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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1031 

To take certain land located in San Diego County, California, into trust 

for the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 6, 2019 

Mr. VARGAS (for himself and Mr. COOK) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To take certain land located in San Diego County, California, 

into trust for the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission 

Indians, 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 ‘‘Pala Band of Mission 

5 Indians Land Transfer Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LAND IN TRUST FOR THE PALA BAND 

7 OF MISSION INDIANS. 

8 (a) TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION.— 

9 (1) TRANSFER OF LANDS INTO TRUST.—If, not 

10 later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 


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1 of this Act, the Tribe transfers title to the land de2 scribed in subsection (b) to the United States, the 

3 Secretary, not later than 180 days after such trans4 fer, shall take that land into trust for the benefit of 

5 the Tribe. 

6 (2) ADMINISTRATION.—The land transferred 

7 under paragraph (1) shall be part of the Pala Indian 

8 Reservation and administered in accordance with the 

9 laws and regulations generally applicable to land 

10 held in trust by the United States for an Indian 

11 Tribe. 

12 (b) LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LANDS TRANS13 FERRED.—The land referred to in subsection (a)(1) is the 

14 approximately 700 acres of land located in San Diego 

15 County, California, described as follows: 

16 THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW 

17 IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, 

18 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS 

19 FOLLOWS: 

20 PARCEL 28 (APN 128-020-24): THE SOUTH21 EAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER, 

22 SECTION 4 TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 2 

23 WEST, SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN, IN THE 

24 COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 

25 ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF. 


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1 PARCEL 29 (APN 128-020-21, 128-020-40): THE 

2 SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST 

3 QUARTER AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF 

4 SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 4, TOWN5 SHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, SAN 

6 BERNARDINO MERIDIAN, IN THE COUNTY OF 

7 SAN DIEGO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING 

8 TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF. EXCEPTING 

9 FROM SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE 

10 SOUTHWEST QUARTER THE SOUTHWEST QUAR11 TER THEREOF. 

12 PARCEL 30 (APN 128-020-22 AND 41): THE 

13 SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST 

14 QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER, AND 

15 THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER 

16 OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 2 

17 WEST, SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN, IN THE 

18 COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 

19 ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF. 

20 PARCEL 31(APN 110-160-05 AND 09; AND 128- 

21 020-30): THE SOUTH HALF OF THE NORTHWEST 

22 QUARTER AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF 

23 SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 2 

24 WEST, SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN, IN THE 

25 COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 


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1 TOGETHER WITH LOTS 3 AND 4 IN SECTION 4, 

2 TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, SAN 

3 BERNARDINO MERIDIAN, IN THE COUNTY OF 

4 SAN DIEGO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING 

5 TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF. EXCEPTING 

6 THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTH 

7 HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID 

8 SECTION 33. ALSO EXCEPTING ALL THAT POR9 TION OF THE ABOVE, DESCRIBED AS A WHOLE 

10 AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SECTION 

11 CORNER COMMON TO SECTIONS 4 AND 5, TOWN12 SHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, SAN 

13 BERNARDINO MERIDIAN, AND SECTIONS 32 AND 

14 33, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, SAN 

15 BERNARDINO MERIDIAN; THENCE NORTH 10° 

16 29’ 35’’ EAST ALONG THE COMMON BOUNDARY 

17 LINE BETWEEN SAID SECTIONS 32 AND 33, A 

18 DISTANCE OF 1,333.43 FEET; THENCE LEAVING 

19 SAID COMMON BOUNDARY LINE, SOUTH 04° 51’ 

20 07’’ EAST A DISTANCE OF 465.32 FEET; THENCE 

21 SOUTH 01° 12’ 27’’ EAST, A DISTANCE OF 2,095.22 

22 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF 

23 LOT 4 (THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE 

24 NORTHWEST QUARTER) OF SAID SECTION 4; 

25 THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY LINE, SOUTH 


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1 88° 10’ 29’’ WEST, A DISTANCE OF 300.01 FEET 

2 TO THE COMMON BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN 

3 SAID SECTIONS 4 AND 5; THENCE NORTH 01° 12’ 

4 27’’ WEST ALONG SAID COMMON BOUNDARY 

5 LINE, A DISTANCE OF 1,257.00 FEET TO SAID 

6 SECTION CORNER COMMON SECTIONS 4, 5, 32 

7 AND 33, AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING. 

8 PARCEL 32 (APN: 128-340-31): THAT PORTION 

9 OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTH10 WEST QUARTER OF SECTION 4 AND THE 

11 NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST 

12 QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF 

13 SECTION 9, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 

14 2 WEST, SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN, IN THE 

15 COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 

16 ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF, 

17 DESCRIBED AS A WHOLE AS FOLLOWS: BEGIN18 NING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE 

19 WEST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF 

20 SAID SECTION 9, BEING THE SOUTHEASTERLY 

21 CORNER OF LAND DESCRIBED IN PARCEL 1 IN 

22 DEED TO GEORGIETTE M. PFAU, RECORDED 

23 MARCH 3, 1960 AS FILE/PAGE NO. 44210 OF OFFI24 CIAL RECORDS; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTH25 ERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID LAND NORTH 79° 17’ 


