[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 126 (Wednesday, August 5, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6390-S6391]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. REID:
  S. 1986. A bill to provide for a land conveyance in the State of 
Nevada; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

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  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the 
bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 1986

       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 ``Moapa Band of Paiutes Land 
     Conveyance Act''.

     SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act:
       (1) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Moapa 
     River Reservation Expansion'', dated August 5, 2015, and on 
     file and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
     offices of the Bureau of Land Management.
       (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (3) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Moapa Band of 
     Paiutes.

     SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR THE MOAPA 
                   BAND OF PAIUTES.

       (a) In General.--Subject to valid existing rights, all 
     right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the 
     land described in subsection (b) shall be--
       (1) held in trust by the United States for the benefit of 
     the Tribe; and
       (2) part of the reservation of the Tribe.
       (b) Description of Land.--The land referred to in 
     subsection (a) is the approximately 25,977 acres of land 
     administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau 
     of Reclamation as generally depicted on the map as 
     ``Reservation Expansion Land''.
       (c) 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 under subsection (a).
       (d) Gaming.--Land taken into trust under this section 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)).

     SEC. 4. TRIBAL FEE LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST.

       (a) In General.--All right, title, and interest of the 
     Tribe in and to the land described in subsection (b) shall 
     be--
       (1) held in trust by the United States for the benefit of 
     the Tribe; and
       (2) part of the reservation of the Tribe.
       (b) Description of the Land.--The land referred to in 
     subsection (a) is the approximately 88 acres of land held in 
     fee by the Tribe as generally depicted on the map as ``Fee 
     Into Trust Lands''.
       (c) 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 under subsection (a).
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