IIB 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3507 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 16, 2005 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AN ACT 

To transfer certain land in Riverside County, California, 

and San Diego County, California, from the Bureau of 

Land Management to the United States to be held in 

trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno 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 ‘‘Pechanga Band of 

5 Luiseno Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LAND IN TRUST FOR PECHANGA 

7 BAND OF LUISENO MISSION INDIANS. 

8 (a) TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION.— 

9 (1) TRANSFER.—Effective on the date of the 

10 enactment of this Act and subject to valid existing 

11 rights, all right, title, and interest of the United 

12 States in and to the Federal lands described in sub13 section (b), including all improvements thereon, ap14 purtenances thereto, and rights to all minerals 

15 thereon or therein, including oil and gas, water, and 

16 related resources, shall be held by the United States 

17 in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission 

18 Indians, a federally recognized Indian tribe. 

19 (2) ADMINISTRATION.—The transferred land 

20 shall be declared part of the Pechanga Indian Res21 ervation and administered in accordance with— 

22 (A) the laws and regulations generally ap23 plicable to property held in trust by the United 

24 States for an Indian tribe; and 
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1 (B) a memorandum of understanding en2 tered into between the Pechanga Band of 

3 Luiseno Mission Indians and the United States 

4 Fish and Wildlife Service. 

5 (b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The lands referred to 

6 in subsection (a) consist of approximately 990.74 acres in 

7 Riverside County, California, and San Diego County, Cali8 fornia, as referenced on the map titled, ‘‘H.R. 4908, 

9 Pechanga Land Transfer Act’’ and dated September 13, 

10 2004, which, before the transfer under such subsection, 

11 were administered by the Bureau of Land Management 

12 and are more particularly described as follows: 

13 (1) Sections 29, 30, and 32 of township 8 

14 south, range 2 west, San Bernardino base and me15 ridian. 

16 (2) Section 6 of township 9 south, range 2 

17 west, San Bernardino base and meridian. 

18 (3) Mineral Survey 3540, section 22 of town19 ship 5 south, range 4 west, San Bernardino base 

20 and meridian. 

21 (c) SURVEY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

22 of the enactment of this Act, the Office of Cadastral Sur23 vey of the Bureau of Land Management shall complete 

24 a survey of the lands transferred under subsection (a) for 

25 the purpose of establishing the boundaries of the lands. 
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1 (d) MAP ON FILE.—The map referred to in sub2 section (b) shall be on file in the appropriate offices of 

3 the Bureau of Land Management. 

4 (e) LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 

5 (1) PUBLICATION.—On approval of the survey 

6 completed under subsection (c) by the duly elected 

7 tribal council of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mis8 sion Indians, the Secretary of the Interior shall pub9 lish in the Federal Register— 

10 (A) a legal description of the boundary 

11 lines; and 

12 (B) legal description of the lands trans13 ferred under subsection (a). 

14 (2) EFFECT.—Beginning on the date on which 

15 the legal descriptions are published under paragraph 

16 (1), such legal descriptions shall be the official legal 

17 descriptions of the boundary lines and the lands 

18 transferred under subsection (a). 

19 (f) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 

20 shall— 

21 (1) enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect any 

22 right or claim of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno 

23 Mission Indians to any land or interest in land that 

24 is in existence before the date of the enactment of 

25 this Act; or 
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1 (2) affect any water right of the Pechanga 

2 Band of Luiseno Mission Indians in existence before 

3 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

4 (g) RESTRICTED USE OF TRANSFERRED LANDS.— 

5 The lands transferred under subsection (a) may be used 

6 only for the protection, preservation, and maintenance of 

7 the archaeological, cultural, and wildlife resources thereon. 

Passed the House of Representatives November 15, 

2005. 

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL, 

Clerk.