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[H.R. 1913 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1913

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
          the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two


                                 An Act


 
 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 Act, 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, unless the Secretary exercises an 
option under subsection (c), 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) Purchase Option.--At the discretion of the Secretary, instead 
of a land exchange under subsection (b), the Secretary may acquire 
interests in nontribal land (including interests in mineral or other 
surface or subsurface rights) within the boundaries of the Acoma Indian 
Reservation through--
        (1) direct cash purchase of the interests in nontribal land for 
    the fair market value determined under subsection (a); and
        (2) issuance to any owner of the interests in nontribal land of 
    a Certificate of Bidding Rights in such form and manner as provided 
    for under regulations promulgated by the Secretary under provisions 
    of the Act of February 25, 1920 (commonly known as the Mineral 
    Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.)) or the Outer Continental Shelf 
    Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) for mineral leasing and bidding 
    rights equal to the fair market value determined under subsection 
    (a).
    (d) Cost Sharing.--The costs of the valuation required under 
subsection (a) and any land exchange under subsection (b) shall be 
equally shared between the owners of the interests in nontribal land 
and the Secretary. This subsection shall apply to the cost of the 
valuation under subsection (a) even if the Secretary elects to exercise 
the options for acquisition under subsection (c).

SEC. 2. TIMELINE; LAND TAKEN INTO TRUST.

    The Secretary shall complete such negotiations and exchanges not 
later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
shall place interests in land within the boundaries of the Acoma Indian 
Reservation that are acquired under this Act into trust for the Pueblo 
of Acoma.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.