[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[H.R. 1913 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 172
107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1913

                          [Report No. 107-285]

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

                              May 17, 2001

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

                           November 13, 2001

      Additional sponsors: Mrs. Wilson and Mr. Udall of New Mexico

                           November 13, 2001

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 17, 
                                 2001]

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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, 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);
            (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).
    (e) 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 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.




                                                 Union Calendar No. 172

107th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1913

                          [Report No. 107-285]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           November 13, 2001

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed