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113TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 113–27 

PASCUA YAQUI TRIBE TRUST LAND ACT 

APRIL 9, 2013.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 

the Union and ordered to be printed 

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, from the Committee on Natural 

Resources, submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 507] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the 

bill (H.R. 507) to provide for the conveyance of certain land 

inholdings owned by the United States to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe 

of Arizona, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that 

the bill do pass. 

PURPOSE OF THE BILL

The purpose of H.R. 507 is to provide for the conveyance of certain land inholdings owned by the United States to the Pascua 

Yaqui Tribe of Arizona. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

H.R. 507 directs the Secretary of the Interior to take two 10-acre 

parcels into trust for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona. Before the 

parcels can be taken into trust, however, the Tucson Unified School 

District will first need to relinquish its possessory interest in one 

parcel. The school district no longer needs the land, which it had 

previously received under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. 

The Secretary of the Interior will also need to approve a lease 

agreement between the Tribe and the School District for the construction and operation of a regional transportation facility on the 

Tribe’s land. 

Both parcels would be utilized as part of a golf course that is currently under construction. Neither parcel is necessary for the construction of the golf course, but if the Tribe does not acquire and 


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use the parcels, the land will be orphaned and of relatively no use 

to either the Tribe or the United States. 

As has become customary when taking land into trust, the bill 

includes language that prohibits any gaming on the two parcels to 

be taken into trust. 

COMMITTEE ACTION

H.R. 507 was introduced on February 5, 2013, by Congressman 

Raul Grijalva (D–AZ). The bill was referred to the Committee on 

Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the Subcommittee 

on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. On March 20, 

2013, the Full Natural Resources Committee met to consider the 

bill. The Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation was discharged by unanimous consent. No amendments were 

offered to the bill, and the bill was adopted and ordered favorably 

reported to the House of Representatives by unanimous consent. 

COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII 

of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 

Natural Resources’ oversight findings and recommendations are reflected in the body of this report. 

COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII

1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of 

the House of Representatives requires an estimate and a comparison by the Committee of the costs which would be incurred in carrying out this bill. However, clause 3(d)(2)(B) of that Rule provides 

that this requirement does not apply when the Committee has included in its report a timely submitted cost estimate of the bill prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Under clause 

3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 

section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee has received the following cost estimate for this bill from the 

Director of the Congressional Budget Office: 

H.R. 507—Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land Act 

H.R. 507 would require the Secretary of the Interior to place 20 

acres of land into trust for the benefit of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe 

of Arizona. Based on information provided by the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM), CBO estimates that implementing the bill 

would have no significant impact on the federal budget. Enacting 

H.R. 507 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, 

pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. 

Under the bill, BLM would be required to place 10 acres of land 

that is currently administered by the agency into trust for the benefit of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. In addition, if the Tucson Unified 

School District elects to relinquish its interest in 10 acres of land 

that it acquired from the federal government under the Recreation 

and Public Purposes Act, management of those lands would revert 

back to BLM, and the Secretary would be required to place them 

into trust for the tribe. 


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Based on information provided by BLM, CBO estimates that any 

administrative costs to carry out the bill, which would be subject 

to the availability of appropriated funds, would be minimal. In addition, the affected lands do not generate any offsetting receipts for 

the federal government and are not expected to generate such receipts over the next 10 years. 

H.R. 507 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. Enacting 

the bill would benefit the tribe. 

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Jeff LaFave. The estimate was approved by Theresa Gullo, Deputy Assistant Director 

for Budget Analysis. 

2. Section 308(a) of Congressional Budget Act. As required by 

clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

this bill does not contain any new budget authority, spending authority, credit authority, or an increase or decrease in revenues or 

tax expenditures. Based on information provided by the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM), CBO estimates that implementing the 

bill would have no significant impact on the federal budget. 

3. General Performance Goals and Objectives. As required by 

clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII, the general performance goal or objective 

of this bill is to provide for the conveyance of certain land 

inholdings owned by the United States to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe 

of Arizona. 

EARMARK STATEMENT

This bill does not contain any Congressional earmarks, limited 

tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined under clause 9(e), 

9(f), and 9(g) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 

COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104–4

This bill contains no unfunded mandates. 

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Directed Rule Making. The Chairman does not believe that this 

bill directs any executive branch official to conduct any specific 

rule-making proceedings. 

Duplication of Existing Programs. This bill does not establish or 

reauthorize a program of the federal government known to be duplicative of another program. Such program was not included in 

any report from the Government Accountability Office to Congress 

pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111–139 or identified in the 

most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance published pursuant to the Federal Program Information Act (Public Law 95–220, 

as amended by Public Law 98–169) as relating to other programs. 

PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW

This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or tribal law. 


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CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

If enacted, this bill would make no changes in existing law. 

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