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1 00’’ WEST, 199.34 FEET; AND NORTH 85° 10’ 00’’ 

2 WEST, 421.35 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A 

3 TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHEASTERLY 

4 HAVING A RADIUS OF 75.00 FEET, SAID BEGIN5 NING OF CURVE BEING A POINT ON THE CEN6 TER LINE OF THAT CERTAIN 60.00 FOOT STRIP 

7 OF LAND DESCRIBED AS PARCEL 2 IN SAID 

8 DEED TO GEORGIETTE M. PFAU ABOVE RE9 FERRED TO; THENCE ALONG THE CENTER LINE 

10 OF SAID STRIP THE FOLLOWING COURSES AND 

11 DISTANCES: SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE ARC 

12 OF SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE 

13 OF 36° 49’ 00’’ A DISTANCE OF 48.19 FEET; TAN14 GENT TO SAID CURVE SOUTH 58° 01’ 00’’ WEST 

15 142.89 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT 

16 CURVE CONCAVE NORTHWESTERLY, HAVING A 

17 RADIUS OF 60.00 FEET; SOUTHWESTERLY AND 

18 WESTERLY ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE 

19 THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 35° 43’ 00’’ A 

20 DISTANCE OF 37.41 FEET; TANGENT TO SAID 

21 CURVE NORTH 86° 15’ 30’’ WEST, 126.49 FEET TO 

22 THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE CON23 CAVE SOUTHEASTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 

24 50.00 FEET; SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE ARC 

25 OF SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE 


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1 OF 41° 35’ 30’’ A DISTANCE OF 36.30 FEET; TAN2 GENT TO SAID CURVE SOUTH 52° 09’ 00’’ WEST, 

3 114.53 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT 

4 CURVE CONCAVE NORTHERLY, HAVING A RA5 DIUS OF 50.00 FEET; WESTERLY ALONG THE 

6 ARC OF SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL 

7 ANGLE OF 52° 12’ 40’’ A DISTANCE OF 45.56 

8 FEET; AND TANGENT TO SAID CURVE NORTH 

9 75° 38’ 20’’ WEST, 46.66 FEET TO AN ANGLE 

10 POINT IN THE BOUNDARY OF SAID PARCEL 1 OF 

11 SAID LAND OF GEORGIETTE M. PFAU; THENCE 

12 ALONG A PORTION OF THE BOUNDARY OF SAID 

13 LAND, NORTH 25° 05’ 30’’ WEST, 500.00 FEET TO 

14 AN ANGLE POINT IN SAID BOUNDARY; THENCE 

15 LEAVING SAID BOUNDARY NORTH 78° 14’ 56’’ 

16 EAST, 533.65 FEET; THENCE NORTH 06° 01’ 28’’ 

17 WEST, 213.81 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 76° 40’ 01’’ 

18 EAST 851.88 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EAST 

19 LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE 

20 SOUTHWEST QUARTER; THENCE ALONG SAID 

21 EAST LINE SOUTH 4° 47’ 28’’ EAST, 486.32 FEET 

22 TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; EXCEPT23 ING THEREFROM THAT PORTION GRANTED TO 

24 SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY BY 

25 DEED RECORDED OCTOBER 13, 1970 AS FILE/ 


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1 PAGE NO. 185466 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS. ALSO 

2 EXCEPTING THEREFROM ONE-HALF OF ANY 

3 OIL, MINERAL, AND/OR ORE RIGHTS RESERVED 

4 BY AGNES M. COUSER BY DEEDS RECORDED 

5 MARCH 3, 1960 AS FILE/PAGE NO. 44210 AND 

6 44212 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS. 

