[House Report 115-817]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
115th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session } { 115-817
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GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY FEDERAL RIGHTS-OF-WAY, EASEMENTS AND
BOUNDARY CLARIFICATION ACT
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July 13, 2018.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Bishop of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 4032]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 4032) to confirm undocumented Federal rights-of-
way or easements on the Gila River Indian Reservation, clarify
the northern boundary of the Gila River Indian Community's
Reservation, to take certain land located in Maricopa County
and Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the
Gila River Indian Community, and for other purposes, having
considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment
and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Gila River Indian Community Federal
Rights-of-Way, Easements and Boundary Clarification Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are to--
(1) establish, ratify, document, and confirm the Federal
electrical, irrigation, and road rights-of-way and easements
that exist within the exterior boundaries of the Reservation as
of the date of the enactment of this Act;
(2) establish a fixed location of the northern boundary of
the Reservation and to provide for the Secretary of the
Interior to ensure that the northern boundary is resurveyed and
marked in conformance with the public system of surveys;
(3) authorize and direct the Secretary to place certain lands
into trust for the benefit of the Community;
(4) substitute the benefits provided under this Act to the
Community, its members and allottees for any claims that the
Community, its members and allottees may have had in connection
with alleged failures relating to the northern boundary of the
Reservation and the documentation and management of Federal
rights-of-way on the Reservation; and
(5) authorize the funds necessary for the United States to
meet the obligations under this Act.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Allottee.--The term ``allottee'' means a person who holds
a beneficial real property interest in an Indian allotment that
is--
(A) located within the exterior boundaries of the
Reservation; and
(B) held in trust by the United States.
(2) Community.--The term ``Community'' means the Gila River
Indian Community, a government composed of members of the Pima
Tribe and the Maricopa Tribe and organized under section 16 of
the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5123).
(3) Disputed area.--The term ``Disputed Area'' means the land
north of the Harrington Survey line and south of the middle of
the Salt River (as it currently flows).
(4) Executive order.--The term ``Executive Order'' means the
Executive order executed by President R.B. Hayes on June 14,
1879.
(5) Federal and tribal facilities.--The term ``Federal and
Tribal Facilities'' means any and all structures, improvements,
and appurtenances associated with roadways, canals, power
lines, and other projects constructed for the benefit of the
Community and its members. Thus, ``Federal and Tribal
Facilities'' refers to--
(A) Indian Reservation Road (IRR) transportation
facilities, including public roads, bridges, drainage
structures, culverts, ferry routes, marine terminals,
transit facilities, boardwalks, pedestrian paths,
trails, and their appurtenances, and other
transportation facilities, as designated by the
Community and the Secretary and defined in section
170.5 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations;
(B) Federal irrigation facilities included in the San
Carlos Irrigation Project, the irrigation project
authorized under the Act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat.
475), including all structures and appurtenant works
within the San Carlos Irrigation Project for the
delivery, diversion, and storage of irrigation water,
as defined in section 171.100 of title 25, Code of
Federal Regulations; and
(C) Federal electric distribution facilities included
in the San Carlos Irrigation Project--Electric
Services, including all structures and appurtenant
works for the delivery of electric power on the
Reservation that are part of that project.
(6) Lower sonoran lands.--The term ``Lower Sonoran Lands''
means the approximately 3,400 acres of land--
(A) owned by the United States and administered by
the Secretary through the Bureau of Land Management
that have been identified and designated for disposal
by the Bureau of Land Management under the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et
seq.) in the Lower Sonoran Resource Management Plan
(September 2012);
(B) located in Sections 1, 2, 3, 11, and 12, Township
2 South, Range 1 West, contiguous to the northwest
boundary of the Community's existing Reservation; and
portions of Sections 16 and 17, Township 5 South, Range
5 East, contiguous to the southern boundary of the
Community's existing Reservation; and
(C) that the Community shall acquire pursuant to the
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
(7) Harrington survey.--The term ``Harrington Survey'' means
the Dependent Resurvey of a Portion of Township 1 North, Range
1 East, Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona, Gila River
Indian Reservation, conducted by Guy P. Harrington, as shown on
the plat and described in the field notes at Book 3384,
approved September 2, 1920, and officially filed on November 3,
1920, on file with the Bureau of Land Management.
