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H.R. 3299, To provide for a boundary adjustment and land conveyances involving Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado, to correct the effects of an erroneous land survey that resulted in approximately 7 acres of the Crystal Lakes Subdivision, Ninth Filing, encroaching on National Forest System land

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H.R. 3299 would provide for a boundary adjustment and land conveyances involving Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado, to correct the effects of an erroneous land survey that resulted in approximately 7 acres of the Crystal Lakes Subdivision, Ninth Filing, encroaching on National Forest System land.

== Detailed Summary ==

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Modifies the boundaries of Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado, to exclude from it a parcel of real property consisting of approximately seven acres that was erroneously included within the Crystal Lakes Subdivision, North Filing,Subdivision as depicted on a result of the failure of a 1975 survey of the Subdivision to correctly locate the original quarter corners as specified. map dated July 15, 2008.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use the authority provided by the Small Tracts Act to convey all interest of the United States in and to the real property excluded from the boundaries of Roosevelt National Forest under this Act to the landowners whose real property adjoins the excluded land and who have occupiedoccupy the excluded land.

Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to sell or exchange to the city of Norfolk, Virginia, certain real property under the administrative jurisdiction of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including
land and improvements, located in good faith reliance onNorfolk if the Secretary: (1) determines that such conveyance is in the best interests of NOAA and the federal government; and (2) has provided prior notification to the appropriate congressional committees.

Requires the proceeds of any conveyance under this Act to be made available for: (1) activities related to the operations of, or capital improvements to, NOAA property; or (2) relocation and other costs associated with
the erroneous survey. sale or exchange.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 8/7/2007:10/2/2008: Referred to House subcommittee.Senate committee. Status: ReferredRead twice and referred to the SubcommitteeCommittee on National Parks, Forests,Energy and Public Lands.Natural Resources.
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Bob Frelinger

May 28, 2008, 10:42am (report abuse)

The people who purchased land in the Crystal Lakes subdivision did so in good faith. It was not their fault that the survey conducted on behalf of the developer was incorrect. Additionally, the government is only now, after more than 20 years, bringing up the issue. The lapse of time makes it all but impossible to go after the developer and surveyor. Asking the property owners to pay the government for land they already paid the developer for makes no sense. The only responsible decision at this point in time is to approve this legislation.

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