Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2016

Summary: Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to take specified lands in Santa Barbara County, California, into trust for the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians, subject to valid existing rights and to the terms in a certain stipulated judgment relating to a specified easement, if the Tribe transfers title to that land to the United States. (Placing that land into trust removes certain restrictions on the property under California law.)  The transferred land shall become part of the Santa Ynez Indian Reservation.  No gaming may be conducted on the land.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission 
Indians Land Transfer Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LAND IN TRUST FOR SANTA YNEZ BAND OF CHUMASH 
              MISSION INDIANS.

    (a) Transfer and Administration.--
            (1) Transfer of lands into trust.--If the Tribe transfers 
        title to the land described in subsection (b) to the United 
        States, the Secretary shall take that land into trust for the 
        benefit of the Tribe, subject to valid existing rights and to 
        the terms relating to an easement as set forth in the 
        stipulated judgment in Willard W. Shepherd v. Fess Parker Ranch 
        LLC filed in the Superior Court of the State of California for 
        the County of Santa Barbara on January 26, 2004.
            (2) Administration.--The land transferred under paragraph 
        (1) shall be part of the Santa Ynez Indian Reservation and 
        administered in accordance with the laws and regulations 
        generally applicable to land held in trust by the United States 
        for an Indian tribe.
            (3) Effect.--For purposes of certain California State laws 
        (including the California Land Conservation Act of 1965, 
        Government Code Section 51200, et seq.), placing the land 
        described in subsection (b) into trust shall remove any 
        restrictions on the property pursuant to California Government 
        Code Section 51295 or any other provision of such Act.
    (b) Legal Description of Lands Transferred.--The lands to be 
transferred pursuant to this Act are described as follows:
Legal Land Description/Site Location:
Real property in the unincorporated area of the County of Santa 
Barbara, State of California, described as follows:
PARCEL 1: (APN: 141-121-51 AND PORTION OF APN 141-140-10)
LOTS 9 THROUGH 18, INCLUSIVE, OF TRACT 18, IN THE COUNTY OF SANTA 
BARBARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP SHOWING THE 
SUBDIVISIONS OF THE CANADA DE LOS PINOS OR COLLEGE RANCHO, FILED IN 
RACK 3, AS MAP 4 IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
THIS LEGAL IS MADE PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE 
RECORDED DECEMBER 5, 2001 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 01-105580 OF OFFICIAL 
RECORDS.
PARCEL 2: (PORTION OF APN: 141-140-10)
LOTS 1 THROUGH 12, INCLUSIVE, OF TRACT 24, IN THE COUNTY OF SANTA 
BARBARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP SHOWING THE 
SUBDIVISIONS OF THE CANADA DE LOS PINOS OR COLLEGE RANCHO, FILED IN 
RACK 3, AS MAP 4 IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
THIS LEGAL IS MADE PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE 
RECORDED DECEMBER 5, 2001 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 01-105581 OF OFFICIAL 
RECORDS.
PARCEL 3: (PORTIONS OF APNS: 141-230-23 AND 141-140-10)
LOTS 19 AND 20 OF TRACT 18 AND THAT PORTION OF LOTS 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 
AND 15 THROUGH 20, INCLUSIVE, OF TRACT 16, IN THE COUNTY OF SANTA 
BARBARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP SHOWING THE 
SUBDIVISIONS OF THE CANADA DE LOS PINOS OR COLLEGE RANCHO, FILED IN 
RACK 3, AS MAP 4 IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, 
THAT LIES NORTHEASTERLY OF THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF THE LAND GRANTED 
TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY AN EXECUTOR'S DEED RECORDED APRIL 2, 1968 
IN BOOK 2227, PAGE 136 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY.
THIS LEGAL IS MADE PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE 
RECORDED DECEMBER 5, 2001 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 01-105582 OF OFFICIAL 
RECORDS.
PARCEL 4: (APN: 141-240-02 AND PORTION OF APN: 141-140-10)
LOTS 1 THROUGH 12, INCLUSIVE, OF TRACT 25, IN THE COUNTY OF SANTA 
BARBARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP SHOWING THE 
SUBDIVISIONS OF THE CANADA DE LOS PINOS OR COLLEGE RANCHO, FILED IN 
RACK 3, AS MAP 4 IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
THIS LEGAL IS MADE PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE 
RECORDED DECEMBER 5, 2001 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 01-105583 OF OFFICIAL 
RECORDS.
PARCEL 5: (PORTION OF APN: 141-230-23)
THAT PORTION OF LOTS 3 AND 6 OF TRACT 16, IN THE COUNTY OF SANTA 
BARBARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP SHOWING THE 
SUBDIVISIONS OF THE CANADA DE LOS PINOS OR COLLEGE RANCHO, FILED IN 
RACK 3, AS MAP 4 IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, 
THAT LIES NORTHEASTERLY OF THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF THE LAND GRANTED 
TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY AN EXECUTOR'S DEED RECORDED APRIL 2, 1968 
IN BOOK 2227, PAGE 136 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY.
THIS LEGAL IS MADE PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE 
RECORDED DECEMBER 5, 2001 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 01-105584 OF OFFICIAL 
RECORDS.
    (c) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall--
            (1) enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect any right or claim 
        of the Tribe to any land or interest in land that is in 
        existence before the date of the enactment of this Act;
            (2) affect any water right of the Tribe in existence before 
        the date of the enactment of this Act; or
            (3) terminate or limit any access in any way to any right-
        of-way or right-of-use issued, granted, or permitted before the 
        date of the enactment of this Act.
    (d) Restricted Use of Transferred Lands.--The Tribe may not 
conduct, on the land described in subsection (b) taken into trust for 
the Tribe pursuant to this Act, gaming activities--
            (1) as a matter of claimed inherent authority; or
            (2) under any Federal law, including the Indian Gaming 
        Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) and regulations 
        promulgated by the Secretary or the National Indian Gaming 
        Commission under that Act.
    (e) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (2) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Santa Ynez Band of 
        Chumash Mission Indians.