109 TH CONGRESS 1 ST S ESSION 

# H. R. 3507

AN ACT 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.2

• HR 3507 EHBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , 2

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pechanga Band of 4 Luiseno Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2005’’. 5

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LAND IN TRUST FOR PECHANGA 6

BAND OF LUISENO MISSION INDIANS. 7 (a) T RANSFER AND A DMINISTRATION .— 8 (1) T RANSFER .—Effective on the date of the 9 enactment of this Act and subject to valid existing 10 rights, all right, title, and interest of the United 11 States in and to the Federal lands described in sub12 section (b), including all improvements thereon, ap13 purtenances thereto, and rights to all minerals 14 thereon or therein, including oil and gas, water, and 15 related resources, shall be held by the United States 16 in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission 17 Indians, a federally recognized Indian tribe. 18 (2) A DMINISTRATION .—The transferred land 19 shall be declared part of the Pechanga Indian Res20 ervation and administered in accordance with— 21 (A) the laws and regulations generally ap22 plicable to property held in trust by the United 23 States for an Indian tribe; and 243

• HR 3507 EH (B) a memorandum of understanding en1 tered into between the Pechanga Band of 2 Luiseno Mission Indians and the United States 3 Fish and Wildlife Service. 4 (b) D ESCRIPTION OF L AND .—The lands referred to 5 in subsection (a) consist of approximately 990.74 acres in 6 Riverside County, California, and San Diego County, Cali7 fornia, as referenced on the map titled, ‘‘H.R. 4908, 8 Pechanga Land Transfer Act’’ and dated September 13, 9 2004, which, before the transfer under such subsection, 10 were administered by the Bureau of Land Management 11 and are more particularly described as follows: 12 (1) Sections 29, 30, and 32 of township 8 13 south, range 2 west, San Bernardino base and me14 ridian. 15 (2) Section 6 of township 9 south, range 2 16 west, San Bernardino base and meridian. 17 (3) Mineral Survey 3540, section 22 of town18 ship 5 south, range 4 west, San Bernardino base 19 and meridian. 20 (c) S URVEY .—Not later than 180 days after the date 21 of the enactment of this Act, the Office of Cadastral Sur22 vey of the Bureau of Land Management shall complete 23 a survey of the lands transferred under subsection (a) for 24 the purpose of establishing the boundaries of the lands. 254

• HR 3507 EH (d) M AP ON F ILE .—The map referred to in sub1 section (b) shall be on file in the appropriate offices of 2 the Bureau of Land Management. 3 (e) L EGAL D ESCRIPTIONS .— 4 (1) P UBLICATION .—On approval of the survey 5 completed under subsection (c) by the duly elected 6 tribal council of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mis7 sion Indians, the Secretary of the Interior shall pub8 lish in the Federal Register— 9 (A) a legal description of the boundary 10 lines; and 11 (B) legal description of the lands trans12 ferred under subsection (a). 13 (2) E FFECT .—Beginning on the date on which 14 the legal descriptions are published under paragraph 15 (1), such legal descriptions shall be the official legal 16 descriptions of the boundary lines and the lands 17 transferred under subsection (a). 18 (f) R ULES OF C ONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in this Act 19
shall— 20 (1) enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect any 21 right or claim of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno 22 Mission Indians to any land or interest in land that 23 is in existence before the date of the enactment of 24 this Act; or 255

• HR 3507 EH (2) affect any water right of the Pechanga 1 Band of Luiseno Mission Indians in existence before 2 the date of the enactment of this Act. 3 (g) R ESTRICTED U SE OF T RANSFERRED L ANDS .— 4 The lands transferred under subsection (a) may be used 5 only for the protection, preservation, and maintenance of 6 the archaeological, cultural, and wildlife resources thereon. 7 Passed the House of Representatives November 15, 2005. Attest:

Clerk.109THCONGRESS1STSESSIONH. R. 3507AN ACTTo transfer certain land in Riverside County, California, and San Diego County, California, fromthe Bureau of Land Management to the UnitedStates to be held in trust for the Pechanga Bandof Luiseno Mission Indians, and for other pur-poses.