[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3709 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3709

To authorize inter-tribal transfers of authority in leases between the 
 Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay and the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 1, 2007

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize inter-tribal transfers of authority in leases between the 
 Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay and the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay, 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. LEASES BETWEEN THE EWIIAAPAAYP AND VIEJAS BANDS.

    The Act of August 9, 1955 (25 U.S.C. 415) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Viejas 
Band of Kumeyaay Indians of Alpine, California, may lease to the 
Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay of Alpine, California, any portion of land 
held in trust by the United States for the Viejas Band within the 
boundaries of the Viejas Reservation.
    ``(2) A lease entered into under paragraph (1) shall be--
            ``(A) made under terms and conditions established by the 
        lessor and lessee in their sole discretion;
            ``(B) considered to be a lawful and enforceable lease 
        without any further Federal approval; and
            ``(C) deemed in vest in the lessee Ewiiaapaayp Band the 
        sole proprietary interest and responsibility for all activities 
        conducted by the lessee Ewiiaapaayp Band on the leased land.
    ``(3) Land leased pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be considered 
Indian land--
            ``(A) of the lessee Ewiiaapaayp Band;
            ``(B) within the jurisdiction of the lessee Ewiiaapaayp 
        Band; and
            ``(C) over which the lessee Ewiiaapaayp Band has and 
        exercises governmental power.''.
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