(8) Reservation.--The term ``Reservation'' means the land
located within the exterior boundaries of the reservation
created under sections 3 and 4 of the Act of February 28, 1859
(11 Stat. 401, chapter LXVI), and Executive orders of August
31, 1876, June 14, 1879, May 5, 1882, November 15, 1883, July
31, 1911, June 2, 1913, August 27, 1914, and July 19, 1915, and
any other lands placed in trust for the benefit of the
Community.
(9) Row, easements, and federal and tribal facilities map.--
The term ``ROW, Easements, and Federal and Tribal Facilities
Map'' means the map depicting the Federal rights-of-way,
easements, and Federal and Tribal facilities that exist within
the exterior boundaries of the Reservation on the date of
enactment of this Act, which map is submitted to Congress as
part of the Congressional record accompanying this Act.
(10) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
SEC. 4. LAND INTO TRUST FOR BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall take the Lower Sonoran Lands
into trust for the benefit of the Community, after the Community--
(1) conveys to the Secretary all right, title, and interest
of the Community in and to the Lower Sonoran Lands;
(2) submits to the Secretary a request to take the Lower
Sonoran Lands into trust for the benefit of the Community;
(3) conducts a survey (to the satisfaction of the Secretary)
to determine the exact acreage and legal description of the
Lower Sonoran Lands, if the Secretary determines a survey is
necessary; and
(4) pays all costs of any survey conducted under paragraph
(3).
(b) Availability of Lower Sonoran Lands Map.--Not later than 180 days
after the Lower Sonoran Lands are taken into trust under subsection
(a), the map shall be on file and available for public inspection in
the appropriate offices of the Secretary.
(c) Lands Taken Into Trust as Part of Reservation.--After the date on
which the Lower Sonoran Lands are taken into trust under subsection
(a), those lands shall be treated as part of the Reservation.
(d) Gaming.--Class II and class III gaming under the Indian Gaming
Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) shall not be allowed at any
time on the land taken into trust under subsection (a).
(e) Description.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall cause the full metes-and-bounds
description of the Lower Sonoran Lands to be published in the Federal
Register. The description shall, on publication, constitute the
official description of the Lower Sonoran Lands.
SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF FIXED NORTHERN BOUNDARY.
(a) In General.--The Northern boundary of the Reservation created by
the Executive Order is hereby modified in accordance with this section
and shall be fixed, permanent, and not ambulatory.
(b) Modification of North Boundary.--That portion of the Reservation
boundary created by the Executive Order as along the middle of the Salt
River shall be modified to be a fixed and permanent boundary as
established by the Harrington Survey of the north boundary of the
Reservation, as shown on the plat and described in the field notes.
(c) Resurvey and Marking.--Subject to available appropriations, the
Secretary shall ensure that the modified Reservation boundary as
described in subsection (b) is surveyed and clearly marked in
conformance with the public system of surveys.
(d) Effect.--The Reservation boundary as modified and resurveyed by
subsections (b) and (c) shall become the north boundary of the
Reservation in all respects and upon all the same terms as if such
lands had been included in the Executive Order. No other portion of the
Reservation boundary shall be affected by this Act except as
specifically set forth in this Act.
(e) Publication.--The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register
this modification and the resurvey of the Community's reservation
boundary, as set forth in subsections (b) and (c), which shall
constitute the fixed northern boundary of the Reservation.
SEC. 6. SATISFACTION AND SUBSTITUTION OF CLAIMS.
