[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4228 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 582

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4228

                          [Report No. 103-340]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

To extend Federal recognition to the United Auburn Indian Community of 
                  the Auburn Rancheria of California.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            August 18, 1994

                       Reported with an amendment





                                                       Calendar No. 582
103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4228

                          [Report No. 103-340]


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 26 (legislative day, July 20), 1994

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

                            August 18, 1994

               Reported by Mr. Inouye, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT


 
To extend Federal recognition to the United Auburn Indian Community of 
                  the Auburn Rancheria of California.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

-S-E-C-T-I-O-N -1-. -S-H-O-R-T -T-I-T-L-E-.

    -T-h-i-s -A-c-t -m-a-y -b-e -c-i-t-e-d -a-s -t-h-e -`-`-A-u-b-u-r-n 
-I-n-d-i-a-n -R-e-s-t-o-r-a-t-i-o-n -A-c-t-'-'-.

-S-E-C-. -2-. -R-E-S-T-O-R-A-T-I-O-N -O-F -F-E-D-E-R-A-L 
              -R-E-C-O-G-N-I-T-I-O-N-, -R-I-G-H-T-S-, -A-N-D 
              -P-R-I-V-I-L-E-G-E-S-.

    -(-a-) -F-e-d-e-r-a-l -R-e-c-o-g-n-i-t-i-o-n-.---
-N-o-t-w-i-t-h-s-t-a-n-d-i-n-g -a-n-y -o-t-h-e-r -p-r-o-v-i-s-i-o-n 
-o-f -l-a-w-, -F-e-d-e-r-a-l -r-e-c-o-g-n-i-t-i-o-n -i-s -h-e-r-e-b-y 
-e-x-t-e-n-d-e-d -t-o -t-h-e -T-r-i-b-e-. -E-x-c-e-p-t -a-s 
-o-t-h-e-r-w-i-s-e -p-r-o-v-i-d-e-d -i-n -t-h-i-s -A-c-t-, -a-l-l 
-l-a-w-s -a-n-d -r-e-g-u-l-a-t-i-o-n-s -o-f -g-e-n-e-r-a-l 
-a-p-p-l-i-c-a-t-i-o-n -t-o -I-n-d-i-a-n-s -o-r -n-a-t-i-o-n-s-, 
-t-r-i-b-e-s-, -o-r -b-a-n-d-s -o-f -I-n-d-i-a-n-s -t-h-a-t -a-r-e 
-n-o-t -i-n-c-o-n-s-i-s-t-e-n-t -w-i-t-h -a-n-y -s-p-e-c-i-f-i-c 
-p-r-o-v-i-s-i-o-n -o-f -t-h-i-s -A-c-t -s-h-a-l-l -b-e 
-a-p-p-l-i-c-a-b-l-e -t-o -t-h-e -T-r-i-b-e -a-n-d -i-t-s 
-m-e-m-b-e-r-s-.
    -(-b-) -R-e-s-t-o-r-a-t-i-o-n -o-f -R-i-g-h-t-s -a-n-d 
-P-r-i-v-i-l-e-g-e-s-.----E-x-c-e-p-t -a-s -p-r-o-v-i-d-e-d -i-n 
-s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-d-)-, -a-l-l -r-i-g-h-t-s -a-n-d 
-p-r-i-v-i-l-e-g-e-s -o-f -t-h-e -T-r-i-b-e -a-n-d -i-t-s 
-m-e-m-b-e-r-s -u-n-d-e-r -a-n-y -F-e-d-e-r-a-l -t-r-e-a-t-y-, 
-E-x-e-c-u-t-i-v-e -o-r-d-e-r-, -a-g-r-e-e-m-e-n-t-, -o-r 
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-i-n-a-p-p-l-i-c-a-b-l-e -t-o -t-h-e -T-r-i-b-e -a-n-d -i-t-s 
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-t-h-i-s -A-c-t-.
    -(-c-) -F-e-d-e-r-a-l -S-e-r-v-i-c-e-s -a-n-d -B-e-n-e-f-i-t-s-.---
-N-o-t-w-i-t-h-s-t-a-n-d-i-n-g -a-n-y -o-t-h-e-r -p-r-o-v-i-s-i-o-n 
-o-f -l-a-w -a-n-d -w-i-t-h-o-u-t -r-e-g-a-r-d -t-o -t-h-e 
-e-x-i-s-t-e-n-c-e -o-f -a -r-e-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n-, -t-h-e -T-r-i-b-e 
-a-n-d -i-t-s -m-e-m-b-e-r-s -s-h-a-l-l -b-e -e-l-i-g-i-b-l-e-, -o-n 
-a-n-d -a-f-t-e-r -t-h-e -d-a-t-e -o-f -e-n-a-c-t-m-e-n-t -o-f -t-h-i-s 
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-b-e-n-e-f-i-t-s -f-u-r-n-i-s-h-e-d -t-o -f-e-d-e-r-a-l-l-y 
-r-e-c-o-g-n-i-z-e-d -I-n-d-i-a-n -t-r-i-b-e-s -o-r -t-h-e-i-r 
-m-e-m-b-e-r-s-. -I-n -t-h-e -c-a-s-e -o-f -F-e-d-e-r-a-l 
-s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s -a-v-a-i-l-a-b-l-e -t-o -m-e-m-b-e-r-s -o-f 
-f-e-d-e-r-a-l-l-y -r-e-c-o-g-n-i-z-e-d -I-n-d-i-a-n -t-r-i-b-e-s 
-r-e-s-i-d-i-n-g -o-n -a -r-e-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n-, -m-e-m-b-e-r-s -o-f 
-t-h-e -T-r-i-b-e -r-e-s-i-d-i-n-g -i-n -t-h-e -T-r-i-b-e-'-s 
-s-e-r-v-i-c-e -a-r-e-a -s-h-a-l-l -b-e -d-e-e-m-e-d -t-o -b-e 
-r-e-s-i-d-i-n-g -o-n -a -r-e-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n-.
    -(-d-) -H-u-n-t-i-n-g-, -F-i-s-h-i-n-g-, -T-r-a-p-p-i-n-g-, -a-n-d 
-W-a-t-e-r -R-i-g-h-t-s-.----N-o-t-h-i-n-g -i-n -t-h-i-s -A-c-t 
-s-h-a-l-l -e-x-p-a-n-d-, -r-e-d-u-c-e-, -o-r -a-f-f-e-c-t -i-n -a-n-y 
-m-a-n-n-e-r -a-n-y -h-u-n-t-i-n-g-, -f-i-s-h-i-n-g-, 
-t-r-a-p-p-i-n-g-, -g-a-t-h-e-r-i-n-g-, -o-r -w-a-t-e-r -r-i-g-h-t -o-f 
-t-h-e -T-r-i-b-e -a-n-d -i-t-s -m-e-m-b-e-r-s-.
    -(-e-) -I-n-d-i-a-n -R-e-o-r-g-a-n-i-z-a-t-i-o-n -A-c-t 
-A-p-p-l-i-c-a-b-i-l-i-t-y-.----T-h-e -A-c-t -o-f -J-u-n-e -1-8-, 
-1-9-3-4 -(-2-5 -U-.-S-.-C-. -4-6-1 -e-t -s-e-q-.-)-, -s-h-a-l-l -b-e 
-a-p-p-l-i-c-a-b-l-e -t-o -t-h-e -T-r-i-b-e -a-n-d -i-t-s 
-m-e-m-b-e-r-s-.
    -(-f-) -C-e-r-t-a-i-n -R-i-g-h-t-s -N-o-t -A-l-t-e-r-e-d-.---
-E-x-c-e-p-t -a-s -s-p-e-c-i-f-i-c-a-l-l-y -p-r-o-v-i-d-e-d -i-n 
-t-h-i-s -A-c-t-, -n-o-t-h-i-n-g -i-n -t-h-i-s -A-c-t -s-h-a-l-l 
-a-l-t-e-r -a-n-y -p-r-o-p-e-r-t-y -r-i-g-h-t -o-r 
-o-b-l-i-g-a-t-i-o-n-, -a-n-y -c-o-n-t-r-a-c-t-u-a-l -r-i-g-h-t -o-r 
-o-b-l-i-g-a-t-i-o-n-, -o-r -a-n-y -o-b-l-i-g-a-t-i-o-n -f-o-r 
-t-a-x-e-s -l-e-v-i-e-d-.

