Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 3392) to provide for stability of title to certain land in the State of Louisiana, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 3392 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Lake Bistineau Land Title Stability Act''. SEC. 2. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Act is to direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue a recordable disclaimer of interest of the United States in and to-- (1) any land described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of section 4 that is located outside the record meander lines of the Original Survey described in that subsection; and (2) any omitted land. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Omitted land.--The term ``omitted land'' means any land in S30-T16N-R10W, including adjacent islands and the meander lines of the water body, that was in place during the Original Survey, but that was not included in the Original Survey, regardless of whether the exclusion of the land was due to gross error in the Original Survey or fraud by any individual conducting the Original Survey. (2) Original survey.--The term ``Original Survey'' means the survey of land in northern Louisiana approved by the Surveyor General on December 8, 1842.…”