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[S. 246 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.246

                       One Hundred Eighth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the seventh day of January, two thousand and three


                                 An Act


 
To provide that certain Bureau of Land Management land shall be held in 
 trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso in 
                        the State of New Mexico.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
        (1) Agreement.--The term ``Agreement'' means the agreement 
    entitled ``Agreement to Affirm Boundary Between Pueblo of Santa 
    Clara and Pueblo of San Ildefonso Aboriginal Lands Within Garcia 
    Canyon Tract'', entered into by the Governors on December 20, 2000.
        (2) Boundary line.--The term ``boundary line'' means the 
    boundary line established under section 4(a).
        (3) Governors.--The term ``Governors'' means--
            (A) the Governor of the Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; 
        and
            (B) the Governor of the Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New 
        Mexico.
        (4) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the meaning 
    given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and 
    Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b).
        (5) Pueblos.--The term ``Pueblos'' means--
            (A) the Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; and
            (B) the Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico.
        (6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    the Interior.
        (7) Trust land.--The term ``trust land'' means the land held by 
    the United States in trust under section 2(a) or 3(a).

SEC. 2. TRUST FOR THE PUEBLO OF SANTA CLARA, NEW MEXICO.

    (a) In General.--All right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to the land described in subsection (b), including 
improvements on, appurtenances to, and mineral rights (including rights 
to oil and gas) to the land, shall be held by the United States in 
trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico, as part of the Santa 
Clara Reservation.
    (b) Description of Land.--The land referred to in subsection (a) 
consists of approximately 2,484 acres of Bureau of Land Management land 
located in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, and more particularly 
described as--
        (1) the portion of T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 22, New Mexico 
    Principal Meridian, that is located north of the boundary line;
        (2) the southern half of T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 23, New Mexico 
    Principal Meridian;
        (3) the southern half of T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 24, New Mexico 
    Principal Meridian;
        (4) T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 25, excluding the 5-acre tract in 
    the southeast quarter owned by the Pueblo of San Ildefonso;
        (5) the portion of T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 26, New Mexico 
    Principal Meridian, that is located north and east of the boundary 
    line;
        (6) the portion of T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 27, New Mexico 
    Principal Meridian, that is located north of the boundary line;
        (7) the portion of T. 20 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 19, New Mexico 
    Principal Meridian, that is not included in the Santa Clara Pueblo 
    Grant or the Santa Clara Indian Reservation; and
        (8) the portion of T. 20 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 30, that is not 
    included in the Santa Clara Pueblo Grant or the San Ildefonso 
    Grant.

SEC. 3. TRUST FOR THE PUEBLO OF SAN ILDEFONSO, NEW MEXICO.

    (a) In General.--All right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to the land described in subsection (b), including 
improvements on, appurtenances to, and mineral rights (including rights 
to oil and gas) to the land, shall be held by the United States in 
trust for the Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico, as part of the San 
Ildefonso Reservation.
    (b) Description of Land.--The land referred to in subsection (a) 
consists of approximately 2,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management land 
located in Rio Arriba County and Santa Fe County in the State of New 
Mexico, and more particularly described as--
        (1) the portion of T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 22, New Mexico 
    Principal Meridian, that is located south of the boundary line;
        (2) the portion of T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 26, New Mexico 
    Principal Meridian, that is located south and west of the boundary 
    line;
        (3) the portion of T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 27, New Mexico 
    Principal Meridian, that is located south of the boundary line;
        (4) T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 34, New Mexico Principal Meridian; 
    and
        (5) the portion of T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 35, New Mexico 
    Principal Meridian, that is not included in the San Ildefonso 
    Pueblo Grant.

SEC. 4. SURVEY AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.

    (a) Survey.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Office of Cadastral Survey of the Bureau of Land 
Management shall, in accordance with the Agreement, complete a survey 
of the boundary line established under the Agreement for the purpose of 
establishing, in accordance with sections 2(b) and 3(b), the boundaries 
of the trust land.
    (b) Legal Descriptions.--
        (1) Publication.--On approval by the Governors of the survey 
    completed under subsection (a), the Secretary shall publish in the 
    Federal Register--
            (A) a legal description of the boundary line; and
            (B) legal descriptions of the trust land.
        (2) Technical corrections.--Before the date on which the legal 
    descriptions are published under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary 
    may correct any technical errors in the descriptions of the trust 
    land provided in sections 2(b) and 3(b) to ensure that the 
    descriptions are consistent with the terms of the Agreement.
        (3) Effect.--Beginning on the date on which the legal 
    descriptions are published under paragraph (1)(B), the legal 
    descriptions shall be the official legal descriptions of the trust 
    land.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST LAND.

    (a) Applicable Law.--The trust land shall be administered in 
accordance with laws generally applicable to property held in trust by 
the United States for Indian tribes.
    (b) Pueblo Lands Act.--The following shall be subject to section 17 
of the Act of June 7, 1924 (25 U.S.C. 331 note; commonly known as the 
``Pueblo Lands Act''):
        (1) The trust land.
        (2) Any land owned as of the date of enactment of this Act or 
    acquired after the date of enactment of this Act by the Pueblo of 
    Santa Clara in the Santa Clara Pueblo Grant.
        (3) Any land owned as of the date of enactment of this Act or 
    acquired after the date of enactment of this Act by the Pueblo of 
    San Ildefonso in the San Ildefonso Pueblo Grant.
    (c) Use of Trust Land.--Subject to criteria developed by the 
Pueblos in concert with the Secretary, the trust land may be used only 
for traditional and customary uses or stewardship conservation for the 
benefit of the Pueblo for which the trust land is held in trust. 
Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the trust land shall 
not be used for any new commercial developments.

SEC. 6. EFFECT.

    Nothing in this Act--
        (1) affects any valid right-of-way, lease, permit, mining 
    claim, grazing permit, water right, or other right or interest of 
    any person or entity (other than the United States) in or to the 
    trust land that is in existence before the date of enactment of 
    this Act;
        (2) enlarges, impairs, or otherwise affects a right or claim of 
    the Pueblos to any land or interest in land based on Aboriginal or 
    Indian title that is in existence before the date of enactment of 
    this Act;
        (3) constitutes an express or implied reservation of water or 
    water right for any purpose with respect to the trust land; or
        (4) affects any water right of the Pueblos in existence before 
    the date of enactment of this act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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