing rights and uses.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: 
Establishes procedures for resolving the status of Federal land in Barry and Stone County, Missouri, claimed by private property owners based on land surveys subsequent to the Public Land Survey System land surveys upon which the original land patents were issued. Requires claimants to submit notice to the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of Agriculture (as appropriate) within 15 years of enactment of this Act and to establish their qualifications for a remedy.
 
Authorizes the appropriate Secretary, upon receiving notice from a qualifying claimant, to take any or a combination of the following actions to resolve boundary conflicts: (1) convey and quitclaim all right, title, and interest of the United States in the disputed land; (2) if there are Federal interests in such land, confirm Federal title to it and retain it in Federal management; and (3) compensate the qualifying claimant where title is confirmed and retained pursuant to item (2). 
 
Requires conveyance of land under this Act without consideration, if the appropriate Secretary determines that the boundary conflict was the result of innocent detrimental reliance by the qualifying claimant on a subsequent land survey. Requires the appropriate Secretary to pay costs associated with the resolution of boundary disputes pursuant to this Act and to reimburse qualifying claimants for survey costs necessary to establish a claim.
 
Establishes rules for the treatment of preexisting conditions, existing reservations, and existing rights and uses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H11169-11170)
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H11169-11170)
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2304.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H11169-11170)
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Mr. Gutknecht moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry Discharged.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Introduced in House