The Red River Private Property Protection Act has been introduced into Congress by Texas lawmakers Rep. Mac Thornberry and Senator John Cornyn, according to Thornberry’s news release.
The House (HR 2130) and Senate (S 1153) bills seek to protect private property rights along the Red River from federal ownership claims and end questions about the federal government’s ownership of disputed land along the Red River in North Texas.
Many landowners and other public officials are alarmed that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) actions might result in disputed claims of ownership.
“The main thing this bill does is to settle this dispute or any doubt about who owns the land there right on the Texas border,” Thornberry said during an interview with the TFB Radio Network. “If you are a landowner on the border, having this cloud hanging over—of whether you really own the land or not—is just unacceptable. We want to get this settled and get this settled for good.”