[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 101 Introduced in House (IH)]







                                    


104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 101

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

Mr. Richardson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on 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 de Taos. Such parcel shall 
be a part of the Pueblo de Taos Reservation and shall be managed in 
accordance with section 4 of the Act of May 31, 1933 (48 Stat. 108) (as 
amended, including as amended by Public Law 91-550 (84 Stat. 1437)).
    (b) Land Description.--The parcel of land referred to in subsection 
(a) is the land that is generally depicted on the map entitled ``Lands 
transferred to the Pueblo of Taos--proposed'' and dated September 1994, 
comprises 764.33 acres, and is situated within sections 25, 26, 35, and 
36, Township 27 North, Range 14 East, New Mexico Principal Meridian, 
within the Wheeler Peak Wilderness, Carson National Forest, Taos 
County, New Mexico.
    (c) Conforming Boundary Adjustments.--The boundaries of the Carson 
National Forest and the Wheeler Peak Wilderness are hereby adjusted to 
reflect the transfer made by subsection (a).
    (d) Completion of Transfer.--The Congress finds and declares that 
the lands to be held in trust and to become part of the Pueblo de Taos 
Reservation under this section complete the transfer effected by 
section 4 of the Act of May 31, 1933 (48 Stat. 108) (as amended, 
including as amended by Public Law 91-550 (84 Stat. 1437)).

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