[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 57 (Thursday, April 14, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2105-S2106]
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                     NEVADA NATIVE NATIONS LAND ACT

  Mr. SULLIVAN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 377, S. 
1436
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1436) to require the Secretary of the Interior 
     to take land into trust for certain Indian tribes, and for 
     other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs, with an 
amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu 
thereof the following:

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     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.

  Mr. SULLIVAN. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported 
amendment be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and 
passed, and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid 
upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute was 
agreed to.
  The bill (S. 1436), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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