,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #eee  #aadth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#ccdb  ,report ,no4 #aad-gaf  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,july  
#bi1 #bjae ,mr4 ,fleming introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,september #f1 #bjaf ,committed to the  
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union and ordered to be  
printed  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for     
stability of title to certain lands in  
the ,state of ,louisiana1 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 ,bistineau4  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 ,the ,state of ,louisiana 

delineated its ownership based on the   
,united ,states ,government's ,original 
,survey of #ahdb4  7#d7 ,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#e7 ,the ,state 
of ,louisiana conducted a survey in     
#aija that followed the same path around
 ,lake ,bistineau as the ,original      
,survey of #ahdb4  7#f7 ,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#g7 ,on ,september #af1   
#aifg1 the ,bureau of ,land ,management 
submitted a re-survey of the subject    
lands for ,s#cj-,t#af,n-,r#aj,w and two 
adjacent islands4 ,the re-survey        
presented a new line to represent what  
the ,bureau of ,land ,management        
surveyors believed was the contour of   

,lake ,bistineau #aee years earlier1    
when ,louisiana joined the ,union4 ,the 
,bureau of ,land ,management approved   
the re-survey on ,january #ae1 #aifi4   
,that re-survey was filed in the        
,federal ,register 7#cd ,fed4 ,reg4     
#bfgg71 but the ,bureau of ,land        
,management has presented no records of 
further notifying all of the affected   
landowners of the re-survey's effects or
 that the re-survey could be contested4 
7#h7 ,on ,september #bg1 #bjac1 the     
,bureau of ,land ,management responded  
to an inquiry by certain affected       
landowners to inform them that title to 
their property would appear to be still 
vested in the ,united ,states4  7#i7    
,there are estimated to be more than    
#bjj acres and more than #ej residential
 homes on the recently disputed lands4  
#b4 ,legal ,status of ,re-,survey ,the  
document titled ,dependent ,re-,survey1 
,extension ,survey and ,survey of ,two  
,islands1 ,sections #ag1 #bi1 and #cj   
7completed on ,november #bd1 #aifg2     

approved on ,january #ae1 #aifi2 and    
filed in the ,federal ,register 7#cd    
,fed4 ,reg4 #bfgg77 shall be void and   
have no legal force or effect4 ,no      
future survey or re-survey of the lands 
that were the subject of that document  
undertaken by the ,federal ,government  
shall have any legal effect as to the   
title and boundaries of those subject   
lands4  ,september #f1 #bjaf ,committed 
to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house  
on the ,state of the ,union and ordered 
to be printed