126 STAT. 1538 PUBLIC LAW 112–212—DEC. 20, 2012 

Public Law 112–212 

112th Congress 

An Act 

To take certain Federal lands in Mono County, California, into trust for the benefit 

of the Bridgeport Indian Colony. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bridgeport Indian Colony Land 

Trust, Health, and Economic Development Act of 2012’’. 

SEC. 2. LANDS TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights and management agreements related to easements and rights-of-way, all right, 

title, and interest (including improvements and appurtenances) of 

the United States in and to the Federal lands described in subsection (b) are hereby declared to be held in trust by the United 

States for the benefit of the Bridgeport Indian Colony, except that 

the oversight and renewal of all easements and rights-of-way with 

the Bridgeport Public Utility District in existence on the date of 

the enactment of this Act shall remain the responsibility of the 

Bureau of Land Management. 

(b) FEDERAL LANDS DESCRIBED.—The Federal lands referred 

to in subsection (a) are the approximately 39.36 acres described 

as follows: 

(1) The South half of the South half of the Northwest 

quarter of the Northwest quarter of the Northeast quarter 

and the North half of the Southwest quarter of the Northwest 

quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 21, Township 8 

North, Range 23 East, Mount Diablo Meridian, containing 7.5 

acres, more or less, as identified on the map titled ‘‘Bridgeport 

Camp Antelope Parcel’’ and dated July 26, 2010. 

(2) Lots 1 and 2 of the Bureau of Land Management 

survey plat entitled ‘‘Dependent resurvey of a portion of the 

subdivision of Section 28, designed to restore the corners in 

their true original locations according to the best available 

evidence, and the further subdivision of Section 28 and the 

metes and bounds survey of a portion of the right-of-way of 

California State Highway No. 182, Township 5 North, Range 

25 East, Mount Diablo Meridian, California’’ and dated February 21, 2003 containing 31.86 acres, more or less. 

(c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The maps referred to in subsection 

(b) shall be on file and available for public inspection at the office 

of the California State Director, Bureau of Land Management. 

(d) GAMING.—Land taken into trust under this section shall 

not be eligible for, or considered to have been taken into trust 

Bridgeport 

Indian Colony 

Land Trust, 

Health, and 

Economic 

Development Act 

of 2012. 

Dec. 20, 2012 

[H.R. 2467] 


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PUBLIC LAW 112–212—DEC. 20, 2012 126 STAT. 1539 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2467: 

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 112–611 (Comm. on Natural Resources). 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 158 (2012): 

July 23, considered and passed House. 

Dec. 11, considered and passed Senate. 

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for, class II gaming or class III gaming (as those terms are defined 

in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)). 

Approved December 20, 2012. 


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