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1Testimony of the Susanville Indian Rancheria, Secretary and Treasurer Aaron Dixon. House 

Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian, Insular, and Alaska Native Affairs. Legislative 

Hearing. June 10, 2015. 2Public Law 67–224, 42 Stat. 552 and Public Law 67–395, 42 Stat. 1174. 

Calendar No. 346 

114TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! SENATE 2d Session 114–202 

TO TAKE CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND LOCATED IN LASSEN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, INTO TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SUSANVILLE INDIAN 

RANCHERIA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

JANUARY 12, 2016.—Ordered to be printed 

Mr. BARRASSO, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany S. 1761] 

The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill 

(S. 1761) to take certain land located in Lassen County, California, 

into trust for the benefit of the Susanville Indian Rancheria, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment, and recommends that the bill do pass. 

PURPOSE

The purpose of S. 1761 is to take approximately 301 acres of Federal land in California into trust for the benefit of the Susanville 

Indian Rancheria, California (Tribe). 

NEED FOR LEGISLATION

The bill, S. 1761, is needed to transfer Federal land under the 

administration of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to be held in trust for the Tribe. 

After the land is taken into trust, the Tribe’s future development 

plans include building a recreation center, powwow grounds, and a 

cultural center. 

BACKGROUND

On August 15, 1923, the United States purchased 30 acres 1

under the Congressional appropriations for homeless Indians in 

California,2 for the benefit of the Susanville Indian Rancheria comVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:37 Jan 14, 2016 Jkt 059010 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6659 Sfmt 6602 E:\HR\OC\SR202.XXX SR202

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3 H.R. Rep. No. 95–1631, at 1 (1978). 

4Public Law 95–459, 92 Stat. 1262. 

5Testimony of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Deputy Director Mike Smith. Senate Committee 

on Indian Affairs Legislative Hearing. October 7, 2015. 6Letter from Kenneth R. Collum, Field Manager, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land 

Management, Eagle Lake Field Office, to Stacy Dixon, Chairman, Susanville Indian Rancheria, 

(October 3, 2014) (on file with the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs). 7 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. 

munity. The tribal government organized under the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) of 1934, and in 1969, the Secretary of the Interior approved the initial tribal constitution and bylaws.3 On October 14, 1978, Congress transferred 120 acres of BLM land to add 

to the Tribe’s base of trust land.4

Currently the Susanville Rancheria has approximately 1,100 

acres held in trust.5 The BLM has identified the land parcel in S. 

1761 for disposal under the Eagle Lake Regional Office Resource 

Management Plan.6

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

On July 14, 2015, Senator Boxer introduced S. 1761 with original 

cosponsor Senator Feinstein. On October 7, 2015, the Committee 

held a legislative hearing on the bill at which BIA Deputy Director 

Michael Smith testified in support of S. 1761. On October 21, 2015, 

the bill, S. 1761, was ordered reported favorably without amendment. 

A companion bill, H.R. 2212, was introduced in the House of Representatives on May 1, 2015, by Representative LaMalfa with one 

cosponsor. On May 26, 2015, the bill was referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs of the 

House Natural Resources Committee. On June 10, 2015, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the bill at which BIA Director Michael 

Black testified in support of H.R. 2212. On October 8, 2015, the 

Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs held a 

business meeting on the bill, which was reported, as amended, by 

unanimous consent. 

SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS OF BILL AS ORDERED REPORTED

Section 1—Land into Trust for the Susanville Indian Rancheria 

Section 1(a) states that the land described in subsection (b) is 

taken into trust for the benefit of the Tribe. 

Section 1(b) describes the parcel of land to be taken into trust as 

approximately 301 acres under Federal administrative jurisdiction 

of the Bureau of Land Management. The parcel of land is identified 

as ‘Conveyance Boundary’ on a map titled, ‘Susanville Indian 

Rancheria Land Conveyance’ that is dated December 31, 2014. 

Section 1(c) prohibits Class II or Class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 7 from being conducted on the parcel 

to be taken into trust under this bill. 

COST AND BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS

The following cost estimate, as provided by the Congressional 

Budget Office, dated November 5, 2015, was prepared for S. 1761: 


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U.S. CONGRESS, CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, Washington, DC, November 5, 2015. 

Hon. JOHN BARRASSO, 

Chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs, 

U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Budget Office has prepared the enclosed cost estimate for S. 1761, a bill to take certain 

federal land located in Lassen County, California, into trust for the 

benefit of the Susanville Indian Rancheria, and for other purposes. 

If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be pleased 

to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Megan Carroll. 

Sincerely, 

KEITH HALL. 

Enclosure. 

S. 1761—To take certain Federal land located in Lassen County, 

California, into trust for the benefit of the Susanville Indian 

Rancheria, and for other purposes 

S. 1761 would take into trust, for the benefit of the Susanville 

Indian Rancheria, approximately 301 acres of land located in 

Lassen County, California, and administered by the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM). The bill would prohibit certain types of 

gaming on those lands. 

CBO estimates that enacting S. 1761 would have no significant 

effect on the federal budget. We estimate that any change in federal costs to manage lands affected by the bill (which would be subject to appropriation) would be insignificant. Taking the affected 

lands into trust could affect federal receipts (which are treated as 

reductions in direct spending) related to existing rights of way currently administered by BLM; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures 

apply. Based on information from BLM, CBO estimates that any 

such effects would be negligible. Enacting S. 1761 would not affect 

revenues. 

CBO estimates that enacting S. 1761 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits by more than $5 billion in any 

of the next four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2026. 

S. 1761 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. 

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Megan Carroll. The estimate was approved by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Assistant 

Director for Budget Analysis. 

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS

The Committee has received no communications from the Executive Branch regarding S. 1761. 

REGULATORY AND PAPERWORK IMPACT STATEMENT

Paragraph 11(b) of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate requires each report accompanying a bill to evaluate the regulatory and paperwork impact that would be incurred in carrying 

out the bill. The Committee believes that S. 1761 will have a minimal impact on regulatory or paperwork requirements. 


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CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW (CORDON RULE)

In compliance with subsection 12 of rule XXVI of the Standing 

Rules of the Senate, there are no changes to existing law made by 

S. 1761, as ordered reported. 

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