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


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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.