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<dc:title>109 HR 631 EH: Pascua Yaqui Mineral Rights Act of 2006</dc:title>
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<congress>109th CONGRESS</congress> <session>2d Session</session> 
<legis-num>H. R. 631</legis-num> 
<current-chamber display="no">IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber> 
<legis-type>AN ACT</legis-type> 
<official-title display="yes">To provide for acquisition of subsurface mineral rights to land owned by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and land held in trust for the Tribe, and for other purposes.</official-title> 
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<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC080466BD2944C9FA57800FD5E317DBA" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Pascua Yaqui Mineral Rights Act of 2006</short-title></quote>.</text></section> 
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H46C15E70C5264FAA81D2CBFCE4F7862" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this Act:</text> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7080D6B249F0453DBA4DFB04C103545D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H13BD7BC6B6694596A4BCEE4D29025B80"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means the State of Arizona.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1697E1F5D0334462A4FDEC286B13EF7E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Tribe</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Tribe</term> means the Pascua Yaqui Tribe.</text></paragraph></section> 
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9282820E25464A1899C4D125416B061F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3.</enum><header>Acquisition of subsurface mineral interests</header> 
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37BA30FF67CE49388B5DB79115ECB68E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the Attorney General of the United States and with the consent of the State, shall acquire through eminent domain the following:</text> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C1AE21EB63345AC0018F37B4922C19"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All subsurface rights, title, and interests (including subsurface mineral interests) held by the State in the following tribally-owned parcels:</text> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H20B685808FC241AE9189509B98F54803"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lot 2, sec. 13, T. 15 S., R. 12 E., Gila and Salt River Meridian, Pima County Arizona.</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC35FEAFF03834D56854287C36F1E094F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lot 4, W<fraction>1/2</fraction>SE<fraction>1/4</fraction>, sec. 13, T. 15 S., R. 12 E., Gila and Salt River Base &amp; Meridian, Pima County, Arizona.</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFDF8D0692DBB42BC90DC6D78CD5EE7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">NW<fraction>1/4</fraction>NW<fraction>1/4</fraction>, N<fraction>1/2</fraction>NE<fraction>1/4</fraction>NW<fraction>1/4</fraction>, SW<fraction>1/4</fraction>NE<fraction>1/4</fraction>NW<fraction>1/4</fraction>, sec. 24, T. 15 S., R. 12 E., Gila and Salt River Base &amp; Meridian, Pima County Arizona.</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD94293FD081B4519B628FAB1E0DF0227"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lot 2 and Lots 45 through 76, sec. 19, T. 15 S., R. 13 E., Gila and Salt River Base &amp; Meridian, Pima County, Arizona.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA147A20778E4A5F8FE626AA38706409"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All subsurface rights, title, and interests (including subsurface mineral interests) held by the State in the following parcels held in trust for the benefit of Tribe:</text> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC37E78210AE048CB96E4893849717500"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lots 1 through 8, sec. 14, T. 15 S., R. 12 E., Gila and Salt River Base &amp; Meridian, Pima County, Arizona.</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA6AD1CF74D140B0909600D53F5E8183"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">NE<fraction>1/4</fraction>SE<fraction>1/4</fraction>, E<fraction>1/2</fraction>NW<fraction>1/4</fraction>SE<fraction>1/4</fraction>, SW<fraction>1/4</fraction>NW<fraction>1/4</fraction>SE<fraction>1/4</fraction>, N<fraction>1/2</fraction>SE<fraction>1/4</fraction>SE<fraction>1/4</fraction>, SE<fraction>1/4</fraction>SE<fraction>1/4</fraction>SE<fraction>1/4</fraction>, sec. 14, T. 15 S., R. 12 E., Gila and Salt River Base &amp; Meridian, Pima County, Arizona.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC0E67C39FCF407DB7338D6DA38B0009"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection (c), as consideration for the acquisition of subsurface mineral interests under subsection (a), the Secretary shall pay to the State an amount equal to the market value of the subsurface mineral interests acquired, as determined by—</text> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF28CDA45E4A4082B8C201B06611E2FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a mineral assessment that is—</text> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58AB4CC1DE7045E9AF54EE725953C89F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">completed by a team of mineral specialists agreed to by the State and the Tribe; and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H351BCF435E4F404997E23F15AA67AD26"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reviewed and accepted as complete and accurate by a certified review mineral examiner of the Bureau of Land Management;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA73197F2965149EA90B32C8E831FDCBC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a negotiation between the State and the Tribe to mutually agree on the price of the subsurface mineral interests; or</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7B746795EF24FE8A47ECFB2EEFE9B10"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the State and the Tribe cannot mutually agree on a price under paragraph (2), an appraisal report that is—</text> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H21A9495843CA42DBAED5A0EC9CDB8879"><enum>(A)</enum> 
