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116 STAT. 3076 PUBLIC LAW 107-371—DEC. 19, 2002 Public Law 107-371 107th Congress An Act n 1Q 9009 '^° direct the Secretary of the Interior to disclaim any Federal interest in lands

adjacent to Spirit Lake and Twin Lakes in the State of Idaho resulting from [H.R. 4874] possible omission of lands from an 1880 survey. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) FINDINGS.— The Congress finds the following: (1) The meander lines in the original surveys by John B. David, deputy surveyor, of two lakes in the State of Idaho, Spirit Lake, formerly known as Lake Tesemini, located in T. 53 N., R. 4 W., Boise Meridian, and Twin Lakes, formerly known as Fish Lake, located in T. 52 N. and T. 53 N., R. 4 W., Boise Meridian, do not reflect the current line of ordinary high water conditions. (2) All lands adjacent to the original meander lines have been patented. (b) PURPOSE.— The purpose of this Act is to direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue a recordable disclaimer of interest by the United States to any omitted lands or lands lying outside the record meander lines in the vicinity of the lakes referred to in subsection (a). SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) RECORDABLE DISCLAIMER OF INTEREST.— The term "recordable disclaimer of interest" means a document recorded in the county clerk's office or other such local office where real property documents are recorded, in which the United States disclaims any right, title, or interest to those lands found lying outside the recorded meander lines of the lakes referred to in section 1(a)(1), including omitted lands, if any. (2) OMITTED LANDS.—The term "omitted lands" means those lands that were in place on the date of the original surveys referred to in section 1(a)(1) but were not included in the survey of the township and the meander lines of the water body due to gross error or fraud by the original surveyor. (3) SECRETARY.—The term "Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 3. SURVEYS. The Secretary shall—