[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4724 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4724

To require the valuation of nontribal interest ownership of subsurface 
 rights within the boundaries of the Acoma Indian Reservation, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2000

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the valuation of nontribal interest ownership of subsurface 
 rights within the boundaries of the Acoma Indian Reservation, 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. PUEBLO OF ACOMA LAND AND MINERAL CONSOLIDATION.

    (a) Valuation.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
determine the extent and the value of the nontribal interest ownership 
of the subsurface rights, including mineral rights, within the 
boundaries of the Acoma Indian Reservation.
    (b) Land Exchanges.--Upon completion of the valuation required by 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall negotiate an exchange with any 
willing sellers of interests in nontribal land (including interests in 
mineral or other surface or subsurface rights) within the boundaries of 
the Acoma Indian Reservation for interests in Federal land that is--
            (1) located within the boundaries of the State of New 
        Mexico;
            (2) identified by the Bureau of Land management as 
        available for disposal; and
            (3) of approximately the same value as the interest in land 
        for which it is being exchanged.
    (c) Timeline; Land Taken into Trust.--The Secretary shall complete 
such negotiations and exchanges not later than 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this section and shall place interests in land 
within the boundaries of the Acoma Indian Reservation that are acquired 
under this section into trust for the Pueblo of Acoma.
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