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8C0950D1EA4C417483CB98E4C82F544"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">completed by the State in accordance with subsection (d); and</text></clause> 
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H310C511FFA02434A9621BD9C36272F00" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reviewed by the Tribe; and</text></clause></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H394DC629A69C41098137E03B4DFF6F03"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on a request of the Tribe to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, reviewed and accepted as complete and accurate by the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians of the Department of the Interior.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFDEB29C9772D4946AE401448FF675575"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conditions of Acquisition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall acquire subsurface mineral interests under subsection (a) only if—</text> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H740DE8CE32374FA38EB05781628C55BD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the payment to the State required under subsection (b) is accepted by the State in full consideration for the subsurface mineral interests acquired;</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF4B1128823C449D892F3D30514C6545D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the acquisition terminates all right, title, and interest of any party other than the United States in and to the acquired subsurface mineral interests; and</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7FFFDBD85AD4E81A928B0D1E53CBA9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Tribe agrees to fully reimburse the Secretary for costs incurred by the Secretary relating to the acquisition, including payment to the State for the acquisition.</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E7E97B28E2A418CB8369B51015FA804"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Determination of Market Value</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unless the State and the Tribe otherwise agree to the market value of the subsurface mineral interests acquired by the Secretary under this section, the market value of those subsurface mineral interests shall be determined in accordance with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisition, as published by the Appraisal Institute in 2000, in cooperation with the Department of Justice and the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians of the Department of Interior.</text></subsection> 
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1FDEBEE8CCE8417BA186A8133EE56B36"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional Terms and Conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may require such additional terms and conditions with respect to the acquisition of subsurface mineral interests under this section as the Secretary considers to be appropriate to protect the interests of the United States and any valid existing right.</text></subsection></section> 
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H05F8D16E5D064AE5B3E64D1B73473F42" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4.</enum><header>Interests taken into trust</header> 
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40BE642BE49C472092D3E642BDE7C4D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Land Transferred</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsections (b) and (c), notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later than 180 days after the date on which the Tribe makes the payment described in subsection (c), the Secretary shall take into trust for the benefit of the Tribe the subsurface rights, title, and interests, formerly reserved to the United States, to the following parcels:</text> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7715E95C90F045EC87A871A7CEC831F5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">E<fraction>1/2</fraction>NE<fraction>1/4</fraction>, SW<fraction>1/4</fraction>NE<fraction>1/4</fraction>, sec. 14, T. 15 S., R. 12 E., Gila and Salt River Base &amp; Meridian, Pima County, Arizona.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A58EDFCCDFD4B7BBDD3296FE50035B9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">W<fraction>1/2</fraction>SE<fraction>1/4</fraction>, SW<fraction>1/4</fraction>, sec. 24, T. 15 S., R. 12 E., Gila and Salt River Base &amp; Meridian, Pima County, Arizona.</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB76A1CE251F54B4391DDE1B902C94023"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The parcels taken into trust under subsection (a) shall not include—</text> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFFAB1802CC964852990935FDB13E5200"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">NE<fraction>1/4</fraction>SW<fraction>1/4</fraction>, sec. 24, except the southerly 4.19 feet thereof;</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1AB496E0608F43DF0067E2DFC8F009BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">NW<fraction>1/4</fraction>SE<fraction>1/4</fraction>, sec. 24, except the southerly 3.52 feet thereof; or</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6240490ED63C49099162D7054000D370"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">S<fraction>1/2</fraction>SE<fraction>1/4</fraction>, sec. 23, T. 15 S., R. 12 E., Gila and Salt River Base &amp; Meridian, Pima County, Arizona.</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F88BE6DFD764E7681002834618BB26D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consideration and Costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Tribe shall pay to the Secretary only the transaction costs relating to the assessment, review, and transfer of the subsurface rights, title, and interests taken into trust under subsection (a).</text></subsection></section> 
</legis-body> <attestation><attestation-group><attestation-date date="20060912" chamber="House">Passed the House of Representatives September 12, 2006.</attestation-date><attestor display="no">Karen L. Haas</attestor><role>Clerk.</role></attestation-group></attestation>
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