7 PARCEL 33: AN EASEMENT FOR ROAD AND 

8 PUBLIC UTILITY PURPOSES OVER, UNDER, 

9 UPON AND ACROSS A STRIP OF LAND 30.00 FEET 

10 IN WIDTH LYING WITHIN THE SOUTHWEST 

11 QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF 

12 SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 2 

13 WEST, SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN, IN THE 

14 COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 

15 THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID STRIP 

16 BEING THAT COURSE FORMING THE SOUTH17 WESTERLY LINE OF PARCEL 32 HEREINABOVE 

18 BEING DESCRIBED THEREIN AS ‘‘NORTH 25° 05’ 

19 30’’ WEST, 500.00 FEET’’. EXCEPTING THERE20 FROM THAT PORTION LYING WITHIN THE 60.00 

21 FOOT STRIP DESCRIBED AS PARCEL 11 HEREIN22 ABOVE. 

23 PARCEL 34: AN EASEMENT FOR ROAD AND 

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1 TION 4, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, 

2 SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN, MORE PARTICU3 LARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING 

4 AT THE MOST SOUTHERLY CORNER OF LAND 

5 DESCRIBED IN THE DEED TO SAN DIEGO GAS 

6 AND ELECTRIC COMPANY BY INSTRUMENT RE7 CORDED OCTOBER 13, 1970 AS FILE/PAGE NO. 

8 185466 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS; THENCE NORTH 

9 24° 33’ 26’’ WEST, 375.07 FEET; THENCE NORTH 

10 11°10’ 14’’ EAST 498.52 FEET; THENCE NORTH 72° 

11 57’ 24’’ EAST, 43.36 FEET TO THE EASTERLY 

12 LINE OF SAID WESTERLY 300.00 FEET; THENCE 

13 SOUTH 01° 12’ 27’’ EAST PARALLEL WITH THE 

14 WESTERLY LINE OF SAID SECTION 4, A DIS15 TANCE OF 20.79 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 72° 57’ 

16 24’’ WEST, 25.82 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 11° 10’ 

17 14’’ WEST, 472.17 FEET; THENCE NORTH 65° 26’ 

18 24’’ EAST, 5.36 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 24° 33’ 36 

19 EAST, 305.59 FEET TO SAID EASTERLY LINE OF 

20 THE WESTERLY 300.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 

21 01° 12’ 22’’ EAST ALONG SAID EASTERLY LINE 

22 75.59 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. 

23 PARCEL 35 (APN 128-340-32): THAT PORTION 

24 OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTH25 WEST QUARTER OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 10 


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1 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, SAN BERNARDINO ME2 RIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT 

3 THEREOF DESCRIBED A FOLLOWS: BEGINNING 

4 AT A POINT IN THE EAST LINE OF SAID SOUTH5 WEST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER, DIS6 TANT THEREON, NORTH 4° 47’ 28’’ WEST, 486.34 

7 FEET FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER THERE8 OF; THENCE NORTH 76° 40’ 01’’ WEST, 851.88 

9 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 6° 01’ 28’’ EAST 213.81 

10 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 78° 14’ 56’’ WEST 533.65 

11 FEET TO THE MOST WESTERLY CORNER OF 

12 THE LAND DESCRIBED IN PARCEL 1 OF DEED 

13 TO GERALD F. LAMP, ET AL. RECORDED SEP14 TEMBER 5, 1962 AS FILE/PAGE NO. 153042 OF OF15 FICIAL RECORDS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY; 

16 THENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF SAID LAND, 

17 NORTH 10° 38’ 20’’ EAST 498.48 FEET, NORTH 72° 

18 25’ 30’’ EAST, 198.04 FEET, NORTH 81° 04’ 00’’ 

19 EAST 539.56 FEET, AND NORTH 3° 52’ 50’’ WEST 

20 261.33 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID 

21 SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST QUAR22 TER; THENCE ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, NORTH 

23 86° 14’ 50’’ EAST 466.75 FEET TO THE NORTH24 EAST CORNER OF SAID SOUTHWEST QUARTER 

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1 47’ 28’’ EAST 802.72 FEET TO THE POINT OF BE2 GINNING. EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT POR3 TION GRANTED TO SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELEC4 TRIC COMPANY, BY DEED RECORDED OCTOBER 

5 13, 1970 AS FILE/PAGE NO. 185466 OF OFFICIAL 

6 RECORDS. ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM ONE7 HALF OF ANY OIL, MINERAL, AND/OR ORE 

8 RIGHTS RESERVED BY AGNES M. COUSER, IN 

9 DEEDS RECORDED MARCH 3, 1960 AS FILE/PAGE 

10 NO. 44210 AND 44212 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS. 

11 PARCEL 36: AN EASEMENT FOR ROAD AND 

12 PUBLIC UNTILITY PURPOSES OVER, UNDER, 

13 ALONG AND ACROSS THAT PORTION OF THE 

14 SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 4, TOWN15 SHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, SAN 

16 BERNARDINO MERIDIAN, IN THE COUNTY OF 

17 SAN DIEGO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING 

18 TO THE PLAT THEREOF, DESCRIBED AS FOL19 LOWS: BEGINNING AT THE MOST WESTERLY 

20 CORNER OF LAND DESCRIBED IN THAT CER21 TAIN DEED TO THE SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELEC22 TRIC COMPANY, RECORDED OCTOBER 13, 1970 

