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[H.R. 4908 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                 Union Calendar No. 477
108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4908

                          [Report No. 108-777]

  To transfer certain land in Riverside County, California, from the 
Bureau of Land Management to the United States to be held in trust for 
 the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2004

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

                           November 17, 2004

  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 July 
                               22, 2004]

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                                 A BILL


 
  To transfer certain land in Riverside County, California, from the 
Bureau of Land Management to the United States to be held in trust for 
 the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission 
Indians Land Transfer Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LAND IN TRUST FOR PECHANGA BAND OF LUISENO MISSION 
              INDIANS.

    (a) Transfer and Administration.--Effective on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and subject to valid existing rights, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the Federal lands 
described in subsection (b), including all improvements thereon, 
appurtenances thereto, and rights to all minerals thereon or therein, 
including oil and gas, water, and related resources, shall be held by 
the United States in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission 
Indians, a federally recognized Indian tribe. The transferred land 
shall be declared part of the Pechanga Indian Reservation and 
administered in accordance with the laws and regulations generally 
applicable to property held in trust by the United States for an Indian 
tribe.
    (b) Description of Land.--The lands referred to in subsection (a) 
consist of approximately 990.74 acres in Riverside County, California, 
as referenced on the map entitled, ``H.R. 4908, Pechanga Land Transfer 
Act'' and dated September 13, 2004, which, before the transfer under 
such subsection, were administered by the Bureau of Land Management and 
are more particularly described as follows:
            (1) Sections 29, 30, and 32 of township 8 south, range 2 
        west, San Bernardino base and meridian.
            (2) Section 6 of township 9 south, range 2 west, San 
        Bernardino base and meridian.
            (3) Mineral Survey 3540, section 22 of township 5 south, 
        range 4 west, San Bernardino base and meridian.
    (c) Survey.--As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Office of Cadastral Survey of the Bureau of Land 
Management shall complete a survey of the lands transferred under 
subsection (a) for the purpose of establishing the boundaries of the 
lands.
    (d) Map on File.--The map referred to in subsection (b) shall be on 
file in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.
    (e) Legal Descriptions.--
            (1) Publication.--On approval of the survey completed under 
        subsection (c) by the duly elected tribal council of the 
        Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, the Secretary of the 
        Interior shall publish in the Federal Register--
                    (A) a legal description of the boundary lines; and
                    (B) legal description of the lands transferred 
                under subsection (a).
            (2) Effect.--Beginning on the date on which the legal 
        descriptions are published under paragraph (1), such legal 
        descriptions shall be the official legal descriptions of the 
        boundary lines and the lands transferred under subsection (a).
    (f) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall--
            (1) enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect any right or claim 
        of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians to any land or 
        interest in land that is in existence before the date of the 
        enactment of this Act; or
            (2) affect any water right of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno 
        Mission Indians in existence before the date of the enactment 
        of this Act.
    (g) Restricted Use of Transferred Lands.--The lands transferred 
under subsection (a) may be used only for the protection, preservation, 
and maintenance of the archaeological, cultural, and wildlife resources 
thereon.




                                                 Union Calendar No. 477

108th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4908

                          [Report No. 108-777]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To transfer certain land in Riverside County, California, from the 
Bureau of Land Management to the United States to be held in trust for 
 the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           November 17, 2004

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