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Calendar No. 561 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2024 

To make a technical amendment to the T’uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust 

Area Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 16, 2011 

Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. UDALL of New Mexico) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs 

DECEMBER 11, 2012 

Reported by Mr. AKAKA, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To make a technical amendment to the T’uf Shur Bien 

Preservation Trust Area Act, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sandia Pueblo Settle5 ment Technical Amendment Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SANDIA PUEBLO SETTLEMENT TECHNICAL AMEND2 MENT. 

3 Section 413(b) of the T’uf Shur Bien Preservation 

4 Trust Area Act (16 U.S.C. 539m–11(b)) is amended— 

5 (1) in the first sentence of paragraph (4), by 

6 striking ‘‘conveyance’’ and inserting ‘‘the title to be 

7 conveyed’’; and 

8 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(6) FAILURE TO EXCHANGE.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the land exchange 

11 authorized under paragraph (1) is not com12 pleted by the date that is 90 days after the date 

13 of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary, 

14 on receipt of consideration under subparagraph 

15 (B) and at the request of the Pueblo and the 

16 Secretary of the Interior, shall transfer the Na17 tional Forest land generally depicted as ‘Land 

18 to be Held in Trust’ on the map entitled 

19 ‘Sandia Pueblo Settlement Technical Amend20 ment’ and dated December 7, 2011, to the Sec21 retary of the Interior to be held in trust by the 

22 United States for the Pueblo, subject to the 

23 condition that the land remain in its natural 

24 state as open space, with the natural character25 istics of the land to be preserved in perpetuity. 


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1 ‘‘(B) CONSIDERATION.—In consideration 

2 for the National Forest land to be held in trust 

3 under subparagraph (A), the Pueblo shall— 

4 ‘‘(i) convey to the Secretary the La 

5 Luz tract; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) pay to the Secretary the amount 

7 that is equal to the difference between— 

8 ‘‘(I) the amount that is equal to 

9 the fair market value of the National 

10 Forest land, as subject to the condi11 tion that the National Forest land re12 main in its natural state as open 

13 space, with the natural characteristics 

14 of the land to be preserved in per15 petuity; and 

16 ‘‘(II) the amount that is equal to 

17 the sum of— 

18 ‘‘(aa) the amount of com19 pensation owed to the Pueblo by 

20 the Secretary for the right-of-way 

21 and conservation easement on the 

22 Piedra Lisa tract under sub23 section (c)(2); and 


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1 ‘‘(bb) the amount that is 

2 equal to the fair market value of 

3 the La Luz tract. 

4 ‘‘(C) USE OF FUNDS.—Any amounts re5 ceived by the Secretary under this paragraph 

6 shall be— 

7 ‘‘(i) deposited in the fund described in 

8 paragraph (3); and 

9 ‘‘(ii) available to the Secretary, with10 out further appropriation and until ex11 pended, for the acquisition of land or inter12 ests in land in the National Forest Sys13 tem.’’. 


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Calendar No. 561 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2024 

A BILL 

To make a technical amendment to the T’uf Shur 

purposes. Bien Preservation Trust Area Act, and for other 

DECEMBER 11, 2012 

Reported with amendments 


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