Sec. 3. Survey of south bank boundary line
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The Secretary shall commission a survey to identify the South Bank boundary line in the affected area. The survey shall— adhere to the gradient boundary survey method; span the length of the affected area; be conducted by surveyors that are— licensed and qualified to conduct official gradient boundary surveys; and selected jointly by and operating under the direction of— the Texas General Land Office, in consultation with each affected federally recognized Indian tribe; and the Oklahoma Commissioners of the Land Office, in consultation with the attorney general of the State of Oklahoma and each affected federally recognized Indian tribe; and be completed not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
Not later than 60 days after the date on which the survey under subsection (a)(1) is completed, the Secretary shall submit the survey for approval to— the Texas General Land Office, in consultation with each affected federally recognized Indian tribe; and the Oklahoma Commissioners of the Land Office, in consultation with the attorney general of the State of Oklahoma and each affected federally recognized Indian tribe. Not later than 60 days after the date of receipt of the survey under subparagraph (A), the Texas General Land Office, in consultation with each affected federally recognized Indian tribe, and the Oklahoma Commissioners of the Land Office, in consultation with the attorney general of the State of Oklahoma and each affected federally recognized Indian tribe, shall determine whether to approve the survey.
Surveys of individual parcels in the affected area shall be conducted in accordance with this section. A survey of an individual parcel conducted under clause
(i)shall be approved or disapproved, on an individual basis, by the Texas General Land Office, in consultation with each affected federally recognized Indian tribe, and the Oklahoma Commissioners of the Land Office, in consultation with the attorney general of the State of Oklahoma and each affected federally recognized Indian tribe, by not later than 60 days after the date of receipt of the survey. The survey conducted under subsection (a)(1), and any survey of an individual parcel described in paragraph (1)(C), shall not be submitted to the Secretary for approval. Not later than 60 days after the date on which a survey for an individual parcel is approved by the Texas General Land Office and the Oklahoma Commissioners of the Land Office, in consultation with the attorney general of the State of Oklahoma, under subsection (b)(1)(C), the heads of those offices shall submit to the Secretary— a notice of the approval of the survey; and a copy of— the survey; and any field notes relating to the individual parcel. Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a notice relating to an individual parcel under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide to each landowner of land adjacent to the individual parcel— a notice of the approval of the survey; and a copy of— the survey; and any field notes relating to the individual parcel.