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H.R. 1966: REAL Protection Act

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H.R. 1966: REAL Protection Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-04-06 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-04-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

REAL Protection Act

Plain summary

Resurveys Entitle Adjacent Landowners to Protection Act or the REAL Protection Act This bill directs the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to notify all property owners with land abutting or adjacent to federal land being resurveyed of the pending resurvey. A resurvey is an official rerunning and remarking intended to supersede the records of the original survey. The BLM shall notify affected landowners within 30 days of completion of the resurvey if it extends the boundaries of federal land. If a resurvey results in private land being reclassified as federal land, the affected landowners shall be given the right of first refusal to purchase the land for fair market value minus the value of any significant improvements made to such lands, or be reimbursed for the fair market value of any such improvements. Affected landowners may not be charged with willful trespass onto the land unless they used such lands with the knowledge that they should be classified as federal land.

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Official text

REAL Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1966 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115