    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 117, 108th Congress, 1st Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    117 STAT. 876

    Public Law 108-66
    108th Congress

    An Act

    To provide that certain Bureau of Land Management land shall be held in
    trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso in
    the State of New Mexico. [NOTE: July 30, 2003 -  [S. 246]]

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
    United States of America in Congress [NOTE: Native
    Americans.] assembled,

    SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
    (1) Agreement.--The term ``Agreement'' means the agreement
    entitled ``Agreement to Affirm Boundary Between Pueblo of Santa
    Clara and Pueblo of San Ildefonso Aboriginal Lands Within Garcia
    Canyon Tract'', entered into by the Governors on December 20,
    2000.
    (2) Boundary line.--The term ``boundary line'' means the
    boundary line established under section 4(a).
    (3) Governors.--The term ``Governors'' means--
    (A) the Governor of the Pueblo of Santa Clara, New
    Mexico; and
    (B) the Governor of the Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New
    Mexico.
    (4) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the meaning
    given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and
    Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b).
    (5) Pueblos.--The term ``Pueblos'' means--
    (A) the Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; and
    (B) the Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico.
    (6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
    of the Interior.
    (7) Trust land.--The term ``trust land'' means the land held
    by the United States in trust under section 2(a) or 3(a).

    SEC. 2. TRUST FOR THE PUEBLO OF SANTA CLARA, NEW MEXICO.

    (a) In General.--All right, title, and interest of the United States
    in and to the land described in subsection (b), including improvements
    on, appurtenances to, and mineral rights (including rights to oil and
    gas) to the land, shall be held by the United States in trust for the
    Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico, as part of the Santa Clara
    Reservation.
    (b) Description of Land.--The land referred to in subsection (a)
    consists of approximately 2,484 acres of Bureau of Land Management land
    located in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, and more particularly
    described as--
    (1) the portion of T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 22, New Mexico
    Principal Meridian, that is located north of the boundary line;

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    (2) the southern half of T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 23, New
    Mexico Principal Meridian;
    (3) the southern half of T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 24, New
    Mexico Principal Meridian;
    (4) T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 25, excluding the 5-acre tract
    in the southeast quarter owned by the Pueblo of San Ildefonso;
    (5) the portion of T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 26, New Mexico
    Principal Meridian, that is located north and east of the
    boundary line;
    (6) the portion of T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 27, New Mexico
    Principal Meridian, that is located north of the boundary line;
    (7) the portion of T. 20 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 19, New Mexico
    Principal Meridian, that is not included in the Santa Clara
    Pueblo Grant or the Santa Clara Indian Reservation; and
    (8) the portion of T. 20 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 30, that is not
    included in the Santa Clara Pueblo Grant or the San Ildefonso
    Grant.

    SEC. 3. TRUST FOR THE PUEBLO OF SAN ILDEFONSO, NEW MEXICO.

    (a) In General.--All right, title, and interest of the United States
    in and to the land described in subsection (b), including improvements
    on, appurtenances to, and mineral rights (including rights to oil and
    gas) to the land, shall be held by the United States in trust for the
    Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico, as part of the San Ildefonso
    Reservation.
    (b) Description of Land.--The land referred to in subsection (a)
    consists of approximately 2,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management land
    located in Rio Arriba County and Santa Fe County in the State of New
    Mexico, and more particularly described as--
    (1) the portion of T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 22, New Mexico
    Principal Meridian, that is located south of the boundary line;
    (2) the portion of T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 26, New Mexico
    Principal Meridian, that is located south and west of the
    boundary line;
    (3) the portion of T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 27, New Mexico
    Principal Meridian, that is located south of the boundary line;
    (4) T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 34, New Mexico Principal
    Meridian; and
    (5) the portion of T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 35, New Mexico
    Principal Meridian, that is not included in the San Ildefonso
    Pueblo Grant.

    SEC. 4. SURVEY AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.

    (a) [NOTE: Deadline.] Survey.--Not later than 180 days after the
    date of enactment of this Act, the Office of Cadastral Survey of the
    Bureau of Land Management shall, in accordance with the Agreement,
    complete a survey of the boundary line established under the Agreement
    for the purpose of establishing, in accordance with sections 2(b) and
    3(b), the boundaries of the trust land.

    (b) Legal Descriptions.--
    (1) [NOTE: Federal Register, publication.] Publication.--
    On approval by the Governors of the survey completed under
    subsection (a), the Secretary shall publish in the Federal
    Register--
    (A) a legal description of the boundary line; and
    (B) legal descriptions of the trust land.
    (2) Technical corrections.--Before the date on which the
    legal descriptions are published under paragraph (1)(B),

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    the Secretary may correct any technical errors in the
    descriptions of the trust land provided in sections 2(b) and
    3(b) to ensure that the descriptions are consistent with the
    terms of the Agreement.
    (3) Effect.--Beginning on the date on which the legal
    descriptions are published under paragraph (1)(B), the legal
    descriptions shall be the official legal descriptions of the
    trust land.

    SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST LAND.

    (a) Applicable Law.--The trust land shall be administered in
    accordance with laws generally applicable to property held in trust by
    the United States for Indian tribes.
    (b) Pueblo Lands Act.--The following shall be subject to section 17
    of the Act of June 7, 1924 (25 U.S.C. 331 note; commonly known as the
    ``Pueblo Lands Act''):
    (1) The trust land.
    (2) Any land owned as of the date of enactment of this Act
    or acquired after the date of enactment of this Act by the
    Pueblo of Santa Clara in the Santa Clara Pueblo Grant.
    (3) Any land owned as of the date of enactment of this Act
    or acquired after the date of enactment of this Act by the
    Pueblo of San Ildefonso in the San Ildefonso Pueblo Grant.

    (c) Use of Trust Land.--Subject to criteria developed by the Pueblos
    in concert with the Secretary, the trust land may be used only for
    traditional and customary uses or stewardship conservation for the
    benefit of the Pueblo for which the trust land is held in trust.
    Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the trust land shall not
    be used for any new commercial developments.

    SEC. 6. EFFECT.

    Nothing in this Act--
    (1) affects any valid right-of-way, lease, permit, mining
    claim, grazing permit, water right, or other right or interest
    of any person or entity (other than the United States) in or to
    the trust land that is in existence before the date of enactment
    of this Act;
    (2) enlarges, impairs, or otherwise affects a right or claim
    of the Pueblos to any land or interest in land based on
    Aboriginal or Indian title that is in existence before the date
    of enactment of this Act;

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    (3) constitutes an express or implied reservation of water
    or water right for any purpose with respect to the trust land;
    or
    (4) affects any water right of the Pueblos in existence
    before the date of enactment of this act.

    Approved July 30, 2003.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 246:
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    SENATE REPORTS: No. 108-60 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources).
    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 149 (2003):
    June 16, considered and passed Senate.
    July 16, considered and passed House.