23 AS FILE/PAGENO. 185466 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS; 

24 THENCE NORTH 78° 14’ 56’’ EAST, 64.89 FEET; 

25 THENCE SOUTH 10° 38’ 20’’ WEST TO THE 


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1 SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID SAN DIEGO 

2 GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY’S LAND; THENCE 

3 ALONG SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE NORTH 25° 

4 05’ 30’’ WEST (RECORD NORTH 24° 33’ 36’’ WEST 

5 PER DEED) TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. EX6 CEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION LYING 

7 WITHIN PARCEL 34 HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED. 

8 PARCEL A (APN 110-370-09, PORTIONS 128- 

9 020-03, 128-020-04 AND 110-150-25): PARCEL A OF 

10 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE RECORDED FEB11 RUARY 2, 2017, AS INSTRUMENT NO. 20170056637 

12 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, 

13 CALIFORNIA, FURTHER DESCRIBED AS: 

14 GOVERNMENT LOT 3 IN SECTION 5, AND 

15 THAT PORTION OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE 

16 NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 5, LYING 

17 EASTERLY OF THE SOUTHERLY PROLONGA18 TION OF THE WESTERLY LINE OF GOVERN19 MENT LOT 3, ALL IN SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 10 

20 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, SAN BERNARDINO ME21 RIDIAN, IN THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, STATE 

22 OF CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL 

23 PLAT THEREOF. 

24 TOGETHER WITH 


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1 THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTH2 EAST QUARTER OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 9 

3 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, SAN BERNARDINO ME4 RIDIAN, IN THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, STATE 

5 OF CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL 

6 PLAT THEREOF. 

7 AND TOGETHER WITH 

8 A PORTION OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER 

9 OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 32, 

10 TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, SAN 

11 BERNARDINO MERIDIAN, IN THE COUNTY OF 

12 SAN DIEGO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING 

13 TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF, DESCRIBED 

14 AS FOLLOWS: 

15 BEGINNING AT A POINT WHICH IS SOUTH 

16 86°35’20’’ WEST 823.77 FEET FROM THE NORTH17 EAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER 

18 OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SEC19 TION 32, AS DESCRIBED IN DEED TO JOSEPH L. 

20 LUCIO AND IRMA LUCIO, RECORDED AUGUST 28, 

21 1968 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 148485 OF OFFICIAL 

22 RECORDS; THENCE NORTH 86°35’20’’ EAST 823.77 

23 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE 

24 SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 32; 

25 THENCE SOUTH 07°00’06’’ EAST 1352.95 FEET TO 


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1 THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST 

2 QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF 

3 SAID SECTION 32; THENCE SOUTH 89°55’10’’ 

4 WEST ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID 

5 SECTION 32, A DISTANCE OF 846.18 FEET MORE 

6 OR LESS TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF 

7 THE SAN DIEGO AQUEDUCT EASEMENT 150.00 

8 FOOT WIDE, AS SAID EASEMENT IS DESCRIBED 

9 IN BOOK 3386, PAGE 147 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS 

10 OF SAID COUNTY; THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTH11 WESTERLY LINE NORTH 26°44’25’’ WEST (RE12 CORDED NORTH 26°44’15’’ WEST) 1012.09 FEET 

13 TO THE MOST NORTHERLY CORNER OF THE 

14 LAND DESCRIBED IN DEED TO IDA SCHAAP, ET 

15 AL, RECORDED NOVEMBER 2, 1962 AS INSTRU16 MENT NO. 188661 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS; 

17 THENCE NORTH 58°43’53’’ EAST 753.65 FEET TO 

18 THE POINT OF BEGINNING. 

19 (c) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 

20 shall— 

21 (1) enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect any 

22 right or claim of the Tribe to any land or interest 

23 in land that is in existence before the date of the en24 actment of this Act; 


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1 (2) affect any water right of the Tribe in exist2 ence before the date of the enactment of this Act; 

3 or 

4 (3) terminate or limit any access in any way to 

5 any right-of-way or right-of-use issued, granted, or 

6 permitted before the date of the enactment of this 

7 Act. 

8 (d) RESTRICTED USE OF TRANSFERRED LANDS.— 

9 The Tribe may not conduct, on the land taken into trust 

10 for the Tribe pursuant to this Act, gaming activities— 

11 (1) as a matter of claimed inherent authority; 

12 or 

13 (2) under any Federal law, including the Indian 

14 Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) 

15 and regulations promulgated by the Secretary or the 

16 National Indian Gaming Commission under that 

17 Act. 

18 (e) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 

19 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

20 the Secretary of the Interior. 

21 (2) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Pala 

22 Band of Mission Indians. 

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