[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 166 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 166

 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

                            January 5, 1995

 Mr. Domenici (for himself, Mr. Bingaman and Mr. Dole) 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 (c) is 
transferred without consideration to the Secretary of the Interior to 
be held in trust for the Pueblo de Taos.
    (b) Management.--The parcel of land transferred by subsection (a) 
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 the amendment made by Public Law 91-550 (84 
Stat. 1437)).
    (c) Land Description.--The parcel of land referred to in subsection 
(a)--
            (1) is the land that is generally depicted on the map 
        entitled ``Lands transferred to the Pueblo of Taos--proposed'' 
        and dated September 1994;
            (2) comprises 764.33 acres; and
            (3) 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.
    (d) Conforming Boundary Adjustments.--The boundaries of the Carson 
National Forest and the Wheeler Peak Wilderness are adjusted to reflect 
the transfer made by subsection (a).
    (e) 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 Act complete the transfer effected by section 4 
of the Act of May 31, 1933.
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