,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ejgg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ac1       
#bjai,mr4 ,tipton introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,agriculture1 for a period to be        
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,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 the  
,national ,park ,service1 and the       
,forest ,service1 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 ,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 ,national ,park        
,service1 or the ,forest ,service1 the  
,secretary concerned 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 concerned 
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 concerned 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 concerned    
shall use the most recently available   
tax records4  7b7 ,public comment ,not  

later than #cj days after completing a  
resurvey1 the ,secretary concerned shall
 publish a notice in the ,federal       
,register4 ,affected landowners may     
comment to the ,secretary concerned 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 an official rerunning and         
remarking intended to supersede the     
records of the original survey4  7#b7   
,secretary concerned ,the term          
,secretary concerned means-- 7,a7 the   
,secretary of the ,interior1 when       
referring ,federal land under the       
administrative jurisdiction of the      
,bureau of ,land ,management or the     
,national ,park ,service2 and  7,b7 the 
,secretary of ,agriculture1 when        
referring to ,federal land under the    
administrative jurisdiction of the      
,forest ,servcie4