Should a survey be conducted to settle land disputes between the federal government and private individuals in Oklahoma and Texas?
Bill Summary
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. This survey seeks to settle a dispute over which lands are public domain, and which lands belong to the federal government.
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
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Opponents say
• The federal government cannot be trusted to survey the lands properly considering that the portions that BLM recently surveyed appear to depart from the accepted gradient boundary survey method established by the Supreme Court in the 1920s.
Proponents say
• The federal government is claiming ownership of some lands to which private individuals hold deeds, and have paid taxes on, sometimes over generations; this survey will firmly resolve this dispute so that landowners can be sure of their titles.
