[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1509 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1509

 To transfer a parcel of land to the Taos Pueblo Indians of New Mexico.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 30 (legislative day, September 27), 1993

 Mr. Domenici (for himself and Mr. Bingaman) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To transfer a parcel of land to the Taos Pueblo Indians of New Mexico.

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

SECTION 1. LAND TRANSFER.

    (a) Transfer.--The parcel of land described in subsection (b) is 
hereby transferred without consideration to the Secretary of the 
Interior to be held in trust for the Pueblo of Taos. Such parcel shall 
be part of the Pueblo de Taos Reservation and shall be managed in 
accordance with section 4 of the Act of May 31, 1933 (Chapter 45, 48 
Stat. 108), as amended by Public Law 91-550 (84 Stat. 1437).
    (b) Land Description.--The parcel of land referred to in subsection 
(a) is a parcel of land situated within sections 25, 26, 35, and 36, 
Township 27 North, Range 14 East, New Mexico Principal Meridian, within 
the Wheeler Peak Wilderness Area, Carson National Forest, Taos County, 
New Mexico, being more particularly described as follows:
            Beginning at the Northeast Corner of Taos Pueblo Tract C; 
        whence the U.S.C. & G.S. triangulation station ``WHEELER'' 
        bears N. 02 deg.36'30" W., 3,374.58 feet; thence S. 
        33 deg.03'00" E., 1,006.50 feet to A.P. 15 on the North 
        Boundary Taos Pueblo Tract C; thence descending to the Rio 
        Lucaro Drainage S. 78 deg.10'00" E., 61.38 feet to A.P. 14; 
        thence S. 38 deg.30'00" E., 294.36 feet to A.P. 13; thence S. 
        21 deg.43'00" E., 665.94 feet to A.P. 12; thence S. 
        25 deg.07'00" E., 266.64 feet to A.P. 11; thence S. 
        16 deg.28'00" W., 225.06 feet to A.P. 10; thence S. 
        20 deg.06'00" W., 696.30 feet to A.P. 9; thence S. 
        05 deg.42'00" E., 347.16 feet to A.P. 8; thence S. 
        02 deg.31'00" E., 463.32 feet to A.P. 7; thence S. 
        22 deg.12'00" W., 347.16 feet to A.P. 6; thence S. 
        05 deg.14'00" E., 694.32 feet to A.P. 5; thence S. 
        14 deg.23'00" W., 778.80 feet to A.P. 4; thence S. 
        02 deg.49'00" E., 456.72 feet to A.P. 3; thence S. 
        09 deg.25'00" E., 429.66 feet to A.P. 2; thence S. 
        19 deg.10'00" E., 306.90 feet to A.P. 1; thence S. 
        24 deg.20'00" W., 224.40 feet to M.C. 80 on the Easterly 
        Boundary of Antonio Martinez Grant; thence S. 10 deg.30'00" W., 
        250.80 feet to M.C. 79; thence S. 17 deg.58'00" E., 272.58 feet 
        to the 17 mile corner; thence S. 17 deg.58'00" E., 445.50 feet 
        to M.C. 78; thence S. 07 deg.09'00" W., 341.88 feet to M.C. 77; 
        thence S. 16 deg.09'00" W., 239.58 feet to M.C. 76; thence S. 
        22 deg.34'00" W., 217.14 feet to M.C. 75; thence S. 
        51 deg.29'00" W., 91.08 feet to M.C. 74 of the Antonio Martinez 
        Grant at which point leave the boundary of said Grant; thence 
        S. 37 deg.51'00" E., 114.00 feet along the Rio Lucaro; thence 
        S. 28 deg.41'00" W., 142.00 feet; thence S. 00 deg.02'00" E., 
        215.00 feet along the Rio Lucaro at which point leave the 
        Lucaro Canyon and ascend easterly along the National Forest and 
        Taos Pueblo Indian Reservation Boundary; thence N. 
        89 deg.24'00" E., 4,837.00 feet to a ridge top; thence N. 
        05 deg.01'34" E., 330.00 feet to a ridge top; thence N. 
        11 deg.07'26" W., 328.00 feet along ridge top; thence N. 
        36 deg.13'34" E., 315.00 feet; thence N. 86 deg.30'34" E., 
        638.00 feet to top of a peak; thence N. 33 deg.58'26" W., 
        1,044.00 feet along ridge top; thence N. 05 deg.32'26" W., 
        990.00 feet to top of Lew Wallace Peak; thence N. 39 deg.34'26" 
        W., 1,238.00 feet along ridge top; thence N. 26 deg.07'26" W., 
        1,081.00 feet continuing along ridge top between National 
        Forest and Taos Pueblo Reservation; thence N. 01 deg.38'34" E., 
        1,145.00 feet to top of a peak; thence N. 49 deg.37'26" W., 
        812.00 feet along ridge top; thence N. 34 deg.12'26" W., 
        1,355.00 feet; thence N. 16 deg.35'26" W., 594.00 feet to top 
        of Old Mike Peak; thence N. 61 deg.65'26" W., 1,100.00 feet to 
        top of ridge; thence N. 47 deg.26'26" W., 200.00 feet to top of 
        ridge; thence N. 60 deg.03'26" W., 920.00 feet to top of ridge; 
        thence N. 65 deg.15'26" W., 400.00 feet to top of Simpson Peak; 
        thence S. 49 deg.59'16" W., 751.37 feet to point of beginning, 
        containing an area of 764.33 acres.
    (c) Amendment of Map.--As soon as practicable after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall file a map and legal 
description of the Wheeler Peak Wilderness as modified by subsection 
(a) with the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
Representatives and with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
of the Senate. The map and description shall be on file and available 
for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, 
United States Department of Agriculture.

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