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Union Calendar No. 501 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4685 

[Report No. 114–649] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 3, 2016 

Mr. MCCARTHY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

JULY 1, 2016 

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 take certain Federal lands located in Tulare County, 

California, into trust for the benefit of the Tule River 

Indian Tribe, 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 ‘‘Tule River Indian Res5 ervation Land Trust, Health, and Economic Development 

6 Act’’. 

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

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

9 existing rights, and management agreements related to 

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

11 (including improvements and appurtenances) of the 

12 United States in and to the approximately 34 acres of 

13 Federal lands generally depicted on the map titled ‘‘Pro14 posed Lands to be Held in Trust for the Tule River Tribe’’ 

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

16 United States for the benefit of the Tule River Indian 

17 Tribe. 

18 (b) EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—For the pur19 poses of subsection (a), valid, existing rights include any 

20 easement or right-of-way for which an application is pend21 ing with the Bureau of Land Management on the date 

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

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

24 application shall cease to exist. 


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

2 subsection (a) shall be on file and available for public in3 spection at the office of the California State Director, Bu4 reau of Land Management. 

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

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

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

8 taken into trust by this Act may continue to exercise 

9 such rights to the same extent that the rights were 

10 exercised before the date of the enactment of this 

11 Act until the Secretary makes a determination on an 

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

13 application is deemed to be granted under paragraph 

14 (3). 

15 (2) NOTICE AND APPLICATION.—Consistent 

16 with sections 2800 through 2880 of title 43, Code 

17 of Federal Regulations, as soon as practicable after 

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

19 of the Interior shall notify any person that claims to 

20 have valid, existing rights, such as a management 

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

22 taken into trust under subsection (a) that— 

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

24 and 


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1 (B) the person claiming the valid, existing 

2 rights has 60 days to submit an application to 

3 the Secretary requesting that the valid, existing 

4 rights be converted to a long-term easement or 

5 other right-of-way. 

6 (3) DETERMINATION.—The Secretary of the In7 terior shall grant or deny an application submitted 

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

9 after the application is submitted. Such a determina10 tion shall be considered a final action. If the Sec11 retary does not make a determination within 180 

12 days after the application is submitted, the applica13 tion shall be deemed to be granted. 

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

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

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

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

18 are defined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory 

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


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Union Calendar No. 501 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4685 

[Report No. 114–649] 

A BILL 

To take certain Federal lands located in Tulare 

poses. the Tule River Indian Tribe, and for other purCounty, California, into trust for the benefit of 

JULY 1, 2016 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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