-S-E-C-. -3-. -E-C-O-N-O-M-I-C -D-E-V-E-L-O-P-M-E-N-T-.

    -(-a-) -P-l-a-n -f-o-r -E-c-o-n-o-m-i-c -D-e-v-e-l-o-p-m-e-n-t-.---
-T-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -s-h-a-l-l---
            -(-1-) -e-n-t-e-r -i-n-t-o -n-e-g-o-t-i-a-t-i-o-n-s 
        -w-i-t-h -t-h-e -g-o-v-e-r-n-i-n-g -b-o-d-y -o-f -t-h-e 
        -T-r-i-b-e -w-i-t-h -r-e-s-p-e-c-t -t-o 
        -e-s-t-a-b-l-i-s-h-i-n-g -a -p-l-a-n -f-o-r -e-c-o-n-o-m-i-c 
        -d-e-v-e-l-o-p-m-e-n-t -f-o-r -t-h-e -T-r-i-b-e-;
            -(-2-) -i-n -a-c-c-o-r-d-a-n-c-e -w-i-t-h -t-h-i-s 
        -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -a-n-d -n-o-t -l-a-t-e-r -t-h-a-n -2 -y-e-a-r-s 
        -a-f-t-e-r -t-h-e -a-d-o-p-t-i-o-n -o-f -a -t-r-i-b-a-l 
        -c-o-n-s-t-i-t-u-t-i-o-n -a-s -p-r-o-v-i-d-e-d -i-n 
        -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -7-, -d-e-v-e-l-o-p -s-u-c-h -a -p-l-a-n-; 
        -a-n-d
            -(-3-) -u-p-o-n -t-h-e -a-p-p-r-o-v-a-l -o-f -s-u-c-h 
        -p-l-a-n -b-y -t-h-e -g-o-v-e-r-n-i-n-g -b-o-d-y -o-f -t-h-e 
        -T-r-i-b-e-, -s-u-b-m-i-t -s-u-c-h -p-l-a-n -t-o -t-h-e 
        -C-o-n-g-r-e-s-s-.
    -(-b-) -R-e-s-t-r-i-c-t-i-o-n-s-.----A-n-y -p-r-o-p-o-s-e-d 
-t-r-a-n-s-f-e-r -o-f -r-e-a-l -p-r-o-p-e-r-t-y -c-o-n-t-a-i-n-e-d -i-n 
-t-h-e -p-l-a-n -d-e-v-e-l-o-p-e-d -b-y -t-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y 
-u-n-d-e-r -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-a-) -s-h-a-l-l -b-e 
-c-o-n-s-i-s-t-e-n-t -w-i-t-h -t-h-e -r-e-q-u-i-r-e-m-e-n-t-s -o-f 
-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -4-.

-S-E-C-. -4-. -T-R-A-N-S-F-E-R -O-F -L-A-N-D -T-O -B-E -H-E-L-D -I-N 
              -T-R-U-S-T-.

    -(-a-) -L-a-n-d-s -T-o -B-e -T-a-k-e-n -i-n -T-r-u-s-t-.----T-h-e 
-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -s-h-a-l-l -a-c-c-e-p-t -a-n-y -r-e-a-l 
-p-r-o-p-e-r-t-y -l-o-c-a-t-e-d -i-n -P-l-a-c-e-r -C-o-u-n-t-y-, 
-C-a-l-i-f-o-r-n-i-a-, -f-o-r -t-h-e -b-e-n-e-f-i-t -o-f -t-h-e 
-T-r-i-b-e -i-f -c-o-n-v-e-y-e-d -o-r -o-t-h-e-r-w-i-s-e 
-t-r-a-n-s-f-e-r-r-e-d -t-o -t-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -i-f-, -a-t 
-t-h-e -t-i-m-e -o-f -s-u-c-h -c-o-n-v-e-y-a-n-c-e -o-r 
-t-r-a-n-s-f-e-r-, -t-h-e-r-e -a-r-e -n-o -a-d-v-e-r-s-e -l-e-g-a-l 
-c-l-a-i-m-s -o-n -s-u-c-h -p-r-o-p-e-r-t-y-, -i-n-c-l-u-d-i-n-g 
-o-u-t-s-t-a-n-d-i-n-g -l-i-e-n-s-, -m-o-r-t-g-a-g-e-s-, -o-r 
-t-a-x-e-s -o-w-e-d-. -T-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -m-a-y -a-c-c-e-p-t 
-a-n-y -a-d-d-i-t-i-o-n-a-l -a-c-r-e-a-g-e -i-n -t-h-e -T-r-i-b-e-'-s 
-s-e-r-v-i-c-e -a-r-e-a -p-u-r-s-u-a-n-t -t-o -t-h-e -a-u-t-h-o-r-i-t-y 
-o-f -t-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -u-n-d-e-r -t-h-e -A-c-t -o-f -J-u-n-e 
-1-8-, -1-9-3-4 -(-2-5 -U-.-S-.-C-. -4-6-1 -e-t -s-e-q-.-)-.
    -(-b-) -F-o-r-m-e-r -T-r-u-s-t -L-a-n-d-s -o-f -t-h-e -A-u-b-u-r-n 
-R-a-n-c-h-e-r-i-a-.----S-u-b-j-e-c-t -t-o -t-h-e -c-o-n-d-i-t-i-o-n-s 
-s-p-e-c-i-f-i-e-d -i-n -t-h-i-s -s-e-c-t-i-o-n-, -r-e-a-l 
-p-r-o-p-e-r-t-y -e-l-i-g-i-b-l-e -f-o-r -t-r-u-s-t -s-t-a-t-u-s 
-u-n-d-e-r -t-h-i-s -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -s-h-a-l-l -i-n-c-l-u-d-e -f-e-e 
-l-a-n-d -h-e-l-d -b-y -t-h-e -W-h-i-t-e -O-a-k -R-i-d-g-e 
-A-s-s-o-c-i-a-t-i-o-n-, -I-n-d-i-a-n -o-w-n-e-d -f-e-e -l-a-n-d 
-h-e-l-d -c-o-m-m-u-n-a-l-l-y -p-u-r-s-u-a-n-t -t-o -t-h-e 
-d-i-s-t-r-i-b-u-t-i-o-n -p-l-a-n -p-r-e-p-a-r-e-d -a-n-d 
-a-p-p-r-o-v-e-d -b-y -t-h-e -B-u-r-e-a-u -o-f -I-n-d-i-a-n 
-A-f-f-a-i-r-s -o-n -A-u-g-u-s-t -1-3-, -1-9-5-9-, -a-n-d -I-n-d-i-a-n 
-o-w-n-e-d -f-e-e -l-a-n-d -h-e-l-d -b-y -p-e-r-s-o-n-s -l-i-s-t-e-d 
-a-s -d-i-s-t-r-i-b-u-t-e-e-s -o-r -d-e-p-e-n-d-e-n-t -m-e-m-b-e-r-s 
-i-n -s-u-c-h -d-i-s-t-r-i-b-u-t-i-o-n -p-l-a-n -o-r -s-u-c-h 
-d-i-s-t-r-i-b-u-t-e-e-s-' -o-r -d-e-p-e-n-d-e-n-t -m-e-m-b-e-r-s-' 
-I-n-d-i-a-n -h-e-i-r-s -o-r -s-u-c-c-e-s-s-o-r-s -i-n 
-i-n-t-e-r-e-s-t-.
    -(-c-) -L-a-n-d-s -T-o -B-e -P-a-r-t -o-f -t-h-e 
-R-e-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n-.----S-u-b-j-e-c-t -t-o -t-h-e 
-c-o-n-d-i-t-i-o-n-s -i-m-p-o-s-e-d -b-y -t-h-i-s -s-e-c-t-i-o-n-, 
-a-n-y -r-e-a-l -p-r-o-p-e-r-t-y -c-o-n-v-e-y-e-d -o-r 
-t-r-a-n-s-f-e-r-r-e-d -u-n-d-e-r -t-h-i-s -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -s-h-a-l-l 
-b-e -t-a-k-e-n -i-n -t-h-e -n-a-m-e -o-f -t-h-e -U-n-i-t-e-d 
-S-t-a-t-e-s -i-n -t-r-u-s-t -f-o-r -t-h-e -T-r-i-b-e -o-r-, -a-s 
-a-p-p-l-i-c-a-b-l-e-, -a-n -i-n-d-i-v-i-d-u-a-l -m-e-m-b-e-r -o-f 
-t-h-e -T-r-i-b-e-, -a-n-d -s-h-a-l-l -b-e -p-a-r-t -o-f -t-h-e 
-T-r-i-b-e-'-s -r-e-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n-.

