,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #eig  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#ccib  ,report ,no4 #aae-gfh  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,july  
#be1 #bjag ,mr4 ,johnson of ,louisiana  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,natural 
,resources  ,june #bj1 #bjah ,reported  
with an amendment1 committed to the     
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be 
printed ,strike out all after the       
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic ,for text of          
introduced bill1 see copy of bill as    
introduced on ,july #be1 #bjag  ,a      
,,bill  ,to provide for stability of    
title to certain land in the ,state of  
,louisiana1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,lake ,bistineau ,land ,title      
,stability ,act4  #b4 ,purpose ,the     
purpose of this ,act is to direct the   
,secretary of the ,interior to issue a  
recordable disclaimer of interest of the

 ,united ,states in and to--  7#a7 any  
land described in paragraphs 7#a7 and   
7#b7 of subsection 7a7 of section #d    
that is located outside the record      
meander lines of the ,original ,survey  
described in that subsection2 and  7#b7 
any omitted land4  #c4 ,definitions ,in 
this ,act3  7#a7 ,omitted land ,the term
 omitted land means any land in         
,s#cj-,t#af,n-,r#aj,w1 including        
adjacent islands and the meander lines  
of the water body1 that was in place    
during the ,original ,survey1 but that  
was not included in the ,original       
,survey1 regardless of whether the      
exclusion of the land was due to gross  
error in the ,original ,survey or fraud 
by any individual conducting the        
,original ,survey4  7#b7 ,original      
survey ,the term ,original ,survey means
 the survey of land in northern         
,louisiana approved by the ,surveyor    
,general on ,december #h1 #ahdb4  7#c7  
,resurvey ,the term ,resurvey means the 
document entitled ,dependent            

,re-,survey1 ,extension ,survey and     
,survey of ,two ,islands1 ,sections #ag1
 #bi1 and #cj1 which was completed on   
,november #bd1 #aifg1 approved on       
,january #ae1 #aifi1 and published in   
the ,federal ,register on ,february #bg1
 #aifi 7#cd ,fed4 ,reg4 #bfgg74  7#d7   
,secretary ,the term ,secretary means   
the ,secretary of the ,interior4  #d4   
,meander lines2 recordable disclaimer of
 interest  7a7 ,meander lines ,the      
meander lines in the ,original ,survey  
are definitive for purposes of          
determining title to--  7#a7 the land in
 ,s#cj-,t#af,n-,r#aj,w2 and  7#b7 the #b
 islands adjacent to the land described 
in paragraph 7#a74  7b7 ,recordable     
disclaimer of interest  7#a7 ,in general
 ,the ,secretary shall prepare a        
recordable disclaimer of interest in    
which the ,united ,states conveys and   
disclaims any right1 title1 or interest 
of the ,united ,states in and to--  7,a7
 any land described in paragraphs 7#a7  
and 7#b7 of subsection 7a7 that is      

located outside the recorded meander    
lines described in that subsection2 and 
7,b7 any omitted land4  7#b7 ,filing    
,the ,secretary shall record the        
disclaimer of interest prepared under   
paragraph 7#a7 in the appropriate local 
office in the ,state of ,louisiana in   
which real property documents are       
recorded4  7#c7 ,inclusions ,the        
disclaimer of interest filed under      
paragraph 7#b7 shall include legal      
descriptions of the land subject to the 
disclaimer of interest using the lot or 
tract numbers included in the ,resurvey4
  ,june #bj1 #bjah ,reported with an    
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed