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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4685 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 6, 2016 

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

AN ACT 

To take certain Federal lands located in Tulare County, 

California, into trust for the benefit of the Tule River 

Indian Tribe, 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 ‘‘Tule River Indian Res3 ervation Land Trust, Health, and Economic Development 

4 Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. LANDS TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), valid, 

7 existing rights, and management agreements related to 

8 easements and rights-of-way, all right, title, and interest 

9 (including improvements and appurtenances) of the 

10 United States in and to the approximately 34 acres of 

11 Federal lands generally depicted on the map titled ‘‘Pro12 posed Lands to be Held in Trust for the Tule River Tribe’’ 

13 and dated May 14, 2015, are hereby held in trust by the 

14 United States for the benefit of the Tule River Indian 

15 Tribe. 

16 (b) EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—For the pur17 poses of subsection (a), valid, existing rights include any 

18 easement or right-of-way for which an application is pend19 ing with the Bureau of Land Management on the date 

20 of the enactment of this Act. If such application is denied 

21 upon final action, the valid, existing right related to the 

22 application shall cease to exist. 

23 (c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map referred to in 

24 subsection (a) shall be on file and available for public in25 spection at the office of the California State Director, Bu26 reau of Land Management. 


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1 (d) CONVERSION OF VALID, EXISTING RIGHTS.— 

2 (1) CONTINUITY OF USE.—Any person claiming 

3 in good faith to have valid, existing rights to lands 

4 taken into trust by this Act may continue to exercise 

5 such rights to the same extent that the rights were 

6 exercised before the date of the enactment of this 

7 Act until the Secretary makes a determination on an 

8 application submitted under paragraph (2)(B) or the 

9 application is deemed to be granted under paragraph 

10 (3). 

11 (2) NOTICE AND APPLICATION.—Consistent 

12 with sections 2800 through 2880 of title 43, Code 

13 of Federal Regulations, as soon as practicable after 

14 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

15 of the Interior shall notify any person that claims to 

16 have valid, existing rights, such as a management 

17 agreement, easement, or other right-of-way, to lands 

18 taken into trust under subsection (a) that— 

19 (A) such lands have been taken into trust; 

20 and 

21 (B) the person claiming the valid, existing 

22 rights has 60 days to submit an application to 

23 the Secretary requesting that the valid, existing 

24 rights be converted to a long-term easement or 

25 other right-of-way. 


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1 (3) DETERMINATION.—The Secretary of the In2 terior shall grant or deny an application submitted 

3 under paragraph (2)(B) not later than 180 days 

4 after the application is submitted. Such a determina5 tion shall be considered a final action. If the Sec6 retary does not make a determination within 180 

7 days after the application is submitted, the applica8 tion shall be deemed to be granted. 

9 (e) RESTRICTION ON GAMING.—Lands taken into 

10 trust pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be considered 

11 to have been taken into trust for, and shall not be eligible 

12 for, class II gaming or class III gaming (as those terms 

13 are defined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory 

14 Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)). 

Passed the House of Representatives July 5, 2016. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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