STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY
H.R. 2130 – Red River Private Property Protection Act
(Rep. Thornberry, R-TX, and 7 cosponsors)
The
Administration strongly opposes H.R. 2130, which would set aside
existing Federal surveys, divest the Secretary of the Interior of
responsibility as surveyor of record for the United States, and transfer
lands out of Federal ownership without ensuring a fair return to the
taxpayer.
H.R.
2130 would set aside existing Federal surveys of land along the Red
River in Texas and would require the Secretary to commission and to
accept, without Federal participation, surveys of the land approved by
the Texas General Land Office. This legislation would require the
Secretary to delegate her authority for determining Federal estate to a
state agency, would be counter to nearly 100 years of settled law, and
could reduce mineral revenue opportunities for the Kiowa, Comanche, and
Apache Tribes and the State of Oklahoma.
The
Administration shares the goal of providing legal certainty to property
owners along the Red River, but strongly opposes the approach of
voiding or nullifying Federal surveys.
If the President were presented with H.R. 2130, his senior advisors would recommend that he veto the bill.
Source: The Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget
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