-S-E-C-. -5-. -M-E-M-B-E-R-S-H-I-P -R-O-L-L-S-.

    -(-a-) -C-o-m-p-i-l-a-t-i-o-n -o-f -T-r-i-b-a-l 
-M-e-m-b-e-r-s-h-i-p -R-o-l-l-.----W-i-t-h-i-n -1 -y-e-a-r -a-f-t-e-r 
-t-h-e -d-a-t-e -o-f -t-h-e -e-n-a-c-t-m-e-n-t -o-f -t-h-i-s -A-c-t-, 
-t-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -s-h-a-l-l-, -a-f-t-e-r 
-c-o-n-s-u-l-t-a-t-i-o-n -w-i-t-h -t-h-e -T-r-i-b-e-, -c-o-m-p-i-l-e -a 
-m-e-m-b-e-r-s-h-i-p -r-o-l-l -o-f -t-h-e -T-r-i-b-e-.
    -(-b-) -C-r-i-t-e-r-i-a -f-o-r -E-n-r-o-l-l-m-e-n-t-s-.----(-1-) 
-U-n-t-i-l -a -t-r-i-b-a-l -c-o-n-s-t-i-t-u-t-i-o-n -i-s -a-d-o-p-t-e-d 
-p-u-r-s-u-a-n-t -t-o -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -7-, -a-n -i-n-d-i-v-i-d-u-a-l 
-s-h-a-l-l -b-e -p-l-a-c-e-d -o-n -t-h-e -m-e-m-b-e-r-s-h-i-p -r-o-l-l 
-i-f -t-h-e -i-n-d-i-v-i-d-u-a-l -i-s -l-i-v-i-n-g-, -i-s -n-o-t -a-n 
-e-n-r-o-l-l-e-d -m-e-m-b-e-r -o-f -a-n-o-t-h-e-r -f-e-d-e-r-a-l-l-y 
-r-e-c-o-g-n-i-z-e-d -I-n-d-i-a-n -t-r-i-b-e-, -i-s -o-f -U-n-i-t-e-d 
-A-u-b-u-r-n -I-n-d-i-a-n -C-o-m-m-u-n-i-t-y -a-n-c-e-s-t-r-y-, 
-p-o-s-s-e-s-s-e-s -a-t -l-e-a-s-t -o-n-e---e-i-g-h-t-h -o-r -m-o-r-e 
-o-f -I-n-d-i-a-n -b-l-o-o-d -q-u-a-n-t-u-m-, -a-n-d -i-f---
            -(-A-) -t-h-e -i-n-d-i-v-i-d-u-a-l-'-s -n-a-m-e -w-a-s 
        -l-i-s-t-e-d -o-n -t-h-e -A-u-b-u-r-n -I-n-d-i-a-n 
        -R-a-n-c-h-e-r-i-a -d-i-s-t-r-i-b-u-t-i-o-n -r-o-l-l 
        -c-o-m-p-i-l-e-d -a-n-d -a-p-p-r-o-v-e-d -b-y -t-h-e 
        -B-u-r-e-a-u -o-f -I-n-d-i-a-n -A-f-f-a-i-r-s -o-n -A-u-g-u-s-t 
        -1-3-, -1-9-5-9-, -p-u-r-s-u-a-n-t -t-o -P-u-b-l-i-c -L-a-w 
        -8-5---6-7-1-;
            -(-B-) -t-h-e -i-n-d-i-v-i-d-u-a-l -w-a-s -n-o-t 
        -l-i-s-t-e-d -o-n-, -b-u-t -m-e-t -t-h-e 
        -r-e-q-u-i-r-e-m-e-n-t-s -t-h-a-t -h-a-d -t-o -b-e -m-e-t -t-o 
        -b-e -l-i-s-t-e-d -o-n-, -t-h-e -A-u-b-u-r-n -I-n-d-i-a-n 
        -R-a-n-c-h-e-r-i-a -d-i-s-t-r-i-b-u-t-i-o-n -l-i-s-t 
        -c-o-m-p-i-l-e-d -a-n-d -a-p-p-r-o-v-e-d -b-y -t-h-e 
        -B-u-r-e-a-u -o-f -I-n-d-i-a-n -A-f-f-a-i-r-s -o-n -A-u-g-u-s-t 
        -1-3-, -1-9-5-9-, -p-u-r-s-u-a-n-t -t-o -P-u-b-l-i-c -L-a-w 
        -8-5---6-7-1-; -o-r
            -(-C-) -t-h-e -i-n-d-i-v-i-d-u-a-l -i-s -a -l-i-n-e-a-l 
        -d-e-s-c-e-n-d-a-n-t -o-f -a-n -i-n-d-i-v-i-d-u-a-l-, 
        -l-i-v-i-n-g -o-r -d-e-a-d-, -i-d-e-n-t-i-f-i-e-d -i-n 
        -s-u-b-p-a-r-a-g-r-a-p-h -(-A-) -o-r -(-B-)-.
    -(-2-) -A-f-t-e-r -a-d-o-p-t-i-o-n -o-f -a -t-r-i-b-a-l 
-c-o-n-s-t-i-t-u-t-i-o-n -p-u-r-s-u-a-n-t -t-o -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -7-, 
-s-u-c-h -t-r-i-b-a-l -c-o-n-s-t-i-t-u-t-i-o-n -s-h-a-l-l -g-o-v-e-r-n 
-m-e-m-b-e-r-s-h-i-p -i-n -t-h-e -T-r-i-b-e-, -e-x-c-e-p-t -t-h-a-t 
-i-n -a-d-d-i-t-i-o-n -t-o -m-e-e-t-i-n-g -a-n-y -o-t-h-e-r 
-c-r-i-t-e-r-i-a -i-m-p-o-s-e-d -i-n -s-u-c-h -t-r-i-b-a-l 
-c-o-n-s-t-i-t-u-t-i-o-n-, -a-n-y -p-e-r-s-o-n -a-d-d-e-d -t-o -t-h-e 
-m-e-m-b-e-r-s-h-i-p -r-o-l-l -s-h-a-l-l -b-e -o-f -U-n-i-t-e-d 
-A-u-b-u-r-n -I-n-d-i-a-n -C-o-m-m-u-n-i-t-y -a-n-c-e-s-t-r-y -a-n-d 
-s-h-a-l-l -n-o-t -b-e -a-n -e-n-r-o-l-l-e-d -m-e-m-b-e-r -o-f 
-a-n-o-t-h-e-r -f-e-d-e-r-a-l-l-y -r-e-c-o-g-n-i-z-e-d -I-n-d-i-a-n 
-t-r-i-b-e-.
    -(-c-) -C-o-n-c-l-u-s-i-v-e -P-r-o-o-f -o-f -U-n-i-t-e-d 
-A-u-b-u-r-n -I-n-d-i-a-n -C-o-m-m-u-n-i-t-y -A-n-c-e-s-t-r-y-.---
-F-o-r -t-h-e -p-u-r-p-o-s-e -o-f -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-b-)-, -t-h-e 
-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -s-h-a-l-l -a-c-c-e-p-t -a-n-y -a-v-a-i-l-a-b-l-e 
-e-v-i-d-e-n-c-e -e-s-t-a-b-l-i-s-h-i-n-g -U-n-i-t-e-d -A-u-b-u-r-n 
-I-n-d-i-a-n -C-o-m-m-u-n-i-t-y -a-n-c-e-s-t-r-y-. -T-h-e 
-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -s-h-a-l-l -a-c-c-e-p-t -a-s -c-o-n-c-l-u-s-i-v-e 
-e-v-i-d-e-n-c-e -o-f -U-n-i-t-e-d -A-u-b-u-r-n -I-n-d-i-a-n 
-C-o-m-m-u-n-i-t-y -a-n-c-e-s-t-r-y -i-n-f-o-r-m-a-t-i-o-n 
-c-o-n-t-a-i-n-e-d -i-n -t-h-e -A-u-b-u-r-n -I-n-d-i-a-n 
-R-a-n-c-h-e-r-i-a -d-i-s-t-r-i-b-u-t-i-o-n -l-i-s-t -c-o-m-p-i-l-e-d 
-b-y -t-h-e -B-u-r-e-a-u -o-f -I-n-d-i-a-n -A-f-f-a-i-r-s -o-n 
-A-u-g-u-s-t -1-3-, -1-9-5-9-.

