[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3954 Received in Senate (RDS)]
2d Session
H. R. 3954
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 29, 2004
Received
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AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to resolve boundary
discrepancies in San Diego County, California, arising from an
erroneous survey conducted by a Government contractor in 1881 that
resulted in overlapping boundaries for certain lands, and for other
purposes.
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 ``Rancho El Cajon Boundary
Reconciliation Act''.
SEC. 2. RESOLUTION OF BOUNDARY DISCREPANCIES, SAN DIEGO COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA.
(a) Resolution of Boundary Discrepancies.--The Secretary of the
Interior shall provide compensation to any landowner whose title to
land in lots 1 and 2 of section 9, township 15 south, range 1 east, San
Bernardino Meridian, in San Diego County, California, is based on an
erroneous survey conducted by a Government contractor in 1881 and is
rendered void because that title is inferior to the title to the same
land established by a survey of the Rancho El Cajon conducted in 1872
and approved by the Commissioner of the General Land Office in 1876.
(b) Forms of Compensation.--Compensation under subsection (a) shall
be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary and the landowner and shall
consist of--
(1) public lands in San Diego or Imperial Counties,
California, selected jointly by the Secretary and the landowner
and conveyed by the Secretary to the landowner;
(2) a cash payment to the landowner; or
(3) a combination of a conveyance under paragraph (1) and a
cash payment under paragraph (2).
(c) Equal Value.--Compensation provided under subsection (a) for a
parcel of land whose title was rendered void, as described in such
subsection, may not exceed the fair market value of the land, as
determined by an appraisal satisfactory to the Secretary and the
landowner.
(d) Source of Funds.--The Secretary may make payments under
subsection (a) using funds available to the Secretary to equalize land
exchanges under section 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)).
(e) Public Lands Defined.--In this section, the term ``public
lands'' has the meaning given the term in section 103(e) of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (7 U.S.C. 1702(e)).
SEC. 3. REVOCATION OF PUBLIC LAND ORDER WITH RESPECT TO LANDS
ERRONEOUSLY INCLUDED IN CIBOLA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE,
CALIFORNIA.
(a) Revocation.--Public Land Order 3442, dated August 21, 1964, is
revoked insofar as it applies to the following described lands: San
Bernardino Meridian, T11S, R22E, sec. 6, all of lots 1, 16, and 17, and
SE\1/4\ of SW\1/4\ in Imperial County, California, aggregating
approximately 140.32 acres.
(b) Resurvey and Notice of Modified Boundaries.--The Secretary of
the Interior shall, by not later than 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act--
(1) resurvey the boundaries of the Cibola National Wildlife
Refuge, as modified by the revocation under section 1;
(2) publish notice of, and post conspicuous signs marking,
the boundaries of the refuge determined in such resurvey; and
(3) prepare and publish a map showing the boundaries of the
refuge.
Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 2004.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.