(a) Intent of Congress.--It is the intent of Congress to provide to
the Community, its members, and allottees benefits that are equivalent
to or exceed the claims the Community, its members, and allottees may
possess as of the date of the enactment of this Act, taking into
consideration--
(1) the potential risks, cost, and time delay associated with
litigation;
(2) the cultural and historic significance of the Lower
Sonoran Lands to the Community, its members, and allottees;
(3) the benefit to the Community, its members, and allottees
associated with having a fixed northern boundary of the
Reservation;
(4) the benefits that will accrue to the Community, its
members, and allottees resulting from the legal confirmation of
Federal electrical, irrigation, and road rights-of-way as
provided under this Act; and
(5) the availability of appropriations under this Act.
(b) In General.--The benefits realized by the Community, its members,
and allottees under this Act shall be in complete replacement of and
substitution for, and full satisfaction of all claims that the
Community, its members, and allottees may have had against the United
States--
(1) relating to the United States alleged failure to legally
establish and document Federal rights-of-way on the Reservation
through the date of enactment of this Act; and
(2) for the United States alleged failure to establish,
maintain and defend the Community's northern boundary of the
Reservation through the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Effective Date.--This section shall become effective on the later
of the date on which the Secretary--
(1) publishes in the Federal Register the notice required
under section 4(e);
(2) publishes in the Federal Register the notice required
under section 5(e); and
(3) completes the surveys for the Federal rights-of-way
required under this Act.
SEC. 7. FEDERAL RIGHTS-OF-WAY.
(a) Established, Ratified, and Confirmed.--All of the rights-of-way
depicted in the ROW, Easements, and Federal and Tribal Facilities Map
accompanying this Act are hereby established, ratified, and confirmed.
The specific position and dimensions of such rights-of-way are to be
determined following a survey conducted in accordance with section 8.
(b) Recordation.--All of the rights-of-way established, ratified, and
confirmed in subsection (a) shall be recorded with the Land Titles and
Records Office following each survey conducted in accordance with
section 8.
(c) Grantee or Applicant.--The Federal Government shall be considered
the grantee or applicant for any and all rights-of-way established
pursuant to this Act.
(d) Cancellation.--Any rights-of-way established by this Act may be
cancelled pursuant to sections 404-409 of title 25, Federal Code of
Regulations, or upon written request by the Community to the Secretary
to remove the rights-of-way from the ROW, Easements, and Federal and
Tribal Facilities Map subject to otherwise applicable law regarding
rights-of-way on the Reservation. Any request for cancellation action
by the Community shall be formally documented by tribal resolution.
(e) Other Interests in Land.--Notwithstanding any law, the granting
of any rights-of-way or easement other than those depicted in the ROW,
Easements, and Federal and Tribal Facilities Map accompanying this Act,
or any future additions, expansions or modifications of any of the
rights-of-way or easement established, ratified, and confirmed in
subsection (a), may only be done in accordance with all applicable laws
and regulations. All other rights-of-ways or easements on the
Reservation shall be valid only to the extent that they have been
established in accordance with applicable Federal statute and
regulation specifically governing rights-of-ways or easements on Indian
lands.
SEC. 8. SURVEY.
(a) Completion and Publication.--Not later than 6 years after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall
undertake and complete a survey of each of the Federal rights-of-way
established under this Act. A retroactive grant of easement shall be
required upon completion of each survey of each of the Federal rights-
of-way established under this Act. The Bureau of Indian Affairs shall
cause the surveys undertaken pursuant to this Act to be published in
the Federal Register.
(b) Contract.--The Bureau of Indian Affairs is authorized, subject to
appropriations, to contract for the survey of all Federal rights-of-way
established pursuant to this Act to the Community or a third party.
(c) Deletions.--Upon completion of the surveys authorized and
undertaken pursuant to subsection (a), the Community and the Bureau of
Indian Affairs may determine that anomalies exist with respect to
certain Federal rights-of-way such that deletion of such Federal right-
of-way from the ROW, Easements, and Federal and Tribal Facilities Map
is appropriate and such Federal right-of-way may be removed from the
ROW, Easements, and Federal Tribal Facilities Map.
