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 110 STAT. 4108 PUBLIC LAW 104-333—NOV. 12, 1996 and for other purposes" approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1,2-4). (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. SEC. 209. BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA LAND CONVEYANCE. (a) PURPOSE. — It is the purpose of this section to authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey, without consideration, certain lands in Butte County, California, to persons claiming to have been deprived of title to such lands. (b) DEFINITIONS. — For the purpose of this section: (1) The term "affected lands" means those Federal lands located in the Plumas National Forest in Butte County, California, in sections 11, 12, 13, and 14, township 21 north, range 5 East, Mount Diablo Meridian, as described by the dependent resurvey by the Bureau of Land Management conducted in 1992, and subsequent Forest Service land line location surveys, including all adjoining parcels where the property line as identified by the 1992 BLM dependent resurvey and National Forest boundary lines before such dependent resurvey are not coincident. (2) The term "claimant" means an owner of real property in Butte County, California, whose real property adjoins Plumas National Forest lands described in paragraph (1), who claims to have been deprived by the United States of title to property as a result of previous erroneous surveys. (3) The terms "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture. (c) CONVEYANCE OF LANDS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary is authorized and directed to convey, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to affected lands as described in subsection (b)(1), to any claimant or claimants, upon proper application from such claimant or claimants, as provided in subsection (d). (d) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, claimants shall notify the Secretary, through the Forest Supervisor of the Plumas National Forest, in writing of their claim to affected lands. Such claim shall be accompanied by- (1) a description of the affected lands claimed; (2) information relating to the claim of ownership of such lands; and (3) such other information as the Secretary may require. (e) ISSUANCE OF DEED.—(1) Upon a determination by the Secretary that issuance of a deed for affected lands is consistent with the purpose and requirements of this section, the Secretary shall issue a quit claim deed to such claimant for the parcel to be conveyed. (2) Prior to the issuance of any such deed as provided in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that— (A) the parcel or parcels to be conveyed have been surveyed in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, dated November 11, 1989; (B) all new property lines established by such surveys have been monumented and marked; and

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