[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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