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Union Calendar No. 477
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4908
[Report No. 108-777]
To transfer certain land in Riverside County, California, from the
Bureau of Land Management to the United States to be held in trust for
the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 22, 2004
Mr. Issa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
November 17, 2004
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July
22, 2004]
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A BILL
To transfer certain land in Riverside County, California, from the
Bureau of Land Management to the United States to be held in trust for
the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, and for other purposes.
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 ``Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission
Indians Land Transfer Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LAND IN TRUST FOR PECHANGA BAND OF LUISENO MISSION
INDIANS.
(a) Transfer and Administration.--Effective on the date of the
enactment of this Act and subject to valid existing rights, all right,
title, and interest of the United States in and to the Federal lands
described in subsection (b), including all improvements thereon,
appurtenances thereto, and rights to all minerals thereon or therein,
including oil and gas, water, and related resources, shall be held by
the United States in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission
Indians, a federally recognized Indian tribe. The transferred land
shall be declared part of the Pechanga Indian Reservation and
administered in accordance with the laws and regulations generally
applicable to property held in trust by the United States for an Indian
tribe.
(b) Description of Land.--The lands referred to in subsection (a)
consist of approximately 990.74 acres in Riverside County, California,
as referenced on the map entitled, ``H.R. 4908, Pechanga Land Transfer
Act'' and dated September 13, 2004, which, before the transfer under
such subsection, were administered by the Bureau of Land Management and
are more particularly described as follows:
(1) Sections 29, 30, and 32 of township 8 south, range 2
west, San Bernardino base and meridian.
(2) Section 6 of township 9 south, range 2 west, San
Bernardino base and meridian.
(3) Mineral Survey 3540, section 22 of township 5 south,
range 4 west, San Bernardino base and meridian.
(c) Survey.--As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Office of Cadastral Survey of the Bureau of Land
Management shall complete a survey of the lands transferred under
subsection (a) for the purpose of establishing the boundaries of the
lands.
(d) Map on File.--The map referred to in subsection (b) shall be on
file in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.
(e) Legal Descriptions.--
(1) Publication.--On approval of the survey completed under
subsection (c) by the duly elected tribal council of the
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, the Secretary of the
Interior shall publish in the Federal Register--
(A) a legal description of the boundary lines; and
(B) legal description of the lands transferred
under subsection (a).
(2) Effect.--Beginning on the date on which the legal
descriptions are published under paragraph (1), such legal
descriptions shall be the official legal descriptions of the
boundary lines and the lands transferred under subsection (a).
(f) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall--
(1) enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect any right or claim
of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians to any land or
interest in land that is in existence before the date of the
enactment of this Act; or
(2) affect any water right of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno
Mission Indians in existence before the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(g) Restricted Use of Transferred Lands.--The lands transferred
under subsection (a) may be used only for the protection, preservation,
and maintenance of the archaeological, cultural, and wildlife resources
thereon.
Union Calendar No. 477
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4908
[Report No. 108-777]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To transfer certain land in Riverside County, California, from the
Bureau of Land Management to the United States to be held in trust for
the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
November 17, 2004
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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