[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2039 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2039

To take into trust for the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma certain 
 land in Oklahoma that was known as the Fort Reno Military Reservation 
and that was formerly part of the Cheyenne-Arapaho lands, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 1997

 Mr. Faleomavaega introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                       the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To take into trust for the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma certain 
 land in Oklahoma that was known as the Fort Reno Military Reservation 
and that was formerly part of the Cheyenne-Arapaho lands, 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. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The original Cheyenne-Arapaho Indian Reservation in 
        western Oklahoma, which included the land known as the Fort 
        Reno Military Reservation, was established by the Medicine 
        Lodge Creek Treaty of 1867 and reaffirmed by Executive order in 
        1869.
            (2) The Fort Reno Military Reservation lands include sites 
        used by the Tribe for the Sun Dance and other religious and 
        cultural purposes, burial sites, and medicine gathering areas.

SEC. 2. LAND TAKEN INTO TRUST.

    (a) In General.--The land described in subsection (b) is hereby 
taken into trust for the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.
    (b) Land Described.--The land taken into trust pursuant to 
subsection (a) is that land in Canadian County, Oklahoma, described as 
follows:
            (1) All of sections 1, 2, 3, and 4, Township 12 North, 
        Range 8 West, Indian Meridian.
            (2) Those portions of sections 25 and 26 lying south of the 
        North Canadian River, Township 13 North, Range 8 West, Indian 
        Meridian.
            (3) That portion of section 26 lying west of the North 
        Canadian River, Township 13 North, Range 8 West, Indian 
        Meridian.
            (4) All of sections 27, 28, 33, 34, 35, and 36, Township 13 
        North, Range 8 West, Indian Meridian.

SEC. 3. USE OF PORTION OF LAND BY BUREAU OF PRISONS.

    The Secretary, with the consent of and on terms agreeable to the 
Business Committee of the Tribe, may lease to the United States for use 
by the Bureau of Prisons of the Department of Justice in connection 
with the Federal Reformatory at El Reno, Oklahoma, all or part of the 
land described as the south half of section 1 and the south half of 
section 2, Township 12 North, Range 8 West, Indian Meridian.

SEC. 4. PRIOR EASEMENTS, LICENSES, PERMITS, AND COMMITMENTS.

    (a) Nonrevocable; time-limited.--(1) A nonrevocable easement, 
license, permit, or commitment with respect to the lands described in 
section 2 shall continue in effect for the period for which it was 
granted or made if such nonrevocable easement, license, permit, or 
commitment was granted or made--
            (A) on or before the date of the enactment of this Act;
            (B) by the Secretary of War or by the Secretary of 
        Agriculture; and
            (C) for a specified, limited period of time.
    (2) An easement, license, permit, or commitment described in 
paragraph (1) may be renewed by the Secretary upon such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary considers advisable.
    (b) Revocable; indefinite duration.--An easement, license, permit, 
or commitment which exists on the date of the enactment of this Act 
with respect to the lands described in section 2 may be continued or 
renewed by the Secretary if--
            (1) the easement, license, permit, or commitment is 
        revocable or of indefinite duration, and
            (2) the Secretary considers such continuance or renewal to 
        be in the public interest.
    (c) Use of Land by Bureau of Prisons.--(1) In the case of lands 
described in paragraph (2), the Secretary may continue or renew an 
easement, right-of-way, or permit to land, only if such easement, 
right-of-way, or permit is--
            (A) in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act;
            (B) limited to use or maintenance of water lines, roads to 
        and from the sewage disposal plant, or sewage effluent lakes 
        from the sewage disposal plant located on the land;
            (C) granted for use by Bureau of Prisons of the Department 
        of Justice; and
            (D) useful to the Bureau of Prisons for purposes of 
        maintaining the sewage disposal plant located on the land.
    (2) The land referred to in paragraph (1) is that land described in 
section 2 that is located in--
            (A) section 1, Township 12 North, Range 8 West, Indian 
        Meridian; and
            (B) the southeast quarter of section 36, Township 13 North, 
        Range 8 West, Indian Meridian.

SEC. 5. BUILDINGS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.

    The Secretary may--
            (1) make any Federally owned buildings, improvements, or 
        facilities (including any personal property used in connection 
        with such buildings, improvements, or facilities) located on 
        the land described in section 2 available to the Tribe for 
        their use; and
            (2) convey any Federally owned buildings, improvements, or 
        facilities (including any personal property used in connection 
        with such buildings, improvements, or facilities) located on 
        the land described in section 2 to the Tribe in accordance with 
        the Act entitled ``An Act to authorize the Secretary of the 
        Interior to convey to Indian tribes certain federally owned 
        buildings, improvements, or facilities on tribal lands or on 
        lands reserved for Indian administration'' approved August 6, 
        1956 (25 U.S.C. 443a).

SEC. 6. ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL SERVICES AND BENEFITS.

    For the purposes of the eligibility for and delivery of all 
services and benefits provided to Indians because of their status as 
federally recognized, those members of the Tribe residing in Canadian 
County, Oklahoma, shall be deemed to be resident on or near an Indian 
reservation.

SEC. 7. EFFECT ON TREATIES.

    No provision of this Act shall be construed to constitute an 
amendment, modification, or interpretation of any treaty to which the 
Tribe or any other Indian tribe is a party nor to any right secured to 
the Tribe or any other Indian tribe by any treaty.

SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the 
        Interior.
            (2) The term ``Tribe'' means the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of 
        Oklahoma.
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