[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 481 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 481

 To further the purposes of the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic 
                    Site Establishment Act of 2000.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2005

  Mrs. Musgrave (for herself and Mr. Cole of Oklahoma) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To further the purposes of the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic 
                    Site Establishment Act of 2000.

    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 ``Sand Creek Massacre National 
Historic Site Trust Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY.

    To further the purposes of the Sand Creek Massacre National 
Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 
106-465), this Act authorizes the United States to take certain land in 
Kiowa County, Colorado, owned by the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of 
Oklahoma, into trust.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (2) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Cheyenne and 
        Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, a federally recognized Indian 
        tribe.
            (3) Trust property.--The term ``trust property'' means the 
        property described in section 4(b).

SEC. 4. TRANSFER OF LAND HELD IN TRUST FOR THE CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHO 
              TRIBES OF OKLAHOMA.

    (a) Land Held in Trust for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of 
Oklahoma.--
            (1) Conveyance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Tribe shall convey title to the 
        trust property to the United States.
            (2) Trust.--All right, title, and interest of the United 
        States in and to the trust property, including all improvement 
        on the trust property and appurtenances to the trust property 
        and rights to all minerals, are declared to be held by the 
        United States in trust for the Tribe.
    (b) Land Description.--The trust property is the property formerly 
known as the ``Dawson Ranch'', consisting of approximately 1,465 total 
acres presently under the jurisdiction of the Tribe, situated within 
Kiowa County, Colorado, and more particularly described as follows:
            (1) The portion of sec. 24, T. 17 S., R. 46 W., Colorado 
        Principal Meridian, that is the Eastern half of the NW quarter, 
        the SW quarter of the NE quarter, the NW quarter of the SE 
        quarter, Colorado Principal Meridian.
            (2) All of sec. 25, T. 17 S., R. 46 W., Colorado Principal 
        Meridian.
            (3) All of sec. 30, T. 17 S., R. 45 W., Colorado Principal 
        Meridian.

SEC. 5. SURVEY OF BOUNDARY LINE; PUBLICATION OF DESCRIPTION.

    (a) Survey of Boundary Line.--To accurately establish the boundary 
of the trust property, the Secretary shall, not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, cause a survey to be conducted 
by the Office of Cadastral Survey of the Bureau of Land Management of 
the boundary lines described in section 4(b).
    (b) Publication of Land Description.--
            (1) In general.--On completion of the survey under 
        subsection (a), and acceptance of the survey by the 
        representatives of the Tribe, the Secretary shall cause the 
        full metes and bounds description of the lines, with a full and 
        accurate description of the trust property, to be published in 
        the Federal Register.
            (2) Effect.--The descriptions shall, on publication, 
        constitute the official descriptions of the trust property.

SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST PROPERTY.

    (a) In General.--The trust property is declared to be part of the 
Indian reservation of the Tribe.
    (b) Administration.--The trust property shall be administered in 
perpetuity by the Secretary in accordance with the law generally 
applicable to property held in trust by the United States for the 
benefit of Indian tribes and in accordance with the Sand Creek Massacre 
National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; 
Public Law 106-465).

SEC. 7. RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL USES.

    (a) In General.--The trust property shall be used only for 
historic, religious, or cultural uses that are compatible with the use 
of the land as a national historic site.
    (b) Duty of the Secretary.--The Secretary shall take such action as 
is necessary to ensure that the trust property is used only in 
accordance with this section.
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