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ND SCR4002
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
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Urges Congress to establish a legal process for returning Army Corps of Engineers-controlled land around the Missouri River water system (including Lake Oahe and Lake Sakakawea) to riparian landowners when the land is not needed for authorized purposes.
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Requests that if the federal government cannot or will not return land to nontribal and tribal riparian landowners, Congress shall convey the land to the state of North Dakota instead.
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Cites the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to control weeds and manage the land properly as a public nuisance that jeopardizes public health, safety, and general welfare.
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References South Dakota's precedent of receiving land returned by the Army Corps of Engineers that was unnecessary for flood control.
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Requires the North Dakota Secretary of State to send copies of the resolution to the Commanding General of the Army Corps of Engineers and each member of the North Dakota Congressional Delegation.
Legislative Description
A concurrent resolution urging Congress to provide a legal process to return to the riparian landowner land controlled by the Army Corps of Engineers which is not necessary for authorized purposes and if the federal government is unable or unwilling to convey the land back to nontribal and tribal riparian landowners, then Congress shall convey the land back to the state of North Dakota.
Last Action
Signed by President
4/22/2011