[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2733 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.2733
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen
An Act
To require the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for
certain Indian tribes, 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 ``Nevada Native Nations Land Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.
In this Act, the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the
Interior.
SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR CERTAIN INDIAN
TRIBES.
(a) Conveyance of Land To Be Held in Trust for the Fort McDermitt
Paiute and Shoshone Tribe.--
(1) Definition of map.--In this subsection, the term ``map''
means the map entitled ``Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation
Expansion Act'', dated February 21, 2013, and on file and available
for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of
Land Management.
(2) Conveyance of land.--Subject to valid existing rights, all
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the land
described in paragraph (3)--
(A) is held in trust by the United States for the benefit
of the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe; and
(B) shall be part of the reservation of the Fort McDermitt
Paiute and Shoshone Tribe.
(3) Description of land.--The land referred to in paragraph (2)
is the approximately 19,094 acres of land administered by the
Bureau of Land Management as generally depicted on the map as
``Reservation Expansion Lands''.
(b) Conveyance of Land To Be Held in Trust for the Shoshone Paiute
Tribes.--
(1) Definition of map.--In this subsection, the term ``map''
means the map entitled ``Mountain City Administrative Site Proposed
Acquisition'', dated July 29, 2013, and on file and available for
public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Forest Service.
(2) Conveyance of land.--Subject to valid existing rights and
paragraph (4), all right, title, and interest of the United States
in and to the land described in paragraph (3)--
(A) is held in trust by the United States for the benefit
of the Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian
Reservation; and
(B) shall be part of the reservation of the Shoshone Paiute
Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation.
(3) Description of land.--The land referred to in paragraph (2)
is the approximately 82 acres of land administered by the Forest
Service as generally depicted on the map as ``Proposed Acquisition
Site''.
(4) Condition on conveyance.--The conveyance under paragraph
(2) shall be subject to the reservation of an easement on the
conveyed land for a road to provide access to adjacent National
Forest System land for use by the Forest Service for administrative
purposes.
(5) Facilities and improvements.--The Secretary of Agriculture
(acting through the Chief of the Forest Service) shall convey to
the Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation
any existing facilities or improvements to the land described in
paragraph (3).
(c) Conveyance of Land To Be Held in Trust for the Summit Lake
Paiute Tribe.--
(1) Definition of map.--In this section, the term ``map'' means
the map entitled ``Summit Lake Indian Reservation Conveyance'',
dated February 28, 2013, and on file and available for public
inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land
Management.
(2) Conveyance of land.--Subject to valid existing rights, all
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the land
described in paragraph (3)--
(A) is held in trust by the United States for the benefit
of the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe; and
(B) shall be part of the reservation of the Summit Lake
Paiute Tribe.
(3) Description of land.--The land referred to in paragraph (2)
is the approximately 941 acres of land administered by the Bureau
of Land Management as generally depicted on the map as
``Reservation Conveyance Lands''.
(d) Conveyance of Land To Be Held in Trust for the Reno-Sparks
Indian Colony.--
(1) Definition of map.--In this subsection, the term ``map''
means the map entitled ``Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Expansion'',
dated June 11, 2014, and on file and available for public
inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land
Management.
(2) Conveyance of land.--Subject to valid existing rights, all
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the land
described in paragraph (3)--
(A) is held in trust by the United States for the benefit
of the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony; and
(B) shall be part of the reservation of the Reno-Sparks
Indian Colony.
(3) Description of land.--The land referred to in paragraph (2)
is the approximately 13,434 acres of land administered by the
Bureau of Land Management as generally depicted on the map as
``RSIC Amended Boundary''.
(e) Conveyance of Land To Be Held in Trust for the Pyramid Lake
Paiute Tribe.--
(1) Map.--In this subsection, the term ``map'' means the map
entitled ``Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation Expansion'', dated April
13, 2015, and on file and available for public inspection in the
appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.
(2) Conveyance of land.--Subject to valid existing rights, all
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the land
described in paragraph (3)--
(A) is held in trust by the United States for the benefit
of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe; and
(B) shall be part of the reservation of the Pyramid Lake
Paiute Tribe.
(3) Description of land.--The land referred to in paragraph (2)
is the approximately 6,357 acres of land administered by the Bureau
of Land Management as generally depicted on the map as
``Reservation Expansion Lands''.
(f) Conveyance of Land To Be Held in Trust for the Duckwater
Shoshone Tribe.--
(1) Map.--In this subsection, the term ``map'' means the map
entitled ``Duckwater Reservation Expansion'', dated October 15,
2015, and on file and available for public inspection in the
appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.
(2) Conveyance of land.--Subject to valid existing rights, all
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the land
described in paragraph (3)--
(A) is held in trust by the United States for the benefit
of the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe; and
(B) shall be part of the reservation of the Duckwater
Shoshone Tribe.
(3) Description of land.--The land referred to in paragraph (2)
is the approximately 31,229 acres of land administered by the
Bureau of Land Management as generally depicted on the map as
``Reservation Expansion Lands''.
(g) Revocation of Public Land Orders.--Any public land order that
withdraws any portion of land conveyed to an Indian tribe under this
section shall be revoked to the extent necessary to permit the
conveyance of the land.
SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION.
(a) 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 for each
Indian tribe under section 3.
(b) Use of Trust Land.--
(1) Gaming.--Land taken into trust under section 3 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) Thinning; landscape restoration.--With respect to the land
taken into trust under section 3, the Secretary, in consultation
and coordination with the applicable Indian tribe, may carry out
any fuel reduction and other landscape restoration activities,
including restoration of sage grouse habitat, on the land that is
beneficial to the Indian tribe and the Bureau of Land Management.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.