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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3734 

To make a technical amendment to the T’uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust 

Area Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 19, 2011 

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

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To make a technical amendment to the T’uf Shur Bien 

Preservation Trust Area Act, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sandia Pueblo Settle5 ment Technical Amendment Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SANDIA PUEBLO SETTLEMENT TECHNICAL AMEND7 MENT. 

8 Section 413(b) of the T’uf Shur Bien Preservation 

9 Trust Area Act (16 U.S.C. 539m–11(b)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in the first sentence of paragraph (4), by 

2 striking ‘‘conveyance’’ and inserting ‘‘the title to be 

3 conveyed’’; and 

4 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(6) FAILURE TO EXCHANGE.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the land exchange 

7 authorized under paragraph (1) is not com8 pleted by the date that is 90 days after the date 

9 of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary, 

10 on receipt of consideration under subparagraph 

11 (B) and at the request of the Pueblo and the 

12 Secretary of the Interior, shall transfer the Na13 tional Forest land generally depicted as ‘Land 

14 to be Held in Trust’ on the map entitled 

15 ‘Sandia Pueblo Settlement Technical Amend16 ment’ and dated December 7, 2011, to the Sec17 retary of the Interior to be held in trust by the 

18 United States for the Pueblo, subject to the 

19 condition that the land remain in its natural 

20 state. 

21 ‘‘(B) CONSIDERATION.—In consideration 

22 for the National Forest land to be held in trust 

23 under subparagraph (A), the Pueblo shall— 

24 ‘‘(i) convey to the Secretary the La 

25 Luz tract; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) pay to the Secretary the amount 

2 that is equal to the difference between— 

3 ‘‘(I) the amount that is equal to 

4 the fair market value of the National 

5 Forest land, as subject to the condi6 tion that the National Forest land re7 main in its natural state; and 

8 ‘‘(II) the amount that is equal to 

9 the sum of— 

10 ‘‘(aa) the amount of com11 pensation owed to the Pueblo by 

12 the Secretary for the right-of-way 

13 and conservation easement on the 

14 Piedra Lisa tract under sub15 section (c)(2); and 

16 ‘‘(bb) the amount that is 

17 equal to the fair market value of 

18 the La Luz tract. 

19 ‘‘(C) USE OF FUNDS.—Any amounts re20 ceived by the Secretary under this paragraph 

21 shall be— 

22 ‘‘(i) deposited in the fund described in 

23 paragraph (3); and 

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1 pended, for the acquisition of land or inter2 ests in land in the National Forest Sys3 tem.’’. 

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