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Union Calendar No. 371 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2733 

[Report No. 114–487] 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for certain 

Indian tribes, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 11, 2015 

Mr. AMODEI (for himself and Mr. HARDY) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

APRIL 12, 2016 

Additional sponsor: Mr. HECK of Nevada 

APRIL 12, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 11, 2015] 


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A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to take land into 

trust for certain Indian tribes, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Nevada Native Nations 

5 Land Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY. 

7 In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

8 of the Interior. 

9 SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR 

10 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES. 

11 (a) CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR

12 THE FORT MCDERMITT PAIUTE AND SHOSHONE TRIBE.— 

13 (1) DEFINITION OF MAP.—In this subsection, the 

14 term ‘‘map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Fort 

15 McDermitt Indian Reservation Expansion Act’’, 

16 dated February 21, 2013, and on file and available 

17 for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 

18 Bureau of Land Management. 

19 (2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid ex20 isting rights, all right, title, and interest of the 

21 United States in and to the land described in para22 graph (3)— 

23 (A) is held in trust by the United States for 

24 the benefit of the Fort McDermitt Paiute and 

25 Shoshone Tribe; and 


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1 (B) shall be part of the reservation of the 

2 Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe. 

3 (3) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred 

4 to in paragraph (2) is the approximately 19,094 

5 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land 

6 Management as generally depicted on the map as 

7 ‘‘Reservation Expansion Lands’’. 

8 (b) CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR

9 THE SHOSHONE PAIUTE TRIBES.— 

10 (1) DEFINITION OF MAP.—In this subsection, the 

11 term ‘‘map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Mountain City 

12 Administrative Site Proposed Acquisition’’, dated 

13 July 29, 2013, and on file and available for public 

14 inspection in the appropriate offices of the Forest 

15 Service. 

16 (2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid ex17 isting rights and paragraph (4), all right, title, and 

18 interest of the United States in and to the land de19 scribed in paragraph (3)— 

20 (A) is held in trust by the United States for 

21 the benefit of the Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the 

22 Duck Valley Indian Reservation; and 

23 (B) shall be part of the reservation of the 

24 Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley In25 dian Reservation. 


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1 (3) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred 

2 to in paragraph (2) is the approximately 82 acres of 

3 land administered by the Forest Service as generally 

4 depicted on the map as ‘‘Proposed Acquisition Site’’. 

5 (4) CONDITION ON CONVEYANCE.—The convey6 ance under paragraph (2) shall be subject to the res7 ervation of an easement on the conveyed land for a 

8 road to provide access to adjacent National Forest 

9 System land for use by the Forest Service for admin10 istrative purposes. 

11 (5) FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS.—The Sec12 retary of Agriculture (acting through the Chief of the 

13 Forest Service) shall convey to the Shoshone Paiute 

14 Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation any ex15 isting facilities or improvements to the land described 

16 in paragraph (3). 

17 (c) CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR

18 THE SUMMIT LAKE PAIUTE TRIBE.— 

19 (1) DEFINITION OF MAP.—In this section, the 

20 term ‘‘map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Summit Lake 

21 Indian Reservation Conveyance’’, dated February 28, 

22 2013, and on file and available for public inspection 

23 in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 

24 Management. 


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1 (2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid ex2 isting rights, all right, title, and interest of the 

3 United States in and to the land described in para4 graph (3)— 

5 (A) is held in trust by the United States for 

6 the benefit of the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe; 

7 and 

8 (B) shall be part of the reservation of the 

9 Summit Lake Paiute Tribe. 

10 (3) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred 

11 to in paragraph (2) is the approximately 941 acres 

12 of land administered by the Bureau of Land Manage13 ment as generally depicted on the map as ‘‘Reserva14 tion Conveyance Lands’’. 

15 (d) CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR

16 THE RENO-SPARKS INDIAN COLONY.— 

17 (1) DEFINITION OF MAP.—In this subsection, the 

18 term ‘‘map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Reno-Sparks 

19 Indian Colony Expansion’’, dated June 11, 2014, and 

20 on file and available for public inspection in the ap21 propriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 

22 (2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid ex23 isting rights, all right, title, and interest of the 

24 United States in and to the land described in para25 graph (3)— 


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1 (A) is held in trust by the United States for 

2 the benefit of the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony; 

3 and 

4 (B) shall be part of the reservation of the 

5 Reno-Sparks Indian Colony. 

6 (3) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred 

7 to in paragraph (2) is the approximately 13,434 

8 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land 

9 Management as generally depicted on the map as 

10 ‘‘RSIC Amended Boundary’’. 

11 (e) CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR

12 THE PYRAMID LAKE PAIUTE TRIBE.— 

13 (1) MAP.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘map’’ 

14 means the map entitled ‘‘Pyramid Lake Indian Res15 ervation Expansion’’, dated April 13, 2015, and on 

16 file and available for public inspection in the appro17 priate offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 

18 (2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid ex19 isting rights, all right, title, and interest of the 

20 United States in and to the land described in para21 graph (3)— 

22 (A) is held in trust by the United States for 

23 the benefit of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe; 

24 and 


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1 (B) shall be part of the reservation of the 

2 Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. 

3 (3) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred 

4 to in paragraph (2) is the approximately 6,357 acres 

5 of land administered by the Bureau of Land Manage6 ment as generally depicted on the map as ‘‘Reserva7 tion Expansion Lands’’. 

8 (f) CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR

9 THE DUCKWATER SHOSHONE TRIBE.— 

10 (1) MAP.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘map’’ 

11 means the map entitled ‘‘Duckwater Reservation Ex12 pansion’’, dated October 15, 2015, and on file and 

13 available for public inspection in the appropriate of14 fices of the Bureau of Land Management. 

15 (2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid ex16 isting rights, all right, title, and interest of the 

17 United States in and to the land described in para18 graph (3)— 

19 (A) is held in trust by the United States for 

20 the benefit of the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe; and 

21 (B) shall be part of the reservation of the 

22 Duckwater Shoshone Tribe. 

23 (3) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred 

24 to in paragraph (2) is the approximately 31,229 

25 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land 


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1 Management as generally depicted on the map as 

2 ‘‘Reservation Expansion Lands’’. 

3 (g) REVOCATION OF PUBLIC LAND ORDERS.—Any 

4 public land order that withdraws any portion of land con5 veyed to an Indian tribe under this section shall be revoked 

6 to the extent necessary to permit the conveyance of the land. 

7 SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION. 

8 (a) SURVEY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

9 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a sur10 vey of the boundary lines to establish the boundaries of the 

11 land taken into trust for each Indian tribe under section 

12 3. 

13 (b) USE OF TRUST LAND.— 

14 (1) GAMING.—Land taken into trust under sec15 tion 3 shall not be eligible, or considered to have been 

16 taken into trust, for class II gaming or class III gam17 ing (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the In18 dian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)). 

19 (2) THINNING; LANDSCAPE RESTORATION.—With 

20 respect to the land taken into trust under section 3, 

21 the Secretary, in consultation and coordination with 

22 the applicable Indian tribe, may carry out any fuel 

23 reduction and other landscape restoration activities, 

24 including restoration of sage grouse habitat, on the 


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1 land that is beneficial to the Indian tribe and the Bu2 reau of Land Management. 


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Union Calendar No. 371 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2733 

[Report No. 114–487] 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to take 

other purposes. land into trust for certain Indian tribes, and for 

APRIL 12, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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