Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 41
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Red River Gradient Boundary Survey Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jan 8, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jan 8, 2019
Latest Action
Jan 8, 2019
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
41
Congress
116
Policy Area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Primary focus of measure is natural areas (including wilderness); lands under government jurisdiction; land use practices and policies; parks, monuments, and historic sites; fisheries and marine resources; mining and minerals. Measures concerning energy supplies and production may fall under Energy policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Texas
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Red River Gradient Boundary Survey Act

This bill directs the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to commission a survey to identify the South Bank boundary line with respect to land along a specified 116-mile stretch of the Red River in Oklahoma and Texas (the affected area).

The survey shall

  • adhere to the gradient boundary survey method;
  • span the length of the affected area;
  • be conducted by one or more independent third-party surveyors who are licensed and qualified to conduct official gradient boundary surveys, and selected by the Texas General Land Office and the Oklahoma Commissioners of the Land Office (the offices), and each affected federally recognized Indian tribe; and
  • be completed within two years of enactment of this bill.

The BLM shall only approve the survey, or a portion of it, that has the written approval of the offices and each affected tribe.

Surveys of individual parcels in the affected area shall be conducted according to the requirements for the survey of the South Bank boundary line.

After a survey for an individual parcel has been approved, the offices shall

  • publish a notice of the approval of such survey, and
  • furnish to any landowner a copy of such survey and any field notes related to the parcel of that landowner.
Text (1)
January 8, 2019
Actions (2)
01/08/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
01/08/2019
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 1:49:25 PM