-S-E-C-. -6-. -I-N-T-E-R-I-M -G-O-V-E-R-N-M-E-N-T-.

    -U-n-t-i-l -a -n-e-w -t-r-i-b-a-l -c-o-n-s-t-i-t-u-t-i-o-n -a-n-d 
-b-y-l-a-w-s -a-r-e -a-d-o-p-t-e-d -a-n-d -b-e-c-o-m-e 
-e-f-f-e-c-t-i-v-e -u-n-d-e-r -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -7-, -t-h-e -T-r-i-b-e-'-s 
-g-o-v-e-r-n-i-n-g -b-o-d-y -s-h-a-l-l -b-e -a-n -I-n-t-e-r-i-m 
-C-o-u-n-c-i-l-. -T-h-e -i-n-i-t-i-a-l -m-e-m-b-e-r-s-h-i-p -o-f -t-h-e 
-I-n-t-e-r-i-m -C-o-u-n-c-i-l -s-h-a-l-l -c-o-n-s-i-s-t -o-f -t-h-e 
-m-e-m-b-e-r-s -o-f -t-h-e -E-x-e-c-u-t-i-v-e -C-o-u-n-c-i-l -o-f 
-t-h-e -T-r-i-b-e -o-n -t-h-e -d-a-t-e -o-f -t-h-e -e-n-a-c-t-m-e-n-t 
-o-f -t-h-i-s -A-c-t-, -a-n-d -t-h-e -I-n-t-e-r-i-m -C-o-u-n-c-i-l 
-s-h-a-l-l -c-o-n-t-i-n-u-e -t-o -o-p-e-r-a-t-e -i-n -t-h-e 
-m-a-n-n-e-r -p-r-e-s-c-r-i-b-e-d -f-o-r -t-h-e -E-x-e-c-u-t-i-v-e 
-C-o-u-n-c-i-l -u-n-d-e-r -t-h-e -t-r-i-b-a-l -c-o-n-s-t-i-t-u-t-i-o-n 
-a-d-o-p-t-e-d -J-u-l-y -2-0-, -1-9-9-1-, -a-s -l-o-n-g -a-s -s-u-c-h 
-c-o-n-s-t-i-t-u-t-i-o-n -i-s -n-o-t -c-o-n-t-r-a-r-y -t-o 
-F-e-d-e-r-a-l -l-a-w-. -A-n-y -n-e-w -m-e-m-b-e-r-s -f-i-l-l-i-n-g 
-v-a-c-a-n-c-i-e-s -o-n -t-h-e -I-n-t-e-r-i-m -c-o-u-n-c-i-l -s-h-a-l-l 
-m-e-e-t -t-h-e -e-n-r-o-l-l-m-e-n-t -c-r-i-t-e-r-i-a -s-e-t -f-o-r-t-h 
-i-n -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -5-(-b-) -a-n-d -b-e -e-l-e-c-t-e-d -i-n -t-h-e 
-s-a-m-e -m-a-n-n-e-r -a-s -a-r-e -E-x-e-c-u-t-i-v-e -C-o-u-n-c-i-l 
-m-e-m-b-e-r-s -u-n-d-e-r -t-h-e -t-r-i-b-a-l -c-o-n-s-t-i-t-u-t-i-o-n 
-a-d-o-p-t-e-d -J-u-l-y -2-0-, -1-9-9-1-.

