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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · S. 2012 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other purposes. · Sec. 4401

Sec. 4401. Federal land management

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In this section: The term cadastre means an inventory of buildings and other real property (including associated infrastructure such as roads and utility transmission lines and pipelines) located on land administered by the Secretary, which is developed through collecting, storing, retrieving, or disseminating graphical or digital data and any information related to the data, including surveys, maps, charts, images, and services. The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
The Secretary is authorized— to develop and maintain a current and accurate multipurpose cadastre to support Federal land management activities for the Department of the Interior; to incorporate any related inventories of Federal real property, including any inventories prepared under applicable land or resource management plans; and to enter into discussions with other Federal agencies to make the cadastre available for use by the agency to support agency management activities.
The Secretary may enter into cost-sharing agreements with other Federal agencies, and with States, Indian tribes, and local governments, to include any non-Federal land in a State in the cadastre. The Federal share of any cost agreement described in subparagraph
(A)shall not exceed 50 percent of the total cost to a State, Indian tribe, or local government for the development of the cadastre of non-Federal land. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report on the real property inventories or any components of any cadastre or related inventories that— exist as of the date of enactment of this Act; are authorized by law or conducted by the Secretary; and are of sufficient accuracy to be included in the cadastre authorized under paragraph (1). In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall— participate (in accordance with section 216 of the E–Government Act of 2002 ( 44 U.S.C. 3501 note; Public Law 107–347 )) in the establishment of such standards and common protocols as are necessary to ensure the interoperability of geospatial information pertaining to the cadastre for all users of the information; coordinate with, seek assistance and cooperation of, and provide liaison to the Federal Geographic Data Committee pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A–16 and Executive Order 12906 ( 43 U.S.C. 1457 note; relating to coordinating geographic data acquisition and access: the National Spatial Data Infrastructure) for the implementation of and compliance with such standards as may be applicable to the cadastre; make the cadastre interoperable with the Federal Real Property Profile established pursuant to Executive Order 13327 ( 40 U.S.C. 121 note; relating to Federal real property asset management); integrate with and leverage, to the maximum extent practicable, cadastre activities of units of State and local government; and use contracts with the private sector, if practicable, to provide such products and services as are necessary to develop the cadastre. The Secretary shall— make the cadastre required under this section publically available on the Internet in a graphically geoenabled and searchable format; and in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security, prevent the disclosure of the identity of any buildings or facilities, or information related to the buildings or facilities, if the disclosure would impair or jeopardize the national security or homeland defense of the United States. Nothing in this section— creates any substantive or procedural right or benefit; authorizes any new surveying or mapping of Federal real property, except that a Federal agency may conduct a new survey to update the accuracy of the inventory data of the agency before storage on a cadaster; or authorizes— the evaluation of any real property owned by the United States for disposal; or new appraisals or assessments of the value of— real property; or cultural or archaeological resources on any parcel of Federal land or other real property.
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