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Calendar No. 377 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1436 

[Report No. 114–216] 

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

Indian tribes, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 21, 2015 

Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. HELLER) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs 

FEBRUARY 29, 2016 

Reported by Mr. BARRASSO, with an amendment 

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

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to take land into 

trust for certain Indian tribes, 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 ‘‘Nevada Native Nations 

5 Land Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY. 

2 In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec3 retary of the Interior. 

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

5 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES. 

6 (a) CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST

7 FOR THE FORT MCDERMITT PAIUTE AND SHOSHONE

8 TRIBE.— 

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

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

11 McDermitt Indian Reservation Expansion Act’’, 

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

13 for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 

14 Bureau of Land Management. 

15 (2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid 

16 existing 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 

20 for the benefit of the Fort McDermitt Paiute 

21 and Shoshone Tribe; and 

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

23 Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe. 

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

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

26 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 (b) CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST

4 FOR THE SHOSHONE PAIUTE TRIBES.— 

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

6 the term ‘‘map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Mountain 

7 City Administrative Site Proposed Acquisition’’, 

8 dated July 29, 2013, and on file and available for 

9 public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 

10 Forest Service. 

11 (2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid 

12 existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the 

13 United States in and to the land described in para14 graph (3)— 

15 (A) is held in trust by the United States 

16 for the benefit of the Shoshone Paiute Tribes of 

17 the Duck Valley Indian Reservation; and 

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

19 Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley In20 dian Reservation. 

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

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

23 land administered by the Forest Service as generally 

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


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1 (c) CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST

2 FOR THE SUMMIT LAKE PAIUTE TRIBE.— 

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

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

5 Indian Reservation Conveyance’’, dated February 

6 28, 2013, and on file and available for public inspec7 tion in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of 

8 Land Management. 

9 (2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid 

10 existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the 

11 United States in and to the land described in para12 graph (3)— 

13 (A) is held in trust by the United States 

14 for the benefit of the Summit Lake Paiute 

15 Tribe; and 

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

17 Summit Lake Paiute Tribe. 

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

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

20 of land administered by the Bureau of Land Man21 agement as generally depicted on the map as ‘‘Res22 ervation Conveyance Lands’’. 

23 (d) CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST

24 FOR THE RENO-SPARKS INDIAN COLONY.— 


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

2 the term ‘‘map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Reno3 Sparks Indian Colony Expansion’’, dated June 11, 

4 2014, and on file and available for public inspection 

5 in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 

6 Management. 

7 (2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid 

8 existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the 

9 United States in and to the land described in para10 graph (3)— 

11 (A) is held in trust by the United States 

12 for the benefit of the Reno-Sparks Indian Col13 ony; and 

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

15 Reno-Sparks Indian Colony. 

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

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

18 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land 

19 Management as generally depicted on the map as 

20 ‘‘RSIC Amended Boundary’’. 

21 (e) CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST

22 FOR THE PYRAMID LAKE PAIUTE TRIBE.— 

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

24 means the map entitled ‘‘Pyramid Lake Indian Res25 ervation Expansion’’, dated April 13, 2015, and on 


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1 file and available for public inspection in the appro2 priate offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 

3 (2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid 

4 existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the 

5 United States in and to the land described in para6 graph (3)— 

7 (A) is held in trust by the United States 

8 for the benefit of the Pyramid Lake Paiute 

9 Tribe; and 

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

11 Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. 

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

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

14 of land administered by the Bureau of Land Man15 agement as generally depicted on the map as ‘‘Res16 ervation Expansion Lands’’. 

17 (f) CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST

18 FOR THE DUCKWATER SHOSHONE TRIBE.— 

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

20 means the map entitled ‘‘Duckwater Reservation Ex21 pansion’’, dated January 12, 2015, and on file and 

22 available for public inspection in the appropriate of23 fices of the Bureau of Land Management. 

24 (2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid 

25 existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the 


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1 United States in and to the land described in para2 graph (3)— 

3 (A) is held in trust by the United States 

4 for the benefit of the Duckwater Shoshone 

5 Tribe; and 

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

7 Duckwater Shoshone Tribe. 

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

9 to in paragraph (2) is the approximately 31,269 

10 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land 

11 Management as generally depicted on the map as 

12 ‘‘Reservation Expansion Lands’’. 

13 SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION. 

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

15 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a 

16 survey of the boundary lines to establish the boundaries 

17 of the land taken into trust for each Indian tribe under 

18 section 3. 

19 (b) USE OF TRUST LAND.— 

20 (1) GAMING.—Land taken into trust under sec21 tion 3 shall not be eligible, or considered to have 

22 been taken into trust, for class II gaming or class 

23 III gaming (as those terms are defined in section 4 

24 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 

25 2703)). 


