[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 28 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 28

To transfer certain land in Riverside County, California, and San Diego 
 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

                            January 4, 2007

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To transfer certain land in Riverside County, California, and San Diego 
 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 2007''.

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

    (a) Transfer and Administration.--
            (1) Transfer.--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. Such transfer shall not include the 
        12.82 acres of lands more or less, including the facilities, 
        improvements, and appurtenances associated with the existing 
        230 kV transmission line in San Diego County and its 300 foot 
        corridor, which shall be sold by the Bureau of Land Management 
        for fair market value to the San Diego Gas & Electric Company 
        not later than 30 days after the completion of the cadastral 
        survey described in subsection (c).
            (2) Administration.--The land transferred under paragraph 
        (1) shall be part of the Pechanga Indian Reservation and 
        administered in accordance with--
                    (A) the laws and regulations generally applicable 
                to property held in trust by the United States for an 
                Indian tribe; and
                    (B) a memorandum of understanding entered into 
                between the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians 
                and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
    (b) Description of Land.--The lands referred to in subsection (a) 
consist of approximately 1190.79 acres in Riverside County, California, 
and San Diego County, California, as referenced on the map titled, 
``H.R. 3507, Pechanga Land Transfer Act'' and dated April 22, 2006, 
which, before the transfer under such subsection, were administered by 
the Bureau of Land Management and are more particularly described as 
follows:
            (1) Sections 24, 29, 31, 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.--Not later than 180 days 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 and to 
be sold 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.
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