[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2733 Introduced in House (IH)]
114th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2733
To require the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for
certain Indian tribes, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 11, 2015
Mr. Amodei (for himself and Mr. Hardy) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
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A BILL
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,
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''.
(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 January
12, 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 31,269 acres of land administered by
the Bureau of Land Management as generally depicted on the map
as ``Reservation Expansion Lands''.
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.
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