A bill to resolve the boundary conflicts in Barry and Stone Counties in the State of Missouri.

Bill: 108-s-1167
Sponsor: Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO]
Introduced: 2003-06-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Boundaries
Claims
Compensation (Law)
Department of Agriculture
Department of Defense
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Land transfers
Land use
Landowners
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Licenses
Missouri
National forests
Real estate appraisal
Right-of-way
Surveying
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-02
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. Requires any qualifying claimant to file for resolution of a boundary conflict within 15 years of the enactment of this Act.
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: 
Establishes procedures for resolving the status of Federal land in Barry and Stone Counties, 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. Directs the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Agriculture to rectify boundary conflicts and landownership claims against Federal lands resulting from subsequent Federal land surveys and correctly reestablish the corners of the System in such counties and to attempt to do so in a manner that imposes the least cost and inconvenience to affected private landowners. Requires qualifying claimants to submit notice and information relating to the claim of ownership of the Federal lands to the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of Agriculture (as appropriate) within 15 years of enactment of this Act.
 
Authorizes the appropriate Secretary, in addition to using existing authorities, to take any of the following actions to resolve boundary conflicts: (1) convey by quitclaim deed right, title, and interest in the disputed Federal 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. Requires the appropriate Secretary to pay costs (of such Secretary's Department) associated with the resolution of boundary disputes pursuant to this Act and to reimburse qualifying claimants for survey costs necessary to establish a claim. Makes the appropriate Secretary responsible for compensation provided as a result of subsequent Federal land surveys conducted or commissioned by such Secretary's Department.
 
Provides that the requirements of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act regarding the transfer of real property by Federal agencies which is owned by the United States and on which any hazardous substance was stored for at least a year and was known to have been released or disposed of shall not apply to conveyances or transfers of jurisdiction pursuant to this Act, but the United States shall continue to be liable for cleanup costs of any hazardous substances on the lands so conveyed or transferred if the contamination by such substances is caused by Federal actions.
 
Establishes rules for the treatment of preexisting conditions, existing reservations, and existing rights and uses. 
 
Authorizes appropriations.

action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on March 9, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Establishes procedures for resolving the status of Federal land in Barry and Stone Counties, 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. Directs the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Agriculture to rectify boundary conflicts and landownership claims against Federal lands resulting from subsequent Federal land surveys and correctly reestablish the corners of the System in such counties and to attempt to do so in a manner that imposes the least cost and inconvenience to affected private landowners. Requires qualifying claimants to submit notice and information relating to the claim of ownership of the Federal lands to the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of Agriculture (as appropriate) within 15 years of enactment of this Act.
 
Authorizes the appropriate Secretary, in addition to using existing authorities, to take any of the following actions to resolve boundary conflicts: (1) convey by quitclaim deed right, title, and interest in the disputed Federal 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. Requires the appropriate Secretary to pay costs (of such Secretary's Department) associated with the resolution of boundary disputes pursuant to this Act and to reimburse qualifying claimants for survey costs necessary to establish a claim. Makes the appropriate Secretary responsible for compensation provided as a result of subsequent Federal land surveys conducted or commissioned by such Secretary's Department.
 
Provides that the requirements of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act regarding the transfer of real property by Federal agencies which is owned by the United States and on which any hazardous substance was stored for at least a year and was known to have been released or disposed of shall not apply to conveyances or transfers of jurisdiction pursuant to this Act, but the United States shall continue to be liable for cleanup costs of any hazardous substances on the lands so conveyed or transferred if the contamination by such substances is caused by Federal actions.
 
Establishes rules for the treatment of preexisting conditions, existing reservations, and existing rights and uses. 
 
Authorizes appropriations.

action_date: 2004-07-12
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on March 9, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Establishes procedures for resolving the status of Federal land in Barry and Stone Counties, 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. Directs the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Agriculture to rectify boundary conflicts and landownership claims against Federal lands resulting from subsequent Federal land surveys and correctly reestablish the corners of the System in such counties and to attempt to do so in a manner that imposes the least cost and inconvenience to affected private landowners. Requires qualifying claimants to submit notice and information relating to the claim of ownership of the Federal lands to the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of Agriculture (as appropriate) within 15 years of enactment of this Act.
 
Authorizes the appropriate Secretary, in addition to using existing authorities, to take any of the following actions to resolve boundary conflicts: (1) convey by quitclaim deed right, title, and interest in the disputed Federal 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. Requires the appropriate Secretary to pay costs (of such Secretary's Department) associated with the resolution of boundary disputes pursuant to this Act and to reimburse qualifying claimants for survey costs necessary to establish a claim. Makes the appropriate Secretary responsible for compensation provided as a result of subsequent Federal land surveys conducted or commissioned by such Secretary's Department.
 
Provides that the requirements of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act regarding the transfer of real property by Federal agencies which is owned by the United States and on which any hazardous substance was stored for at least a year and was known to have been released or disposed of shall not apply to conveyances or transfers of jurisdiction pursuant to this Act, but the United States shall continue to be liable for cleanup costs of any hazardous substances on the lands so conveyed or transferred if the contamination by such substances is caused by Federal actions.
 
Establishes rules for the treatment of preexisting conditions, existing reservations, and existing rights and uses. 
 
Authorizes appropriations.

action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on March 9, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Establishes procedures for resolving the status of Federal land in Barry and Stone Counties, 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. Directs the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Agriculture to rectify boundary conflicts and landownership claims against Federal lands resulting from subsequent Federal land surveys and correctly reestablish the corners of the System in such counties and to attempt to do so in a manner that imposes the least cost and inconvenience to affected private landowners. Requires qualifying claimants to submit notice and information relating to the claim of ownership of the Federal lands to the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of Agriculture (as appropriate) within 15 years of enactment of this Act.
 
Authorizes the appropriate Secretary, in addition to using existing authorities, to take any of the following actions to resolve boundary conflicts: (1) convey by quitclaim deed right, title, and interest in the disputed Federal 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. Requires the appropriate Secretary to pay costs (of such Secretary's Department) associated with the resolution of boundary disputes pursuant to this Act and to reimburse qualifying claimants for survey costs necessary to establish a claim. Makes the appropriate Secretary responsible for compensation provided as a result of subsequent Federal land surveys conducted or commissioned by such Secretary's Department.
 
Provides that the requirements of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act regarding the transfer of real property by Federal agencies which is owned by the United States and on which any hazardous substance was stored for at least a year and was known to have been released or disposed of shall not apply to conveyances or transfers of jurisdiction pursuant to this Act, but the United States shall continue to be liable for cleanup costs of any hazardous substances on the lands so conveyed or transferred if the contamination by such substances is caused by Federal actions.
 
Establishes rules for the treatment of preexisting conditions, existing reservations, and existing rights and uses. 
 
Authorizes appropriations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Became Public Law No: 108-279.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Became Public Law No: 108-279.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5477)
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5477)
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1167.
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5477-5478)
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: Mr. Burns moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5842-5843)
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S5842-5843)
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: The title amendment was withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5842-5844)
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 444.
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 108-234.
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 108-234.
action_date: 2004-02-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-321.
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7195)
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 108-279