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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 611 

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 

MARCH 19, 2013 

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

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

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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SANDIA PUEBLO SETTLEMENT TECHNICAL AMEND7 MENT. 

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

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


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

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

3 conveyed’’; and 

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

5 ‘‘(6) FAILURE TO EXCHANGE.— 

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

7 authorized under paragraph (1) is not com8 pleted by the date that is 90 days after the date 

9 of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary, 

10 on receipt of consideration under subparagraph 

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

12 Secretary of the Interior, shall transfer the Na13 tional Forest land generally depicted as ‘Land 

14 to be Held in Trust’ on the map entitled 

15 ‘Sandia Pueblo Settlement Technical Amend16 ment’ and dated December 7, 2011, to the Sec17 retary of the Interior to be held in trust by the 

18 United States for the Pueblo, subject to the 

19 condition that the land remain as open space, 

20 with the natural characteristics of the land to 

21 be preserved in perpetuity. 

22 ‘‘(B) CONSIDERATION.—In consideration 

23 for the National Forest land to be held in trust 

24 under subparagraph (A), the Pueblo shall— 


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

2 Luz tract; and 

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

4 that is equal to the difference between— 

5 ‘‘(I) the amount that is equal to 

6 the fair market value of the National 

7 Forest land, as subject to the condi8 tion that the National Forest land re9 main as open space, with the natural 

10 characteristics of the land to be pre11 served in perpetuity; and 

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

13 the sum of— 

14 ‘‘(aa) the amount of com15 pensation owed to the Pueblo by 

16 the Secretary for the right-of-way 

17 and conservation easement on the 

18 Piedra Lisa tract under sub19 section (c)(2); and 

20 ‘‘(bb) the amount that is 

21 equal to the fair market value of 

22 the La Luz tract. 

23 ‘‘(C) USE OF FUNDS.—Any amounts re24 ceived by the Secretary under this paragraph 

25 shall be— 


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

2 paragraph (3); and 

3 ‘‘(ii) available to the Secretary, with4 out further appropriation and until ex5 pended, for the acquisition of land or inter6 ests in land in the National Forest Sys7 tem.’’. 

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