[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 130, 114th Congress, 2nd Session]
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Public Law 114-232
114th Congress

An Act


 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for
certain Indian tribes, and for other purposes. <>

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <>
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)--

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(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.--

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(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,

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on the land that is beneficial to the Indian tribe and the
Bureau of Land Management.

Approved October 7, 2016.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 2733 (S. 1436):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 114-487 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 114-216 (Comm. on Indian Affairs) accompanying S.
1436.
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 162 (2016):
June 7, considered and passed House.
Sept. 29, considered and passed Senate.