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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9789 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9789

  To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the 
   benefit of the San Felipe Pueblo certain Federal land in Sandoval 
              County, New Mexico, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 24, 2024

  Ms. Stansbury (for herself and Ms. Leger Fernandez) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL

 
  To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the 
   benefit of the San Felipe Pueblo certain Federal land in Sandoval 
              County, New Mexico, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means the 
        approximately 7,167 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land 
        Management designated as ``Proposed Conveyance--San Felipe 
        Pueblo'' on the map.
            (2) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map titled ``Ball 
        Ranch ACEC & Additional BLM Land'' and dated October 26, 2018.
            (3) Pueblo.--The term ``Pueblo'' means the San Felipe 
        Pueblo in Sandoval County, New Mexico.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 2. LAND INTO TRUST.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall take the Federal land into 
trust for the benefit of the Pueblo.
    (b) Easements.--After the Federal land is taken into trust pursuant 
to subsection (a), the following conditions shall continue to apply to 
the Federal land:
            (1) A perpetual easement shall allow for an access road of 
        approximately 1.8 miles to the ``Baca Family'' inholding on the 
        Federal land to the same extent as such access road existed on 
        the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Subject to agreement with the Pueblo, a perpetual 
        easement to allow federally recognized Indian Tribes to access 
        and be on the conveyed Federal land in order to access cultural 
        sites and for cultural and religious practices on the Federal 
        land.
            (3) A requirement that the Pueblo maintain the access road 
        referred to in paragraph (1) to the same engineering standards 
        that the Bureau of Land Management was required to maintain 
        such road on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Grazing.--Any lease, permit, or contract for grazing on the 
Federal land that is in effect on the date that the Federal land is 
taken into trust under subsection (a) shall continue for the remainder 
of the term and subject to the terms and conditions of the grazing 
lease, permit, or contract and all applicable laws and regulations.
    (d) Gaming Prohibited.--Land taken into trust under subsection (a) 
shall not be used for any class II gaming or class III gaming under the 
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) (as those terms 
are defined in section 4 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)).
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