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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1167 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1167

To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land 
  to Elko County, Nevada, and to take land into trust for the Te-moak 
  Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 13, 2013

 Mr. Heller (for himself and Mr. Reid) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL

 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land 
  to Elko County, Nevada, and to take land into trust for the Te-moak 
  Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Elko Motocross and 
Tribal Conveyance Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary.
                TITLE I--ELKO MOTOCROSS LAND CONVEYANCE

Sec. 101. Definitions.
Sec. 102. Conveyance of land to county.
                 TITLE II--ELKO INDIAN COLONY EXPANSION

Sec. 201. Definitions.
Sec. 202. Land to be held in trust for the Te-moak Tribe of Western 
                            Shoshone Indians of Nevada.
Sec. 203. Authorization of appropriations.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.

    In this Act, the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the 
Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management.

                TITLE I--ELKO MOTOCROSS LAND CONVEYANCE

SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) City.--The term ``city'' means the city of Elko, 
        Nevada.
            (2) County.--The term ``county'' means the county of Elko, 
        Nevada.
            (3) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Elko 
        Motocross Park'' and dated January 9, 2010.

SEC. 102. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO COUNTY.

    (a) In General.--As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 
of this Act, subject to valid existing rights and the provisions of 
this section, the Secretary shall convey to the county, without 
consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in 
and to the land described in subsection (b).
    (b) Description of Land.--The land referred to in subsection (a) 
consists of approximately 275 acres of land managed by the Bureau of 
Land Management, Elko District, Nevada, as generally depicted on the 
map as ``Elko Motocross Park''.
    (c) Map and Legal Description.--
            (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall finalize the legal 
        description of the parcel to be conveyed under this section.
            (2) Minor errors.--The Secretary may correct any minor 
        error in--
                    (A) the map; or
                    (B) the legal description.
            (3) Availability.--The map and legal description shall be 
        on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
        offices of the Bureau of Land Management.
    (d) Use of Conveyed Land.--The land conveyed under this section 
shall be used only as a motocross, bicycle, off-highway vehicle, or 
stock car racing area, or for any other public purpose consistent with 
uses allowed under the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the 
``Recreation and Public Purposes Act''), (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.).
    (e) Administrative Costs.--The Secretary shall require the county 
to pay all survey costs and other administrative costs necessary for 
the preparation and completion of any patents for, and transfers of 
title to, the land described in subsection (b).
    (f) Reversion.--If the land conveyed under this section ceases to 
be used for a public purpose in accordance with subsection (d), the 
land shall, at the discretion of the Secretary, revert to the United 
States.

                 TITLE II--ELKO INDIAN COLONY EXPANSION

SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Te-moak 
        Tribal Land Expansion'', dated September 30, 2008, and on file 
        and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices 
        of the Bureau of Land Management.
            (2) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Te-moak Tribe of 
        Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada, which is a federally 
        recognized Indian tribe.

SEC. 202. LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR THE TE-MOAK TRIBE OF WESTERN 
              SHOSHONE INDIANS OF NEVADA.

    (a) In General.--Subject to valid existing rights, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the land described 
in subsection (b)--
            (1) shall be held in trust by the United States for the 
        benefit and use of the Tribe; and
            (2) shall be part of the reservation of the Tribe.
    (b) Description of Land.--The land referred to in subsection (a) 
consists of approximately 373 acres of land administered by the Bureau 
of Land Management, as generally depicted on the map as ``Lands to be 
Held in Trust''.
    (c) Survey.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall complete a survey of the boundary lines 
to establish the boundaries of the land taken into trust under 
subsection (a).
    (d) Conditions.--
            (1) Gaming.--Land taken into trust under subsection (a) 
        shall not be eligible, or considered to have been taken into 
        trust, 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)).
            (2) Use of trust land.--
                    (A) In general.--The Tribe shall use the land taken 
                into trust under subsection (a) only for--
                            (i) traditional and customary uses;
                            (ii) stewardship conservation for the 
                        benefit of the Tribe; or
                            (iii) residential or recreational 
                        development.
                    (B) Other uses.--If the Tribe uses any portion of 
                the land taken into trust under subsection (a) for a 
                purpose other than a purpose described in subparagraph 
                (A), the Tribe shall pay to the Secretary an amount 
                that is equal to the fair market value of the portion 
                of the land, as determined by an appraisal.
                    (C) Use of funds.--Any amounts received by the 
                Secretary under subparagraph (B) shall be--
                            (i) deposited in the Federal Land Disposal 
                        Account established by section 206(a) of the 
                        Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (43 
                        U.S.C. 2305(a)); and
                            (ii) used in accordance with that Act.
            (3) Thinning; landscape restoration.--With respect to the 
        land taken into trust under subsection (a), the Secretary, in 
        consultation and coordination with the Tribe, may carry out any 
        fuels reduction and other landscape restoration activities on 
        the land that is beneficial to the Tribe and the Bureau of Land 
        Management.

SEC. 203. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this title.
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