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Union Calendar No. 128 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 387 

[Report No. 114–173] 

To provide for certain land to be taken into trust for the benefit of Morongo 

Band of Mission Indians, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 14, 2015 

Mr. RUIZ (for himself, Mr. COOK, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, and Mr. LAMALFA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 

Resources 

JUNE 23, 2015 

Additional sponsors: Mr. MACARTHUR, Mr. HUFFMAN, and Mrs. TORRES

JUNE 23, 2015 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To provide for certain land to be taken into trust for the 

benefit of Morongo Band of Mission Indians, and for 

other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Economic Development 

5 Through Tribal Land Exchange Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions 

8 apply: 

9 (1) BANNING.—The term ‘‘Banning’’ means the 

10 City of Banning, which is located in Riverside Coun11 ty, California adjacent to the Morongo Indian Res12 ervation. 

13 (2) FIELDS.—The term ‘‘Fields’’ means Lloyd 

14 L. Fields, the owner of record of Parcel A. 

15 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en16 titled ‘Morongo Indian Reservation, County of River17 side, State of California Land Exchange Map’, and 

18 dated May 22, 2014, which is on file in the Bureau 

19 of Land Management State Office in Sacramento, 

20 California. 

21 (4) PARCEL A.—The term ‘‘Parcel A’’ means 

22 the approximately 41.15 acres designated on the 

23 map as ‘‘Fields lands’’. 


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1 (5) PARCEL B.—The term ‘‘Parcel B’’ means 

2 the approximately 41.15 acres designated on the 

3 map as ‘‘Morongo lands’’. 

4 (6) PARCEL C.—The term ‘‘Parcel C’’ means 

5 the approximately 1.21 acres designated on the map 

6 as ‘‘Banning land’’. 

7 (7) PARCEL D.—The term ‘‘Parcel D’’ means 

8 the approximately 1.76 acres designated on the map 

9 as ‘‘Easement to Banning’’. 

10 (8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

11 the Secretary of the Interior. 

12 (9) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 

13 Morongo Band of Mission Indians, a federally recog14 nized Indian tribe. 

15 SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF LANDS; TRUST LANDS, EASEMENT. 

16 (a) TRANSFER OF PARCEL A AND PARCEL B AND

17 EASEMENT OVER PARCEL D.—Subject to any valid exist18 ing rights of any third parties and to legal review and ap19 proval of the form and content of any and all instruments 

20 of conveyance and policies of title insurance, upon receipt 

21 by the Secretary of confirmation that Fields has duly exe22 cuted and deposited with a mutually acceptable and jointly 

23 instructed escrow holder in California a deed conveying 

24 clear and unencumbered title to Parcel A to the United 

25 States in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the 


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1 Tribe, and upon receipt by Fields of confirmation that the 

2 Secretary has duly executed and deposited into escrow 

3 with the same mutually acceptable and jointly instructed 

4 escrow holder a patent conveying clear and unencumbered 

5 title in fee simple to Parcel B to Fields and has duly exe6 cuted and deposited into escrow with the same mutually 

7 acceptable and jointly instructed escrow holder an ease8 ment to the City for a public right-of-way over Parcel D, 

9 the Secretary shall instruct the escrow holder to simulta10 neously cause— 

11 (1) the patent to Parcel B to be recorded and 

12 issued to Fields; 

13 (2) the easement over Parcel D to be recorded 

14 and issued to the City; and 

15 (3) the deed to Parcel A to be delivered to the 

16 Secretary, who shall immediately cause said deed to 

17 be recorded and held in trust for the Tribe. 

18 (b) TRANSFER OF PARCEL C.—After the simulta19 neous transfer of parcels A, B, and D under subsection 

20 (a), upon receipt by the Secretary of confirmation that the 

21 City has vacated its interest in Parcel C pursuant to all 

22 applicable State and local laws, the Secretary shall imme23 diately cause Parcel C to be held in trust for the Tribe 

24 subject to— 


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1 (1) any valid existing rights of any third par2 ties; and 

3 (2) legal review and approval of the form and 

4 content of any and all instruments of conveyance. 


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Union Calendar No. 128 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 387 

[Report No. 114–173] 

A BILL 

To provide for certain land to be taken into trust 

ans, and for other purposes. for the benefit of Morongo Band of Mission IndiJUNE 23, 2015 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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