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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3857 

To take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit 

of the Jamul Indian Village of California, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 29, 2024 

Mr. PADILLA (for himself and Ms. BUTLER) introduced the following bill; 

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

A BILL 

To take certain land in the State of California into trust 

for the benefit of the Jamul Indian Village of California, 

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 ‘‘Jamul Indian Village 

5 Land Transfer Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LAND TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST FOR THE JAMUL 

7 INDIAN VILLAGE OF CALIFORNIA. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The approximately 172.1 acres of 

9 land owned in fee by the Jamul Indian Village of Cali10 fornia located in San Diego, California, and described in 


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1 subsection (b) are hereby taken into trust by the United 

2 States for the benefit of the Jamul Indian Village of Cali3 fornia. 

4 (b) LAND DESCRIPTIONS.—The land referred to in 

5 subsection (a) is the following: 

6 (1) PARCEL 1.—The parcels of land totaling ap7 proximately 161.23 acres, located in San Diego 

8 County, California, that are held in fee by the Jamul 

9 Indian Village of California, as legally described in 

10 Document No. 2022–0010260 in the Official 

11 Records of the Office of the Recorder, San Diego 

12 County, California, and recorded January 7, 2022. 

13 (2) PARCEL 2.—The parcel of land totaling ap14 proximately 6 acres, located in San Diego County, 

15 California, that is held in fee by the Jamul Indian 

16 Village of California, as legally described in Docu17 ment No. 2021–0540770 in the Official Records of 

18 the Office of the Recorder, San Diego County, Cali19 fornia, and recorded July 29, 2021. 

20 (3) PARCEL 3.—The parcel of land totaling ap21 proximately 4.03 acres, located in San Diego Coun22 ty, California, that is held in fee by the Jamul In23 dian Village of California, as legally described in 

24 Document No. 1998–0020339 in the Official 


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1 Records of the Office of the Recorder, San Diego 

2 County, California, and recorded January 15, 1998. 

3 (4) PARCEL 4.—The parcel of land comprised 

4 of approximately 0.84 acres, located in San Diego 

5 County, California, that is held in fee by the Jamul 

6 Indian Village of California, as legally described in 

7 Document No. 2017–0410384 in the Official 

8 Records of the Office of the Recorder, San Diego 

9 County, California, and recorded September 7, 2017. 

10 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—Land taken into trust under 

11 subsection (a) shall be— 

12 (1) part of the reservation of the Jamul Indian 

13 Village of California; and 

14 (2) administered in accordance with the laws 

15 and regulations generally applicable to property held 

16 in trust by the United States for the benefit of an 

17 Indian Tribe. 

18 (d) GAMING PROHIBITED.—Land taken into trust 

19 under subsection (a) shall not be used for any class II 

20 gaming or class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Reg21 ulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) (as those terms are 

22 defined in section 4 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)). 

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