-S-E-C-. -7-. -T-R-I-B-A-L -C-O-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N-.

    -(-a-) -E-l-e-c-t-i-o-n-; -T-i-m-e -a-n-d -P-r-o-c-e-d-u-r-e-.---
-U-p-o-n -t-h-e -c-o-m-p-l-e-t-i-o-n -o-f -t-h-e -t-r-i-b-a-l 
-m-e-m-b-e-r-s-h-i-p -r-o-l-l -u-n-d-e-r -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -5-(-a-) -a-n-d 
-u-p-o-n -t-h-e -w-r-i-t-t-e-n -r-e-q-u-e-s-t -o-f -t-h-e 
-I-n-t-e-r-i-m -C-o-u-n-c-i-l-, -t-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -s-h-a-l-l 
-c-o-n-d-u-c-t-, -b-y -s-e-c-r-e-t -b-a-l-l-o-t-, -a-n -e-l-e-c-t-i-o-n 
-f-o-r -t-h-e -p-u-r-p-o-s-e -o-f -a-d-o-p-t-i-n-g -a 
-c-o-n-s-t-i-t-u-t-i-o-n -a-n-d -b-y-l-a-w-s -f-o-r -t-h-e -T-r-i-b-e-. 
-T-h-e -e-l-e-c-t-i-o-n -s-h-a-l-l -b-e -h-e-l-d -a-c-c-o-r-d-i-n-g 
-t-o -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -1-6 -o-f -t-h-e -A-c-t -o-f -J-u-n-e -1-8-, 
-1-9-3-4 -(-2-5 -U-.-S-.-C-. -4-7-6-)-, -e-x-c-e-p-t -t-h-a-t 
-a-b-s-e-n-t-e-e -b-a-l-l-o-t-i-n-g -s-h-a-l-l -b-e -p-e-r-m-i-t-t-e-d 
-r-e-g-a-r-d-l-e-s-s -o-f -v-o-t-e-r -r-e-s-i-d-e-n-c-e-.
    -(-b-) -E-l-e-c-t-i-o-n -o-f -T-r-i-b-a-l -O-f-f-i-c-i-a-l-s-; 
-P-r-o-c-e-d-u-r-e-s-.----N-o-t -l-a-t-e-r -t-h-a-n -1-2-0 -d-a-y-s 
-a-f-t-e-r -t-h-e -T-r-i-b-e -a-d-o-p-t-s -a -c-o-n-s-t-i-t-u-t-i-o-n 
-a-n-d -b-y-l-a-w-s -u-n-d-e-r -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-a-)-, -t-h-e 
-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -s-h-a-l-l -c-o-n-d-u-c-t -a-n -e-l-e-c-t-i-o-n -b-y 
-s-e-c-r-e-t -b-a-l-l-o-t -f-o-r -t-h-e -p-u-r-p-o-s-e -o-f 
-e-l-e-c-t-i-n-g -t-r-i-b-a-l -o-f-f-i-c-i-a-l-s -a-s -p-r-o-v-i-d-e-d 
-i-n -s-u-c-h -t-r-i-b-a-l -c-o-n-s-t-i-t-u-t-i-o-n-. -S-u-c-h 
-e-l-e-c-t-i-o-n -s-h-a-l-l -b-e -c-o-n-d-u-c-t-e-d -a-c-c-o-r-d-i-n-g 
-t-o -t-h-e -p-r-o-c-e-d-u-r-e-s -s-p-e-c-i-f-i-e-d -i-n 
-s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-a-) -e-x-c-e-p-t -t-o -t-h-e -e-x-t-e-n-t 
-t-h-a-t -s-u-c-h -p-r-o-c-e-d-u-r-e-s -c-o-n-f-l-i-c-t -w-i-t-h -t-h-e 
-t-r-i-b-a-l -c-o-n-s-t-i-t-u-t-i-o-n-.

-S-E-C-. -8-. -D-E-F-I-N-I-T-I-O-N-S-.