SEC. 9. HUNT HIGHWAY.
Nothing in this Act shall establish, terminate, or otherwise impact
any right-of-way or easement associated with Hunt Highway in Pinal
County, Arizona, including the portion of Hunt Highway that traverses
the Reservation.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 4032 is to confirm undocumented federal
rights-of-way or easements on the Gila River Indian
Reservation, clarify the northern boundary of the Gila River
Indian Community's Reservation, and to take certain land
located in Maricopa County and Pinal County, Arizona, into
trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian Community.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Gila River Indian reservation was established on
February 28, 1859, for the Pima and Maricopa Tribes which
confederated into what is known today as the Gila River Indian
Community.\1\ The reservation was later expanded by several
executive orders between 1876 and 1915 in Maricopa and Pinal
counties, Arizona. President Rutherford B. Hayes signed one of
these Executive Orders on June 14, 1879, which established the
northwesterly corner and expanded the northern boundary of the
Tribe's reservation to the middle of the Salt River.\2\
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\1\11 Stat. 401, Chap. 66.
\2\President R. Hayes. Executive Order. June 14, 1879.
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According to the Tribe, the new northwestern boundary was
not immediately surveyed after President Hayes's Executive
Order was issued. In 1895, the northern boundary of the
reservation was surveyed, but it was rejected because the
northern boundary of the reservation had been marked at the
left bank of the Salt River, rather than the ``middle of the .
. . Salt River'' as called for in the Executive Order.\3\
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\3\Letter 529901 ``E''. U.S. Surveyor General, General Land Office,
U.S. Department of the Interior. July 29, 1919.
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Between 1910 and 1920 there were attempts to properly
survey the boundary but these efforts were complicated by the
disposal of land immediately adjacent to the reservation. In
its 1919 letter, the General Land Office explained that the
encroachment upon the Tribe's land resulted from the failure to
timely survey the reservation's boundaries in the wake of the
Executive Order.\4\
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\4\Id.
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Due to the delayed survey and surveying errors, the final
survey inaccurately established the mid-point of the Salt River
and failed to consider the northerly accretion of the River.
Thus, the Tribe believed that because of surveying errors and
the further northward movement of the Salt River since that
time, the Tribe lost land on the northern portion of its
reservation due to accretion. As a result, an inaccurate
northern boundary of the reservation was relied upon.
In 2006, the Tribe brought a complaint against the United
States seeking an accounting and reconciliation of its trust
fund accounts and non-monetary trust assets or resources.
Furthermore, the Tribe asserted claims for monetary damages
relating to the United States' mismanagement of the Tribe's
trust funds and non-monetary trust assets or resources. The
claims included breach of trust claims against the United
States for failing to document rights-of-way across the
reservation, collect rent, and account for the Tribe's and
allottees' trust assets. Additionally, the claims included a
breach of the United States' fiduciary duty for its failure to
accurately survey the reservation's northwesterly boundary,
resulting in illegal patenting of lands to non-Indians
(commonly referred to as the ``Tres Rios boundary dispute'').
The Obama Administration chose to enter into a settlement
with the Tribe.\5\ As part of the settlement negotiations the
Tribe agreed to waive its claims related to the Tres Rios
boundary dispute in exchange for the Obama Administration
agreeing to have the United States pay $12.5 million to the
Tribe and transferring approximately 3,400 acres of Bureau of
Land Management land (Lower Sonoran Lands) to the Tribe.\6\ The
Tribe and the United States filed the fully executed Joint
Stipulation of Settlement with the D.C. District Court on June
22, 2016. On March 20, 2017, the Tribe and the United States
filed a joint stipulation to dismiss the Gila River trust case
with prejudice.
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\5\Gila River Indian Community v. Jewell (Filed as v. Kempthorne),
Case No. 1:06-CV-02249-TFH (Dec. 20, 2006).
