,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ehah  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #i1 #bjad  
,mr4 ,fleming introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to relinquish all ,federal     
interests in certain lands in the ,state
 of ,louisiana to correct errors        
resulting from possible omission of     
lands from previous surveys1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,findings ,congress
 finds as follows3  7#a7 ,on ,december  
#h1 #ahdb1 the ,surveyor ,general of the
 ,united ,states ,government approved an
 original survey of lands in ,northern  
,louisiana1 which included the lands    
surrounding ,lake ,bistineau 7subject   
lands74  7#b7 ,under the ,equal ,footing
 ,doctrine1 the ,state of ,louisiana was
 entitled to the lands underlying the   
navigable waters in place at statehood  
within its limits4  7#c7 ,in #aija1 the 
,state of ,louisiana transferred over   
#g1jjj acres of land to the             

,commissioners of the ,bossier ,levee   
,district through ,louisiana ,act       
,number #hi of #ahib4  7#d7 ,the ,state 
of ,louisiana conducted a survey in     
#aija that followed the same path around
 ,lake ,bistineau as the ,original      
,survey of #ahdb4  7#e7 ,the ,bossier   
,levee ,district subsequently conveyed  
the subject lands to private ownership  
in #aijd4 ,lands within the subject     
lands continued to be bought and sold in
 good faith based on the stability of   
this title4  7#f7 ,on ,september #af1   
#aifg1 the ,bureau of ,land ,management 
7,,blm7 submitted a re-survey of the    
subject lands for ,section              
#cj-,t#af,n-,r#aj,w and two adjacent    
islands4 ,the re-survey presented a new 
line to represent what the ,,blm        
surveyors believed was the contour of   
,lake ,bistineau #aee years earlier1    
when ,louisiana joined the ,union4 ,the 
,,blm approved the re-survey on ,january
 #ae1 #aifi4 ,that re-survey was filed  
in the ,federal ,register1 but the ,,blm

 has presented no records of notifying  
all of the affected landowners of the   
re-survey's effects or that the         
re-survey could be contested4  7#g7 ,on 
,september #bg1 #bjac1 the ,,blm        
notified certain affected landowners    
that title to their property would      
appear to be still vested in the ,united
 ,states4  7#h7 ,there are estimated to 
be over #bjj acres and over #ej         
residential homes on the recently       
disputed lands4  #b4 ,relinquishment of 
,federal interests in lands ,as soon as 
practicable after the date of the       
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of the ,interior shall execute documents
 required to relinquish all ,federal    
interests in the ,property4  #c4        
,effective date ,the effective date of  
the relinquishment pursuant to section  
#b shall be ,december #h1 #ahdb4  #d4   
,property defined ,for the purposes of  
this ,act1 the term ,property means the 
lands shown on that certain ,dependent  
,re-,survey1 ,extension ,survey and     

,survey of ,two ,islands 1 ,sections    
#ag1 #bi1 and #cj4 ,said survey being   
completed on ,november #bd1 #aifg and   
approved on ,january #ae1 #aifi1        
consisting of the lands lying between   
the 8original record meander courses of 
,lake ,bistineau0 and the re-survey's   
representation of a #adh4fj ft contour  
line for ,lake ,bistineau1 being shown  
as ,lots #f1 #g1 #h1 #i1 #aj1 #aa1 #ab  
and #ac4 ,all lands located within      
,township #af ,north1 ,range #aj ,west1 
,bossier ,parish1 ,louisiana4