    -F-o-r -p-u-r-p-o-s-e-s -o-f -t-h-i-s -A-c-t-:
            -(-1-) -T-h-e -t-e-r-m -`-`-T-r-i-b-e-'-' -m-e-a-n-s -t-h-e 
        -U-n-i-t-e-d -A-u-b-u-r-n -I-n-d-i-a-n -C-o-m-m-u-n-i-t-y -o-f 
        -t-h-e -A-u-b-u-r-n -R-a-n-c-h-e-r-i-a -o-f 
        -C-a-l-i-f-o-r-n-i-a-.
            -(-2-) -T-h-e -t-e-r-m -`-`-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y-'-' 
        -m-e-a-n-s -t-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -o-f -t-h-e 
        -I-n-t-e-r-i-o-r-.
            -(-3-) -T-h-e -t-e-r-m -`-`-I-n-t-e-r-i-m 
        -C-o-u-n-c-i-l-'-' -m-e-a-n-s -t-h-e -g-o-v-e-r-n-i-n-g 
        -b-o-d-y -o-f -t-h-e -T-r-i-b-e -s-p-e-c-i-f-i-e-d -i-n 
        -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -6-.
            -(-4-) -T-h-e -t-e-r-m -`-`-m-e-m-b-e-r-'-' -m-e-a-n-s 
        -t-h-o-s-e -p-e-r-s-o-n-s -m-e-e-t-i-n-g -t-h-e 
        -e-n-r-o-l-l-m-e-n-t -c-r-i-t-e-r-i-a -u-n-d-e-r -s-e-c-t-i-o-n 
        -5-(-b-)-.
            -(-5-) -T-h-e -t-e-r-m -`-`-S-t-a-t-e-'-' -m-e-a-n-s -t-h-e 
        -S-t-a-t-e -o-f -C-a-l-i-f-o-r-n-i-a-.
            -(-6-) -T-h-e -t-e-r-m -`-`-r-e-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n-'-' 
        -m-e-a-n-s -t-h-o-s-e -l-a-n-d-s -a-c-q-u-i-r-e-d -a-n-d 
        -h-e-l-d -i-n -t-r-u-s-t -b-y -t-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -f-o-r 
        -t-h-e -b-e-n-e-f-i-t -o-f -t-h-e -T-r-i-b-e -p-u-r-s-u-a-n-t 
        -t-o -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -4-.
            -(-7-) -T-h-e -t-e-r-m -`-`-s-e-r-v-i-c-e -a-r-e-a-'-' 
        -m-e-a-n-s -t-h-e -c-o-u-n-t-i-e-s -o-f -P-l-a-c-e-r-, 
        -N-e-v-a-d-a-, -Y-u-b-a-, -S-u-t-t-e-r-, -E-l -D-o-r-a-d-o-, 
        -a-n-d -S-a-c-r-a-m-e-n-t-o-, -i-n -t-h-e -S-t-a-t-e -o-f 
        -C-a-l-i-f-o-r-n-i-a-.

-S-E-C-. -9-. -R-E-G-U-L-A-T-I-O-N-S-.

    -T-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -m-a-y -p-r-o-m-u-l-g-a-t-e -s-u-c-h 
-r-e-g-u-l-a-t-i-o-n-s -a-s -m-a-y -b-e -n-e-c-e-s-s-a-r-y -t-o 
-c-a-r-r-y -o-u-t -t-h-e -p-r-o-v-i-s-i-o-n-s -o-f -t-h-i-s -A-c-t-.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Auburn Indian Restoration Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF FEDERAL RECOGNITION, RIGHTS, AND PRIVILEGES.

    (a) Federal Recognition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, Federal recognition is hereby extended to the Tribe. Except as 
otherwise provided in this Act, all laws and regulations of general 
application to Indians or nations, tribes, or bands of Indians that are 
not inconsistent with any specific provision of this Act shall be 
applicable to the Tribe and its members.
    (b) Restoration of Rights and Privileges.--Except as provided in 
subsection (d), all rights and privileges of the Tribe and its members 
under any Federal treaty, Executive order, agreement, or statute, or 
under any other authority which were diminished or lost under Public 
Law 85-671 are hereby restored and the provisions of such Act shall be 
inapplicable to the Tribe and its members after the date of enactment 
of this Act.
    (c) Federal Services and Benefits.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, and without regard to the existence of a reservation, 
the Tribe and its members shall be eligible, on and after the date of 
enactment of this Act, for all Federal services and benefits furnished 
to federally recognized Indian tribes or their members. In the case of 
Federal services available to members of federally recognized Indian 
tribes residing on a reservation, members of the Tribe residing in the 
service area of the Tribe shall be deemed to be residing on a 
reservation.
    (d) Hunting, Fishing, Trapping, and Water Rights.--Nothing in this 
Act shall expand, reduce, or affect in any manner any hunting, fishing, 
trapping, gathering, or water right of the Tribe and its members.
    (e) Indian Reorganization Act Applicability.--The Act of June 18, 
1934 (48 Stat. 984 et seq., chapter 576; 25 U.S.C. 461 et seq.), shall 
be applicable to the Tribe and its members.
    (f) Certain Rights Not Altered.--Except as specifically provided in 
this Act, nothing in this Act shall alter any property right or 
obligation, any contractual right or obligation, or any obligation for 
taxes levied.

SEC. 3. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

    (a) Plan for Economic Development.--The Secretary shall--
            (1) enter into negotiations with the governing body of the 
        Tribe with respect to establishing a plan for economic 
        development for the Tribe;
            (2) in accordance with this section and not later than 2 
        years after the adoption of a tribal constitution as provided 
        in section 7, develop such a plan; and
            (3) upon the approval of such plan by the governing body of 
        the Tribe, submit such plan to Congress.
    (b) Restrictions.--Any proposed transfer of real property contained 
in the plan developed by the Secretary under subsection (a) shall be 
consistent with the requirements of section 4.

