[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 157 (Monday, September 29, 2008)]
[House]
[Pages H10609-H10610]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   PECHANGA BAND OF LUISENO MISSION INDIANS LAND TRANSFER ACT OF 2007

  Mr. RAHALL. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 2963) to transfer certain land in 
Riverside County, California, and San Diego County, California, from 
the Bureau of Land Management to the United States to be held in trust 
for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, and for other 
purposes, with Senate amendments thereto, and concur in the Senate 
amendments.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The Clerk read the Senate amendments, as follows:
  Senate amendments:
       On page 3, line 12, strike ``and the United States Fish and 
     Wildlife Service,'' and insert ``the Bureau of Land 
     Management, and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
     on November 11, 2005, which shall remain in effect until the 
     date on which the Western Riverside County Multiple Species 
     Habitat Conservation Plan expires.
       ``(3) Notification.--At least 45 days before terminating 
     the memorandum of understanding entered into under paragraph 
     (2)(B), the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, the 
     Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or 
     the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, as applicable, 
     shall submit notice of the termination to--
       ``(A) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
     Representatives;
       ``(B) the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate;
       ``(C) the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs; and
       ``(D) the members of Congress representing the area subject 
     to the memorandum of understanding.
       ``(4) Termination or violation of the memorandum of 
     understanding.--The Director of the Bureau of Land Management 
     and the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians shall submit 
     to Congress notice of the termination or a violation of the 
     memorandum of understanding entered into under paragraph 
     (2)(B) unless the purpose for the termination or violation is 
     the expiration or

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     cancellation of the Western Riverside County Multiple Species 
     Habitat Conservation Plan.''
       On page 3, line 18, strike ``January 12'' and insert ``May 
     2, 2007''.
       On page 7, line 11, after ``only'' insert: ``as open space 
     and''.
       On page 7, after line 16, insert:
       ``(3) Development prohibited.--
       ``(A) In general.--There shall be no development of 
     infrastructure or buildings on the land transferred under 
     subsection (a).
       ``(B) Open space.--The land transferred under subsection 
     (a) shall be--
       ``(i) maintained as open space; and
       ``(ii) used only for--

       ``(I) purposes consistent with the maintenance of the land 
     as open space; and
       ``(II) the protection, preservation, and maintenance of the 
     archaeological, cultural, and wildlife resources on the land 
     transferred.

       ``(C) Effect.--Nothing in this paragraph prohibits the 
     construction or maintenance of utilities or structures that 
     are--
       ``(i) consistent with the maintenance of the land 
     transferred under subsection (a) as open space; and
       ``(ii) constructed for the protection, preservation, and 
     maintenance of the archaeological, cultural, and wildlife 
     resources on the land transferred.
       ``(4) Gaming prohibited.--The Pechanga Band of Luiseno 
     Mission Indians may not conduct, on any land acquired by the 
     Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians pursuant to this 
     Act, gaming activities or activities conducted in conjunction 
     with the operation of a casino--
       ``(A) as a matter of claimed inherent authority; or
       ``(B) under any Federal law (including the Indian Gaming 
     Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) (including any 
     regulations promulgated by the Secretary or the National 
     Indian Gaming Commission under that Act)).''

  Mr. RAHALL (during the reading). Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent that the reading be dispensed with.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from West Virginia?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the original request 
of the gentleman from West Virginia?
  There was no objection.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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