\6\The Bureau of Land Management lands are contiguous to the
reservation and include a number of highly significant cultural
resources and cultural sites throughout the tracts that are of
considerable cultural significance to the Community.
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Legislation is needed by the Tribe to obtain the full
benefits under the Joint Stipulation of Settlement, including:
establishment of a map of the rights-of-ways on the
reservation; establishment of the northwest boundary of the
reservation to settle the Tres Rios boundary dispute by the
Tribe relinquishing land that is currently part of the
reservation to avoid a title dispute with the City of Phoenix
and private land owners; a mandatory trust acquisition, which
waives application of the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969,\7\ of 3,400 acres of federal land for the Tribe as part
of the Tres Rios boundary dispute settlement; and surveys for
the federal rights-of-ways on the reservation included on a map
that will accompany the Act.
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\7\42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.
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SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS OF THE BILL AS REPORTED
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Gila River Indian Community
Federal-Rights-of-Way, Easements and Boundary Clarification
Act.
Section 2. Purposes
Section 2 declares the intent of the Act is to codify the
negotiated trust accounting and mismanagement settlement.
Section 3. Definitions
This section defines terms used in the Act.
Section 4. Land into trust for benefit of the community
Subsection (a) provides that after a request by the Tribe,
the Secretary of the Interior will take the Lower Sonoran Lands
into trust for the benefit of the Tribe.
Subsection (b) provides that the map of the lands taken
into trust must be on file and made publicly available no later
than 180 days after enactment of the Act.
Subsection (c) provides that the Lower Sonoran Lands are
the be part of the reservation once they are taken into trust.
Subsection (d) states that Class II and III gaming is
prohibited on the lands taken into trust.
Subsection (e) requires the Secretary of the Interior to
publish the full metes-and-bounds description of the Lower
Sonoran Lands no later than 180 days after the enactment of
this Act.
Section 5. Establishment of fixed northern boundary
Subsection (a) provides that the northern boundary of the
Gila River Indian Community Reservation that was created by the
1879 Executive Order is modified to be fixed, permanent, and
not ambulatory.
Subsection (b) provides that the portion of the reservation
boundary created by the Executive Order (along the middle of
the Salt River) is modified to be a fixed and permanent
boundary.
Subsection (c) provides that the Secretary of the Interior
will ensure that the new reservation boundary as described in
subsection (b) is surveyed and clearly marked.
Subsection (d) provides that no other portion of the
reservation boundary will be affected by this Act except as
specifically set forth in the Act.
Subsection (e) provides that the Secretary shall publish in
the Federal Register the modification and the resurvey of the
reservation boundary.
Section 6. Satisfaction and substitution of claims
This section provides that the negotiated settlement and
the benefits received by the Tribe pursuant to this Act shall
be in complete replacement of and substitution for, and full
satisfaction of all claims that the Tribe, its members, and
allottees may have had against the United States.
Section 7. Federal rights-of-way
All the rights-of-way depicted in the ROW, Easements, and
Federal and Tribal Facilities Map accompanying this Act are
established, ratified, and confirmed.
Section 8. Survey
Subsection (a) provides that the Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA) shall undertake and complete a survey of each of the
federal rights-of-way established under this Act no later than
six years after enactment.
Subsection (b) provides that the BIA is authorized, subject
to appropriations, to contract for the survey of all federal
rights-of-way established pursuant to this Act to the Tribe or
a third party.
Subsection (c) provides that upon completion of all surveys
authorized and undertaken, the Tribe and the BIA can determine
if any anomalies exist with respect to certain federal rights-
of-way, and can choose to remove that anomaly from the ROW,
Easements, and Federal Tribal Facilities Map.
Section 9. Hunt highway
This section clarifies that nothing in this Act shall
impact any right-of-way or easement associated with Hunt
Highway in Pinal Country, Arizona, including the portion that
traverses the reservation.
