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US HR894

US HR894
Lake Bistineau Land Title Stability Act


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Introduced
01/30/2019
In Committee
02/15/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to provide for clear title to certain land in Louisiana, and for other purposes. This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey to a specified claimant or claimants the approximately 229.72 acres of the land that was in place during the original survey of the land surrounding Lake Bistineau (including Peggy's Island and Hog Island) that was conducted in 1838.

AI Summary

This bill, the Lake Bistineau Land Title Stability Act, directs the Department of the Interior to convey approximately 229.72 acres of "omitted land" surrounding Lake Bistineau, Louisiana, including Peggy's Island and Hog Island, to the appropriate claimants who have held the land in good faith and peaceful adverse possession based on the original 1838 survey. The conveyance would confirm the claimants' title to the surface and mineral rights of the land, without any cost to the claimants, except that the State of Louisiana would need to pay any administrative costs incurred by the Secretary of the Interior in preparing the necessary documentation for the land transfer.

Committee Categories

Agriculture and Natural Resources

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. (on 02/15/2019)

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