S. 1219: Lake Bistineau Land Title Stability Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-05-24 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 115-403.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-05-24 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 115-403. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Lake Bistineau Land Title Stability Act

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Lake Bistineau Land Title Stability Act This bill declares that the document titled "Dependent Re-Survey, Extension Survey and Survey of Two Islands, Sections 17, 29, and 30" (published in the Federal Register on February 27, 1969) shall not be considered to be, or serve as, a gross error determination and shall have no legal force or effect on the ownership of certain land surrounding Lake Bistineau in northern Louisiana. The meander lines recorded in the original survey of such land approved by the Surveyor General on December 8, 1842, shall be definitive for purposes of determining title to such land and two adjacent islands. The Department of the Interior shall prepare a disclaimer of any U.S. right, title, or interest in and to any such land that is located outside such meander lines and any omitted land that was in place, but not included, in the original survey.

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Lake Bistineau Land Title Stability Act

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Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1219, Lake Bistineau Land Title Stability Act (2018-11-16)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] reported raising $6.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s1219.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>

Record fed-us-cong115-s1219 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115