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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3507 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 28, 2005 

Mr. ISSA (for himself and Mr. CALVERT) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Resources 

A BILL 

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. 

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’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LAND IN TRUST FOR PECHANGA 

2 BAND OF LUISENO MISSION INDIANS. 

3 (a) TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION.— 

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

5 enactment of this Act and subject to valid existing 

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

7 States in and to the Federal lands described in sub8 section (b), including all improvements thereon, ap9 purtenances thereto, and rights to all minerals 

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

11 related resources, shall be held by the United States 

12 in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission 

13 Indians, a federally recognized Indian tribe. 

14 (2) ADMINISTRATION.—The transferred land 

15 shall be declared part of the Pechanga Indian Res16 ervation and administered in accordance with— 

17 (A) the laws and regulations generally ap18 plicable to property held in trust by the United 

19 States for an Indian tribe; and 

20 (B) a memorandum of understanding en21 tered into between the Pechanga Band of 

22 Luiseno Mission Indians and the United States 

23 Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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

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

26 Riverside County, California, and San Diego County, Cali-
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1 fornia, as referenced on the map titled, ‘‘H.R. 4908, 

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

3 2004, which, before the transfer under such subsection, 

4 were administered by the Bureau of Land Management 

5 and are more particularly described as follows: 

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

7 south, range 2 west, San Bernardino base and me8 ridian. 

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

10 west, San Bernardino base and meridian. 

11 (3) Mineral Survey 3540, section 22 of town12 ship 5 south, range 4 west, San Bernardino base 

13 and meridian. 

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

15 of the enactment of this Act, the Office of Cadastral Sur16 vey of the Bureau of Land Management shall complete 

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

18 the purpose of establishing the boundaries of the lands. 

19 (d) MAP ON FILE.—The map referred to in sub20 section (b) shall be on file in the appropriate offices of 

21 the Bureau of Land Management. 

22 (e) LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 

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

24 completed under subsection (c) by the duly elected 

25 tribal council of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mis-
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1 sion Indians, the Secretary of the Interior shall pub2 lish in the Federal Register— 

3 (A) a legal description of the boundary 

4 lines; and 

5 (B) legal description of the lands trans6 ferred under subsection (a). 

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

8 the legal descriptions are published under paragraph 

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

10 descriptions of the boundary lines and the lands 

11 transferred under subsection (a). 

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

13 shall— 

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

15 right or claim of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno 

16 Mission Indians to any land or interest in land that 

17 is in existence before the date of the enactment of 

18 this Act; or 

19 (2) affect any water right of the Pechanga 

20 Band of Luiseno Mission Indians in existence before 

21 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

22 (g) RESTRICTED USE OF TRANSFERRED LANDS.— 

23 The lands transferred under subsection (a) may be used 
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1 only for the protection, preservation, and maintenance of 

2 the archaeological, cultural, and wildlife resources thereon. 

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