[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2009 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2009

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 23, 2015

 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.

    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 ``Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance 
Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) District.--The term ``District'' means the Tucson 
        Unified School District No. 1, a school district recognized as 
        such under the laws of the State of Arizona.
            (2) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map titled ``PYT Land 
        Department/2015/BLM Congressional Bill''.
            (3) Recreation and public purposes act.--The term 
        ``Recreation and Public Purposes Act'' means the Act of June 
        14, 1926 (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.).
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (5) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Pascua Yaqui Tribe 
        of Arizona, a federally recognized Indian tribe.

SEC. 3. LANDS TO BE CONVEYED OR HELD IN TRUST.

    (a) Parcel A.--In the event that the District conveys all of its 
existing right, title, and interest in and to the approximately 39.65 
acres of land depicted on the Map as Parcel A, to which the United 
States holds a reversionary interest under the Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act, to the United States, Parcel A shall be accepted by the 
United States and held in trust by the United States for the benefit of 
the Tribe as part of the Pascua Yaqui Tribal Reservation.
    (b) Parcel B.--Subject to subsection (a) and valid and existing 
rights, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
the approximately 13.24 acres of Federal lands generally depicted on 
the Map as Parcel B shall be conveyed to the District by patent without 
reservation of rights by the United States.
    (c) Parcel C.--Subject to valid and existing rights, the United 
States hereby waives and gives up, all reversionary interest otherwise 
retained under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act in and to the 
approximately 27.50 acres of the land generally depicted on the Map as 
Parcel C and said lands shall thereafter be deemed held by the District 
free and clear of any claims of the United States.
    (d) Effective Date.--Subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on 
the day after the District conveys all right, title, and interest of 
the District in and to the approximately 39.65 acres of land depicted 
on the Map as Parcel A to the United States.

SEC. 4. GAMING PROHIBITION.

    The Tribe may not conduct gaming activities on lands taken into 
trust pursuant to this Act, either as a matter of claimed inherent 
authority, under the authority of any Federal law, including the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), or under regulations 
promulgated by the Secretary or the National Indian Gaming Commission.

SEC. 5. WATER RIGHTS.

    (a) In General.--There shall be no Federal reserved right to 
surface water or groundwater for any land taken into trust by the 
United States for the benefit of the Tribe under this Act.
    (b) State Water Rights.--The Tribe retains any right or claim to 
water under State law for any land taken into trust by the United 
States for the benefit of the Tribe under this Act.
    (c) Forfeiture or Abandonment.--Any water rights that are 
appurtenant to land taken into trust by the United States for the 
benefit of the Tribe under this Act may not be forfeited or abandoned.
    (d) Administration.--Nothing in this Act affects or modifies any 
right of the Tribe or any obligation of the United States under Public 
Law 95-375 (25 U.S.C. 1300f et seq.).
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