To direct the Secretary of the Interior to disclaim any Federal interest in lands adjacent to Spirit Lake and Twin Lakes in the State of Idaho resulting from possible omission of lands from an 1880 survey.
PL 107-371 (H.R.4874), enacted 12/19/2002

116 STAT. 3076 
PUBLIC LAW 107-371—DEC. 19, 2002 
Public Law 107-371 
107th Congress 
An Act 
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'^° direct the Secretary of the Interior to disclaim any Federal interest in lands 
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adjacent to Spirit Lake and Twin Lakes in the State of Idaho resulting from 
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possible omission of lands from an 1880 survey. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The meander lines in the original surveys by John 
B. David, deputy surveyor, of two lakes in the State of Idaho, 
Spirit Lake, formerly known as Lake Tesemini, located in T. 
53 N., R. 4 W., Boise Meridian, and Twin Lakes, formerly 
known as Fish Lake, located in T. 52 N. and T. 53 N., R. 
4 W., Boise Meridian, do not reflect the current line of ordinary 
high water conditions. 
(2) All lands adjacent to the original meander lines have 
been patented. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to issue a recordable disclaimer of interest by the 
United States to any omitted lands or lands lying outside the 
record meander lines in the vicinity of the lakes referred to in 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
RECORDABLE DISCLAIMER OF INTEREST.—The term 
"recordable disclaimer of interest" means a document recorded 
in the county clerk's office or other such local office where 
real property documents are recorded, in which the United 
States disclaims any right, title, or interest to those lands 
found lying outside the recorded meander lines of the lakes 
referred to in section 1(a)(1), including omitted lands, if any. 
(2) OMITTED LANDS.—The term "omitted lands" means 
those lands that were in place on the date of the original 
surveys referred to in section 1(a)(1) but were not included 
in the survey of the township and the meander lines of the 
water body due to gross error or fraud by the original surveyor. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term "Secretary means the Secretary 
of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. SURVEYS. 
The Secretary shall— 
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(1) conduct a survey investigation of the conditions along 
the lakeshores of Spirit Lake and Twin Lakes in the townships 
referenced in section 1(a); and 
(2) after the completion of the survey investigation, 
resurvey the original meander lines along the lakeshores, using 
the results of the survey investigation. 
SEC. 4. DISCLAIMER OF INTEREST IN LANDS ADJACENT TO SPIRIT 
Records. 
LAKE AND TWIN LAKES, IDAHO. 
Upon acceptance and approval of the surveys under section 
3 by the Secretary, the Secretary shall— 
(1) prepare a recordable disclaimer of interest with land 
descriptions, using the lot or tract numbers of the omitted 
lands, if any, and lands lying outside the record meander lines, 
as shown on the survey plats; and 
(2) record such recordable disclaimer of interest simulta-
neously with the filing of the surveys. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
$400,000 to carry out this Act. Funds appropriated to carry out 
the purposes of this Act may be available without fiscal year limita-
tion. 
Approved December 19, 2002. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4874 (S. 2585): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 107-676 (Comm. on Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 148 (2002): 
Oct. 1, considered and passed House. 
Nov. 19, considered and passed Senate.