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# Union Calendar No. 477

108 TH CONGRESS 2 D S ESSION 

# 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
J ULY 22, 2004 Mr. I SSA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources
N OVEMBER 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.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 22

• HR 4908 RH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pechanga Band of 2 Luiseno Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2004’’. 3

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

BAND OF LUISENO MISSION INDIANS. 5 (a) T RANSFER AND A DMINISTRATION .—Effective on 6 the date of the enactment of this Act and subject to valid 7 existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the United 8 States in and to the Federal lands described in subsection 9 (b), including all improvements thereon, appurtenances 10 thereto, and rights to all minerals thereon or therein, in11 cluding oil and gas, water, and related resources, shall be 12 held by the United States in trust for the Pechanga Band 13 of Luiseno Mission Indians, a federally recognized Indian 14 tribe. The transferred land shall be declared part of the 15 Pechanga Indian Reservation and administered in accord16 ance with the laws and regulations generally applicable to 17 property held in trust by the United States for an Indian 18
tribe. 19 (b) D ESCRIPTION OF L AND .—The lands referred to in 20 subsection (a) consist of approximately 990.74 acres in Riv21 erside County, California, as referenced on the map entitled, 22 ‘‘H.R. 4908, Pechanga Land Transfer Act’’ and dated Sep23 tember 13, 2004, which, before the transfer under such sub24 section, were administered by the Bureau of Land Manage25 ment and are more particularly described as follows: 263

• HR 4908 RH (1) Sections 29, 30, and 32 of township 8 south, 1 range 2 west, San Bernardino base and meridian. 2 (2) Section 6 of township 9 south, range 2 west, 3 San Bernardino base and meridian. 4 (3) Mineral Survey 3540, section 22 of township 5 5 south, range 4 west, San Bernardino base and me6
ridian. 7 (c) S URVEY .—As soon as practicable after the date of 8 the enactment of this Act, the Office of Cadastral Survey 9 of the Bureau of Land Management shall complete a survey 10 of the lands transferred under subsection (a) for the purpose 11 of establishing the boundaries of the lands. 12 (d) M AP ON F ILE .—The map referred to in subsection 13 (b) shall be on file in the appropriate offices of the Bureau 14 of Land Management. 15 (e) L EGAL D ESCRIPTIONS .— 16 (1) P UBLICATION .—On approval of the survey 17 completed under subsection (c) by the duly elected 18 tribal council of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mis19 sion Indians, the Secretary of the Interior shall pub20 lish in the Federal Register— 21 (A) a legal description of the boundary 22 lines; and 23 (B) legal description of the lands trans24 ferred under subsection (a). 254

• HR 4908 RH (2) E FFECT .—Beginning on the date on which 1 the legal descriptions are published under paragraph 2 (1), such legal descriptions shall be the official legal 3 descriptions of the boundary lines and the lands 4 transferred under subsection (a). 5 (f) R ULES OF C ONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in this Act 6
shall— 7 (1) enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect any right 8 or claim of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission 9 Indians to any land or interest in land that is in ex10 istence before the date of the enactment of this Act; or 11 (2) affect any water right of the Pechanga Band 12 of Luiseno Mission Indians in existence before the 13 date of the enactment of this Act. 14 (g) R ESTRICTED U SE OF T RANSFERRED L ANDS .—The 15 lands transferred under subsection (a) may be used only 16 for the protection, preservation, and maintenance of the ar17 chaeological, cultural, and wildlife resources thereon. 18Union Calendar No.477108THCONGRESS2DSESSIONH. R. 4908[Report No. 108–777]A BILLTo transfer certain land in Riverside County, California, from the Bureau of Land Management tothe United States to be held in trust for thePechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, andfor other purposes.NOVEMBER17, 2004Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,and ordered to be printed