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[S. 1436 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 377
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1436

                          [Report No. 114-216]

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 21, 2015

 Mr. Reid (for himself and Mr. Heller) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

                           February 29, 2016

              Reported by Mr. Barrasso, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Nevada Native Nations Land 
Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    In this Act, the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
the Interior.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR CERTAIN 
              INDIAN TRIBES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Conveyance of Land To Be Held in Trust for the Fort 
McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) is held in trust by the United States 
                for the benefit of the Fort McDermitt Paiute and 
                Shoshone Tribe; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) shall be part of the reservation of 
                the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Conveyance of Land To Be Held in Trust for the 
Shoshone Paiute Tribes.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) is held in trust by the United States 
                for the benefit of the Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the 
                Duck Valley Indian Reservation; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) shall be part of the reservation of 
                the Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian 
                Reservation.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Conveyance of Land To Be Held in Trust for the Summit 
Lake Paiute Tribe.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) is held in trust by the United States 
                for the benefit of the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) shall be part of the reservation of 
                the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Conveyance of Land To Be Held in Trust for the Reno-
Sparks Indian Colony.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) is held in trust by the United States 
                for the benefit of the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) shall be part of the reservation of 
                the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Conveyance of Land To Be Held in Trust for the Pyramid 
Lake Paiute Tribe.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) is held in trust by the United States 
                for the benefit of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) shall be part of the reservation of 
                the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Conveyance of Land To Be Held in Trust for the 
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) is held in trust by the United States 
                for the benefit of the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) shall be part of the reservation of 
                the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Use of Trust Land.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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)).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>

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.
                                                       Calendar No. 377

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1436

                          [Report No. 114-216]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To require the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for 
             certain Indian tribes, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           February 29, 2016

                       Reported with an amendment