[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3570 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3570

 To take certain property in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, into trust for 
  the benefit of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2007

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To take certain property in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, into trust for 
  the benefit of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, 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 ``Fountainhead Property Land Transfer 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LAND; LAND INTO TRUST.

    (a) In General.--Administrative jurisdiction of the Property is 
hereby transferred to the Secretary of the Interior. Upon receipt of 
consideration and costs required under subsection (d) and satisfaction 
of all terms specified by the Secretary under subsection (e), the 
Secretary shall take the Property into trust for the benefit of the 
Tribe.
    (b) Description.--The Property is the approximately 18 acres of 
Federal land located in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, within the boundary 
of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and located in Northwest Quarter of 
Section 3, Township 10 North, Range 16 East, McIntosh County, Oklahoma, 
at Lake Eufaula.
    (c) Survey.--The exact acreage and legal description of the 
Property shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. 
The cost of the survey shall be paid by the Tribe.
    (d) Consideration; Costs.--The Tribe shall pay to the Secretary 
fair market value of the Property, as determined by the Secretary. All 
costs and administrative expenses associated with the transfer of 
administrative jurisdiction of the Property and taking the Property 
into trust pursuant to subsection (a), including costs of any 
environmental remediation, shall be paid by the Tribe.
    (e) Other Terms and Conditions.--The transfer of administrative 
jurisdiction of the Property and taking the Property into trust shall 
be subject to such other terms and conditions as the Secretary 
considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States, 
including reservation of flowage easements consistent with the 
Acquisition Guide Line for Flowage Easement for the Lake Eufaula 
project and other applicable policies for that project.
    (f) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
            (1) Property.--The term ``Property'' means the Federal land 
        described in subsection (b).
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (3) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Muscogee (Creek) 
        Nation.
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