COMMITTEE ACTION
H.R. 4032 was introduced on October 12, 2017, by
Congressman Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ). The bill was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the
Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs and
the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. On February 6, 2018, the
Indian, Insular, and Alaska Native Affairs Subcommittee held a
hearing on the bill. On May 8, 2018, the Natural Resources
Committee met to consider the bill. The Subcommittees were
discharged by unanimous consent. Congressman Raul M. Grijalva
(D-AZ) offered an amendment designated 086; it was adopted by
unanimous consent. No additional amendments were offered and
the bill, as amended, was ordered favorably reported to the
House of Representatives by unanimous consent.
COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the
Committee on Natural Resources' oversight findings and
recommendations are reflected in the body of this report.
COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII AND CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT
1. Cost of Legislation and the Congressional Budget Act.
With respect to the requirements of clause 3(c)(2) and (3) of
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and
sections 308(a) and 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, the Committee has received the following estimate for the
bill from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office:
U.S. Congress,
Congressional Budget Office,
Washington, DC, June 22, 2018.
Hon. Rob Bishop,
Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has
prepared the enclosed revised cost estimate for H.R. 4032, the
Gila River Indian Community Federal Rights-of-Way, Easements
and Boundary Clarification Act.
If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Robert Reese.
Sincerely,
Keith Hall,
Director.
Enclosure.
H.R. 4032--Gila River Indian Community Federal Rights-of-Way, Easements
and Boundary Clarification Act
H.R. 4032 would direct the Department of the Interior (DOI)
to take about 3,400 acres of land into trust for the benefit of
the Gila River Indian Community. The bill also would establish
a permanent northern boundary for the tribe's reservation and
would establish and ratify three rights-of-way and one grazing
permit on that land. DOI would be required to survey the new
tribal boundary and the rights-of-way and publish those
surveys. Using information from DOI, CBO estimates that the
administrative expenses associated with those activities would
not be significant.
The land that could be taken into trust under the bill is
currently managed by DOI and yields no financial benefits to
the federal government. DOI is in the process of transferring
that land to the Gila River Indian Community through a
noncompetitive, direct land sale. H.R. 4032 specifies that once
the sale of the land is finalized DOI shall, at the request of
the tribe, take the land into trust for the benefit of the
tribe.
Enacting H.R. 4032 would not affect direct spending or
revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 4032 would not increase
net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four
consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2029.
H.R. 4032 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
This cost estimate for the Gila River Indian Community
Federal Rights-of-Way, Easements and Boundary Clarification Act
supersedes the estimate transmitted on June 12, 2018, for the
same bill. CBO's earlier estimate was based incorrect
information indicating that the sale would not proceed under
the bill and title to the land would be transferred to the
tribe for no consideration. This revised cost estimate corrects
that error.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Robert Reese.
The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy
Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.
2. General Performance Goals and Objectives. As required by
clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII, the general performance goal or
objective of this bill is to confirm undocumented federal
rights-of-way or easements on the Gila River Indian
Reservation, clarify the northern boundary of the Gila River
Indian Community's Reservation, and to take certain land
located in Maricopa County and Pinal County, Arizona, into
trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian Community.
EARMARK STATEMENT
This bill does not contain any Congressional earmarks,
limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined
under clause 9(e), 9(f), and 9(g) of rule XXI of the Rules of
the House of Representatives.
COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104-4
This bill contains no unfunded mandates.
COMPLIANCE WITH H. RES. 5
Directed Rule Making. This bill does not contain any
directed rule makings.
Duplication of Existing Programs. This bill does not
establish or reauthorize a program of the federal government
known to be duplicative of another program. Such program was
not included in any report from the Government Accountability
Office to Congress pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111-139
or identified in the most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance published pursuant to the Federal Program
Information Act (Public Law 95-220, as amended by Public Law
98-169) as relating to other programs.
PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW
This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or
tribal law.
CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW
If enacted, this bill would make no changes to existing
law.
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