SEC. 4. TRANSFER OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST.

    (a) Lands To Be Taken In Trust.--The Secretary shall accept any 
real property located in Placer County, California, for the benefit of 
the Tribe if conveyed or otherwise transferred to the Secretary if, at 
the time of such conveyance or transfer, there are no adverse legal 
claims on such property, including any outstanding liens, mortgages, or 
taxes owed. The Secretary may accept any additional acreage in the 
service area of the Tribe pursuant to the authority of the Secretary 
under the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984 et seq., chapter 576; 25 
U.S.C. 461 et seq.).
    (b) Former Trust Lands of the Auburn Rancheria.--Subject to the 
conditions specified in this section, real property eligible for trust 
status under this section shall include fee land held by the White Oak 
Ridge Association, Indian owned fee land held communally pursuant to 
the distribution plan prepared and approved by the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs on August 13, 1959, and Indian owned fee land held by persons 
listed as distributees or dependent members in such distribution plan 
or the Indian heirs or successors in interest of such distributees or 
dependent members.
    (c) Lands To Be Part of the Reservation.--Subject to the conditions 
imposed by this section, any real property conveyed or transferred 
under this section shall be taken in the name of the United States in 
trust for the Tribe or, as applicable, an individual member of the 
Tribe, and shall be part of the reservation of the Tribe.

SEC. 5. MEMBERSHIP ROLLS.

    (a) Compilation of Tribal Membership Roll.--Within 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, after 
consultation with the Tribe, compile a membership roll of the Tribe.
    (b) Criteria for Enrollments.--(1) Until a tribal constitution is 
adopted pursuant to section 7, an individual shall be placed on the 
membership roll compiled under this section if the individual is 
living, is not an enrolled member of another federally recognized 
Indian tribe, is of United Auburn Indian Community ancestry, possesses 
at least one-eighth or more of Indian blood quantum, and if--
            (A) the name of the individual was listed on the Auburn 
        Indian Rancheria distribution roll compiled and approved by the 
        Bureau of Indian Affairs on August 13, 1959, pursuant to Public 
        Law 85-671;
            (B) the individual was not listed on, but met the 
        requirements that the individual was required to meet to be 
        listed on, the Auburn Indian Rancheria distribution list 
        compiled and approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs on August 
        13, 1959, pursuant to Public Law 85-671; or
            (C) the individual is a lineal descendant of an individual, 
        living or dead, identified in subparagraph (A) or (B).
    (2) After the adoption of a tribal constitution pursuant to section 
7, such tribal constitution shall govern membership in the Tribe, 
except that in addition to meeting any other criteria imposed in such 
tribal constitution, any person added to the membership roll of the 
Tribe shall be of United Auburn Indian Community ancestry and shall not 
be an enrolled member of another federally recognized Indian tribe.
    (c) Conclusive Proof of United Auburn Indian Community Ancestry.--
For the purpose of subsection (b), the Secretary shall accept any 
available evidence establishing United Auburn Indian Community 
ancestry. The Secretary shall accept as conclusive evidence of United 
Auburn Indian Community ancestry information contained in the Auburn 
Indian Rancheria distribution list compiled by the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs on August 13, 1959.

SEC. 6. INTERIM GOVERNMENT.

    Until a new tribal constitution and bylaws are adopted and become 
effective under section 7, the governing body of the Tribe shall be an 
Interim Council. The initial membership of the Interim Council shall 
consist of the members of the Executive Council of the Tribe on the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and the Interim Council shall 
continue to operate in the manner prescribed for the Executive Council 
under the tribal constitution of the Tribe adopted on July 20, 1991, to 
the extent that such constitution is not contrary to Federal law. Any 
new members filling vacancies on the Interim council shall meet the 
enrollment criteria set forth in section 5(b) and be elected in the 
same manner as are Executive Council members under the tribal 
constitution adopted July 20, 1991.

SEC. 7. TRIBAL CONSTITUTION.

    (a) Election; Time and Procedure.--Upon the completion of the 
tribal membership roll under section 5(a), and upon the written request 
of the Interim Council, the Secretary shall conduct, by secret ballot, 
an election for the purpose of adopting a constitution and bylaws for 
the Tribe. The election shall be held according to section 16 of the 
Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 987, chapter 576; 25 U.S.C. 476), except 
that absentee balloting shall be permitted without regard to voter 
residence.
    (b) Election of Tribal Officials; Procedures.--Not later than 120 
days after the Tribe adopts a constitution and bylaws under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall conduct an election by secret ballot for the 
purpose of electing tribal officials as provided in such tribal 
constitution. Such election shall be conducted in accordance with the 
procedures specified in subsection (a) except to the extent that such 
procedures conflict with the tribal constitution.

SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) The term ``Tribe'' means the United Auburn Indian 
        Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California.
            (2) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the 
        Interior.
            (3) The term ``Interim Council'' means the governing body 
        of the Tribe specified in section 6.
            (4) The term ``member'' means any person meeting the 
        enrollment criteria under section 5(b).
            (5) The term ``State'' means the State of California.
            (6) The term ``reservation'' means those lands acquired and 
        held in trust by the Secretary for the benefit of the Tribe 
        pursuant to section 4.
            (7) The term ``service area'' means the counties of Placer, 
        Nevada, Yuba, Sutter, El Dorado, and Sacramento, in the State 
        of California.

SEC. 9. REGULATIONS.

    The Secretary may promulgate such regulations as may be necessary 
to carry out the provisions of this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 25, 1994.

            Attest:

                                           DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

                                                                 Clerk.

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