,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ejge  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #aa1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,tipton introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
provide protections and certainty for   
private landowners related to           
resurveying certain ,federal land under 
the administrative jurisdiction of the  
,bureau of ,land ,management1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,resurveys     
,entitle ,adjacent ,landowners to       
,protection ,act or the ,,real          
,protection ,act4  #b4 ,bureau ,resurvey
 ,transparency2 ,notice requirements    
7a7 ,notice  7#a7 ,in general ,not later
 than #cj days before the commencement  
of a resurvey of ,federal land under the
 administrative jurisdiction of the     
,bureau of ,land ,management1 the       
,secretary shall notify all property    
owners with land abutting or adjacent to
 the ,federal land being resurveyed of  

the pending resurvey4 ,if a resurvey    
extends the boundaries of ,federal land1
 the ,secretary shall notify affected   
landowners of the results of the        
resurvey not later than #cj days after  
the completion of the survey4  7#b7     
,notification ,the ,secretary shall use 
certified or registered mail to notify  
landowners under this subsection4  7#c7 
,identification of landowners ,when     
identifying affected landowners for the 
purpose of notification under this      
subsection1 the ,secretary shall use the
 most recently available tax records4   
7b7 ,public comment ,not later than #cj 
days after completing a resurvey1 the   
,secretary shall publish a notice in the
 ,federal ,register4 ,affected          
landowners may comment to the ,secretary
 and by submitting formal comments to   
the ,federal ,register notice4  #c4     
,protection of persons ,if a resurvey   
results in land previously thought to be
 privately owned to be reclassified as  
,federal land1 the persons thought to be

 a private owner of such land--  7#a7   
shall--  7,a7 be given the right of     
first refusal to purchase the land for  
fair market value minus the value of any
 significant improvements made to such  
lands2 or  7,b7 be reimbursed for the   
fair market value of any significant    
improvements made to such lands2 and    
7#b7 may not be charged with willful    
trespass onto such land unless the      
person used such lands with the         
knowledge that the lands should be      
classified as ,federal land4  #d4       
,definitions ,for the purposes of this  
,act3  7#a7 ,resurvey ,the term resurvey
 means a reconstruction of land         
boundaries and subdivisions accomplished
 by remarking the lines represented in  
the field-note record or on the plat of 
a previous official survey4  7#b7       
,secretary ,the term ,secretary means   
the ,secretary of the ,interior1 acting 
through the ,director of the ,bureau of 
,land ,management4