[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4222 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4222

 To provide for the conveyance of certain land inholdings owned by the 
 United States to the Tucson Unified School District and to the Pascua 
            Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 2012

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the conveyance of certain land inholdings owned by the 
 United States to the Tucson Unified School District and to the Pascua 
            Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, 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. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) District.--The term ``District'' means the Tucson 
        Unified School District, a school district recognized as such 
        under the laws of the State of Arizona.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (3) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Pascua Yaqui Tribe 
        of Arizona, a federally recognized Indian tribe.

SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF INHOLDINGS OWNED THE UNITED STATES AND UNDER THE 
              JURISDICTION OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT TO THE 
              DISTRICT.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that the lands described in 
subsection (c)--
            (1) are directly adjacent to the District's existing 
        Hohokam School;
            (2) are not necessary for the welfare or benefit of the 
        United States;
            (3) are irregularly shaped and not well suited to 
        development or use, other than for recreational use;
            (4) are adjacent to the Black Wash area of Pima County, 
        Arizona, and therefore are subject to seasonal flooding of the 
        Black Wash; and
            (5) would be a valuable addition to the District's Hohokam 
        School Site playground area.
    (b) Conveyance.--The Secretary shall convey the lands described in 
subsection (c) to the District by patent, in fee simple absolute, free 
and clear of the interests of the United States, but subject to any 
existing encumbrances, rights-of-way, or the like in favor of third 
parties.
    (c) Land Description.--The lands to be conveyed under subsection 
(b) are the not more than 13.24 acres Federal lands managed by the 
Secretary through the Bureau of Land Management and described as the `` 
NE \1/4\ of the NW \1/4\ of Section 19, Township 15 South, Range 13 
East, Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian'' in the State of Arizona, 
except therefrom those lands conveyed by the U.S. to the District by 
Patent 02-97-0013 dated August 1, 1997, and recorded in the Office of 
the Pima County, Arizona Recorder on May 8, 2002, as instrument 
20020890089.

SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF INHOLDINGS OWNED BY THE UNITED STATES IN FEE AND 
              UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
              TO THE TRIBE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that the lands described in 
subsection (c) are--
            (1) not more than 10 acres;
            (2) not necessary for the welfare or benefit of the United 
        States; and
            (3) surrounded on all sides by lands not owned in fee by 
        the United States for its own benefit.
    (b) Conveyance.--The Secretary shall convey the lands described in 
subsection (c) to the Tribe by patent, in fee simple absolute, free and 
clear of the interests of the United States, but subject to any 
existing encumbrances, rights-of-way, or the like in favor of third 
parties.
    (c) Land Description.--The lands to be conveyed under subsection 
(b) are those Federal lands described as ``the SW \1/4\ of the SE \1/4\ 
of the SE \1/4\ of Section 14, Township 15 South, Range 12 East, Gila 
and Salt River Base and Meridian'' in the State of Arizona.

SEC. 4. CONVEYANCE OF INHOLDINGS OF LANDS NOW OWNED BY THE DISTRICT, 
              BUT SUBJECT TO A RIGHT OF REVERSION TO THE UNITED STATES 
              AND UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE BUREAU OF LAND 
              MANAGEMENT, TO THE TRIBE IN FEE.

    (a) Conveyance of Parcel 1.--
            (1) Findings.--Congress finds that the lands described in 
        paragraph (3)--
                    (A) are encumbered by a possessory interest of the 
                District, which it acquired under the Recreation and 
                Public Purposes Act of 1926 and a reversionary interest 
                of the United States;
                    (B) are not necessary for the welfare or benefit of 
                the United States;
                    (C) are surrounded on all sides by lands not owned 
                in fee by the United States for its own benefit; and
                    (D) have no current access to a public road.
            (2) Conveyance.--The Secretary shall, immediately upon 
        receipt from the District of an abandonment of its possessory 
        interest in the lands described in paragraph (3), accept title 
        to said lands as is without condition, and thereafter 
        immediately convey such lands to the Tribe as is by patent, in 
        fee simple absolute, fee and clear of the interests of the 
        United States, but subject to any existing encumbrances, 
        rights-of-way, or the like in favor of third parties.
            (3) Land description.--The lands to be conveyed under 
        paragraph (2) are the not more than 10 acres described as ``the 
        NW \1/4\ of the NW \1/4\ of the SE \1/4\ of Section 14, 
        Township 15 South, Range 12 East, Gila and Salt River Base and 
        Meridian'' in the State of Arizona.
    (b) Conveyance of Parcel 2.--
            (1) Findings.--Congress finds that the lands described in 
        paragraph (3) are--
                    (A) encumbered by a possessory interest of the 
                District, which it acquired under the Recreation and 
                Public Purposes Act of 1926 and a reversionary interest 
                of the United States;
                    (B) not necessary for the benefit or welfare of the 
                United States;
                    (C) bisected by the Black Wash, which covers \1/3\ 
                to \1/2\ of said lands;
                    (D) located wholly within the 100-year flood plain; 
                and
                    (E) subject to seasonal flooding of the Black Wash.
            (2) Conveyance.--The Secretary shall, immediately upon 
        receipt from the District of an abandonment of its possessory 
        interest in the lands described in paragraph (3), accept title 
        to said lands as is without condition, and thereafter 
        immediately convey such lands to the Tribe as is by patent in 
        fee simple absolute, free and clear of the interests of the 
        United States, but subject to any existing encumbrances, 
        rights-of-way, or the like in favor of third parties.
            (3) Land description.--The lands to be conveyed under 
        paragraph (2) are the not more than 40 acres described as 
        ``Government Lot 1 of Section 19, Township 15 South, Range 13 
        East, Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian'' in the State of 
        Arizona, except therefrom the Westerly 75 feet thereof, and 
        also except therefrom the Southerly 50 feet thereof.
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