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Union Calendar No. 477

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4908

[Report No. 108–777] 

To transfer certain land in Riverside 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 22, 2004

Mr. ISSA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Resources 

NOVEMBER 17, 2004

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 22, 2004] 

A BILL

To transfer certain land in Riverside 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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pechanga Band of 

3 Luiseno Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2004’’. 

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

5 BAND OF LUISENO MISSION INDIANS. 

6 (a) TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION.—Effective on 

7 the date of the enactment of this Act and subject to valid 

8 existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the United 

9 States in and to the Federal lands described in subsection 

10 (b), including all improvements thereon, appurtenances 

11 thereto, and rights to all minerals thereon or therein, in12 cluding oil and gas, water, and related resources, shall be 

13 held by the United States in trust for the Pechanga Band 

14 of Luiseno Mission Indians, a federally recognized Indian 

15 tribe. The transferred land shall be declared part of the 

16 Pechanga Indian Reservation and administered in accord17 ance with the laws and regulations generally applicable to 

18 property held in trust by the United States for an Indian 

19 tribe. 

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

21 subsection (a) consist of approximately 990.74 acres in Riv22 erside County, California, as referenced on the map entitled, 

23 ‘‘H.R. 4908, Pechanga Land Transfer Act’’ and dated Sep24 tember 13, 2004, which, before the transfer under such sub25 section, were administered by the Bureau of Land Manage26 ment and are more particularly described as follows: 
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1 (1) Sections 29, 30, and 32 of township 8 south, 

2 range 2 west, San Bernardino base and meridian. 

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

4 San Bernardino base and meridian. 

5 (3) Mineral Survey 3540, section 22 of township 

6 5 south, range 4 west, San Bernardino base and me7 ridian. 

8 (c) SURVEY.—As soon as practicable after the date of 

9 the enactment of this Act, the Office of Cadastral Survey 

10 of the Bureau of Land Management shall complete a survey 

11 of the lands transferred under subsection (a) for the purpose 

12 of establishing the boundaries of the lands. 

13 (d) MAP ON FILE.—The map referred to in subsection 

14 (b) shall be on file in the appropriate offices of the Bureau 

15 of Land Management. 

16 (e) LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—

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

18 completed under subsection (c) by the duly elected 

19 tribal council of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mis20 sion Indians, the Secretary of the Interior shall pub21 lish in the Federal Register—

22 (A) a legal description of the boundary 

23 lines; and 

24 (B) legal description of the lands trans25 ferred under subsection (a). 
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1 (2) EFFECT.—Beginning on the date on which 

2 the legal descriptions are published under paragraph 

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

4 descriptions of the boundary lines and the lands 

5 transferred under subsection (a). 

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

7 shall—

8 (1) enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect any right 

9 or claim of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission 

10 Indians to any land or interest in land that is in ex11 istence before the date of the enactment of this Act; or 

12 (2) affect any water right of the Pechanga Band 

13 of Luiseno Mission Indians in existence before the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act. 

15 (g) RESTRICTED USE OF TRANSFERRED LANDS.—The 

16 lands transferred under subsection (a) may be used only 

17 for the protection, preservation, and maintenance of the ar18 chaeological, cultural, and wildlife resources thereon. 

Union Calendar No. 477

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4908

[Report No. 108–777] 

A BILL

To transfer certain land in Riverside County, Califor other purposes. Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, and the United States to be held in trust for the fornia, from the Bureau of Land Management to 

NOVEMBER 17, 2004

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,