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[109th Congress Public Law 126]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]

[DOCID: f:publ126.109]

[[Page 119 STAT. 2546]]

Public Law 109-126
109th Congress

                                 An Act

 
To direct the Secretary of Interior to convey certain land held in trust 
for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah to the City of Richfield, Utah, and 
        for other purposes. <<NOTE: Dec. 7, 2005 -  [H.R. 680]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 25 USC 766 note.>> LAND CONVEYANCE TO CITY.

    (a) <<NOTE: Deadline.>> Authorization for Conveyance.--Not later 
than 90 days after the Secretary receives a request from the Tribe and 
the City to convey all right, title, and interest of the United States 
and the Tribe in and to the Property to the City, the Secretary shall 
take the Property out of trust status and convey the Property to the 
City.

    (b) Terms and Conditions.--The conveyance under subsection (a) shall 
be subject to the following conditions:
            (1) Tribal resolution.--Prior to conveying the Property 
        under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the terms 
        of the sale have been approved by a tribal resolution of the 
        Tribe.
            (2) Consideration.--Consideration given by the City for the 
        Property shall be not less than the appraised fair market value 
        of the Property.
            (3) No federal cost.--The City shall pay all costs related 
        to the conveyance authorized under this section.

    (c) Proceeds of Sale.--The proceeds from the conveyance of the 
Property under this section shall be given immediately to the Tribe.
    (d) Failure to Make Conveyance.--If after the Secretary takes the 
Property out of trust status pursuant to subsection (a) the City or the 
Tribe elect not to carry out the conveyance under that subsection, the 
Secretary shall take the Property back into trust for the benefit of the 
Tribe.

SEC. 2. <<NOTE: 25 USC 766 note.>> TRIBAL RESERVATION.

    Land acquired by the United States in trust for the Tribe after 
February 17, 1984, shall be part of the Tribe's reservation.

SEC. 3. <<NOTE: 25 USC 766 note.>> TRUST LAND FOR SHIVWITS OR KANOSH 
            BANDS.

    If requested to do so by a tribal resolution of the Tribe, the 
Secretary shall take land held in trust by the United States for the 
benefit of the Tribe out of such trust status and take that land into 
trust for the Shivwits or Kanosh Bands of the Paiute Indian Tribe of 
Utah, as so requested by the Tribe.

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SEC. 4. <<NOTE: 25 USC 761-763, 766 and note.>> CEDAR BAND OF PAIUTES 
            TECHNICAL CORRECTION.

    The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Restoration Act (25 U.S.C. 761) is 
amended by striking ``Cedar City'' each place it appears and inserting 
``Cedar''. Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or 
other record of the United States to the ``Cedar City Band of Paiute 
Indians'' shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Cedar Band of 
Paiute Indians''.

SEC. 5. <<NOTE: 25 USC 766 note.>> DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act:
            (1) City.--The term ``City'' means the City of Richfield, 
        Utah.
            (2) Property.--The term ``Property'' means the parcel of 
        land held by the United States in trust for the Paiute Indian 
        Tribe of Utah located in Section 2, Township 24 South, Range 3 
        West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, Sevier County, Utah and more 
        particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the 
        East line of the Highway which is West 0.50 chains, more or 
        less, and South 8/ 21/ West, 491.6 feet from the Northeast 
        Corner of the Southwest Quarter of Section 2, Township 24 South, 
        Range 3 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, and running thence 
        South 81/ 39/ East, perpendicular to the highway, 528.0 feet; 
        thence South 26/ 31/ West, 354.6 feet; thence North 63/ 29/ 
        West, 439.3 feet to said highway; thence North 8/ 21/ East, 
        along Easterly line of said highway 200.0 feet to the point of 
        beginning, containing 3.0 acres more or less.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (4) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Paiute Indian Tribe 
        of Utah.

    Approved December 7, 2005.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 680:
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SENATE REPORTS: No. 109-175 (Comm. on Indian Affairs).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 151 (2005):
            Mar. 14, considered and passed House.
            Nov. 18, considered and passed Senate.

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