[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3724 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3724

 To direct the Secretary to take land into trust for the Te-moak Tribe 
                 of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            December 8 (legislative day, November 20), 2008

 Mr. Reid (for himself and Mr. Ensign) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary to take land into trust for the Te-moak Tribe 
                 of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada.

    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 ``Elko Indian Colony Expansion Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Te-moak 
        Tribal Land Expansion'', dated September 30, 2008, and on file 
        and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices 
        of the Bureau of Land Management.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of 
        Land Management.
            (3) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Te-moak Tribe of 
        Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada, which is a federally 
        recognized Indian tribe.

SEC. 3. LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR THE TE-MOAK TRIBE OF WESTERN 
              SHOSHONE INDIANS OF NEVADA.

    (a) In General.--Subject to valid existing rights, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the land described 
in subsection (b)--
            (1) shall be held in trust by the United States for the 
        benefit and use of the Tribe; and
            (2) shall be part of the reservation of the Tribe.
    (b) Description of Land.--The land referred to in subsection (a) 
consists of approximately 373 acres of land administered by the Bureau 
of Land Management and identified on the map as ``Lands to be Held in 
Trust''.
    (c) Survey.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall complete a survey of the boundary lines 
to establish the boundaries of the land taken into trust under 
subsection (a).
    (d) Conditions.--
            (1) Gaming.--Land taken into trust under subsection (a) 
        shall not be eligible, or considered to have been taken into 
        trust, for class II gaming or class III gaming (as those terms 
        are defined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 
        (25 U.S.C. 2703)).
            (2) Use of trust land.--With respect to the use of the land 
        taken into trust under subsection (a), the Tribe shall limit 
        the use of the land to--
                    (A) traditional and customary uses;
                    (B) stewardship conservation for the benefit of the 
                Tribe; and
                    (C)(i) residential or recreational development; or
                    (ii) commercial use.
            (3) Thinning; landscape restoration.--With respect to the 
        land taken into trust under subsection (a), the Secretary, in 
        consultation and coordination with the Tribe, may carry out any 
        fuels reduction and other landscape restoration activities on 
        the land that is beneficial to the Tribe and the Bureau of Land 
        Management.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this Act.
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