IIB 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 387 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 14, 2015 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs 

AN ACT 

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

benefit of Morongo Band of Mission Indians, and for 

other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Through Tribal Land Exchange Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

5 For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions 

6 apply: 

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

8 City of Banning, which is located in Riverside Coun9 ty, California adjacent to the Morongo Indian Res10 ervation. 

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

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

13 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en14 titled ‘Morongo Indian Reservation, County of River15 side, State of California Land Exchange Map’, and 

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

17 of Land Management State Office in Sacramento, 

18 California. 

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

20 the approximately 41.15 acres designated on the 

21 map as ‘‘Fields lands’’. 

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

23 the approximately 41.15 acres designated on the 

24 map as ‘‘Morongo lands’’. 


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

2 the approximately 1.21 acres designated on the map 

3 as ‘‘Banning land’’. 

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

5 the approximately 1.76 acres designated on the map 

6 as ‘‘Easement to Banning’’. 

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

8 the Secretary of the Interior. 

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

10 Morongo Band of Mission Indians, a federally recog11 nized Indian tribe. 

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

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

14 EASEMENT OVER PARCEL D.—Subject to any valid exist15 ing rights of any third parties and to legal review and ap16 proval of the form and content of any and all instruments 

17 of conveyance and policies of title insurance, upon receipt 

18 by the Secretary of confirmation that Fields has duly exe19 cuted and deposited with a mutually acceptable and jointly 

20 instructed escrow holder in California a deed conveying 

21 clear and unencumbered title to Parcel A to the United 

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

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

24 Secretary has duly executed and deposited into escrow 

25 with the same mutually acceptable and jointly instructed 


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1 escrow holder a patent conveying clear and unencumbered 

2 title in fee simple to Parcel B to Fields and has duly exe3 cuted and deposited into escrow with the same mutually 

4 acceptable and jointly instructed escrow holder an ease5 ment to the City for a public right-of-way over Parcel D, 

6 the Secretary shall instruct the escrow holder to simulta7 neously cause— 

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

9 issued to Fields; 

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

11 and issued to the City; and 

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

13 Secretary, who shall immediately cause said deed to 

14 be recorded and held in trust for the Tribe. 

15 (b) TRANSFER OF PARCEL C.—After the simulta16 neous transfer of parcels A, B, and D under subsection 

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

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

19 applicable State and local laws, the Secretary shall imme20 diately cause Parcel C to be held in trust for the Tribe 

21 subject to— 

22 (1) any valid existing rights of any third par23 ties; and 


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

2 content of any and all instruments of conveyance. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 13, 2015. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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