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1 (2) THINNING; LANDSCAPE RESTORATION.— 

2 With respect to the land taken into trust under sec3 tion 3, the Secretary, in consultation and coordina4 tion with the applicable Indian tribe, may carry out 

5 any fuel reduction and other landscape restoration 

6 activities, including restoration of sage grouse habi7 tat, on the land that is beneficial to the Indian tribe 

8 and the Bureau of Land Management. 

9 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

10 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nevada Native Nations 

11 Land Act’’. 

12 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY. 

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

14 of the Interior. 

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

16 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES. 

17 (a) CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST

18 FOR THE FORT MCDERMITT PAIUTE AND SHOSHONE

19 TRIBE.— 

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

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

22 McDermitt Indian Reservation Expansion Act’’, 

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

24 for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 

25 Bureau of Land 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 Fort McDermitt Paiute and 

7 Shoshone Tribe; and 

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

9 Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe. 

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

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

12 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land 

13 Management as generally depicted on the map as 

14 ‘‘Reservation Expansion Lands’’. 

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

16 THE SHOSHONE PAIUTE TRIBES.— 

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

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

19 Administrative Site Proposed Acquisition’’, dated 

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

21 inspection in the appropriate offices of the Forest 

22 Service. 

23 (2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid ex24 isting rights and paragraph (4), all right, title, and 


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1 interest of the United States in and to the land de2 scribed in paragraph (3)— 

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

4 the benefit of the Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the 

5 Duck Valley Indian Reservation; and 

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

7 Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley In8 dian Reservation. 

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

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

11 land administered by the Forest Service as generally 

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

13 (4) CONDITION ON CONVEYANCE.—The convey14 ance under paragraph (2) shall be subject to the res15 ervation of an easement on the conveyed land for a 

16 road to provide access to adjacent National Forest 

17 System land for use by the Forest Service for admin18 istrative purposes. 

19 (5) FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS.—The Sec20 retary of Agriculture (acting through the Chief of the 

21 Forest Service) shall convey to the Shoshone Paiute 

22 Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation any ex23 isting facilities or improvements to the land described 

24 in paragraph (3). 


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

2 THE SUMMIT LAKE PAIUTE TRIBE.— 

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

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

5 Indian Reservation Conveyance’’, dated February 28, 

6 2013, and on file and available for public inspection 

7 in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 

8 Management. 

9 (2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid ex10 isting rights, all right, title, and interest of the 

11 United States in and to the land described in para12 graph (3)— 

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

14 the benefit of the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe; 

15 and 

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

17 Summit Lake Paiute Tribe. 

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

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

20 of land administered by the Bureau of Land Manage21 ment as generally depicted on the map as ‘‘Reserva22 tion Conveyance Lands’’. 

23 (d) CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST

24 FOR THE RENO-SPARKS INDIAN COLONY.— 


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

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

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

4 on file and available for public inspection in the ap5 propriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 

6 (2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid ex7 isting rights, all right, title, and interest of the 

8 United States in and to the land described in para9 graph (3)— 

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

11 the benefit of the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony; 

12 and 

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

14 Reno-Sparks Indian Colony. 

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

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

17 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land 

18 Management as generally depicted on the map as 

19 ‘‘RSIC Amended Boundary’’. 

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

21 THE PYRAMID LAKE PAIUTE TRIBE.— 

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

23 means the map entitled ‘‘Pyramid Lake Indian Res24 ervation Expansion’’, dated April 13, 2015, and on 


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1 file and available for public inspection in the appro2 priate offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 

3 (2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid ex4 isting rights, all right, title, and interest of the 

5 United States in and to the land described in para6 graph (3)— 

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

8 the benefit of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe; 

9 and 

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

11 Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. 

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

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

14 of land administered by the Bureau of Land Manage15 ment as generally depicted on the map as ‘‘Reserva16 tion Expansion Lands’’. 

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

18 THE DUCKWATER SHOSHONE TRIBE.— 

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

20 means the map entitled ‘‘Duckwater Reservation Ex21 pansion’’, dated October 15, 2015, and on file and 

22 available for public inspection in the appropriate of23 fices of the Bureau of Land Management. 

24 (2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid ex25 isting rights, all right, title, and interest of the 


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1 United States in and to the land described in para2 graph (3)— 

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

4 the benefit of the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe; and 

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

6 Duckwater Shoshone Tribe. 

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

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

9 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land 

10 Management as generally depicted on the map as 

11 ‘‘Reservation Expansion Lands’’. 

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

13 public land order that withdraws any portion of land con14 veyed to an Indian tribe under this section shall be revoked 

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

16 SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION. 

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

18 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a sur19 vey of the boundary lines to establish the boundaries of the 

20 land taken into trust for each Indian tribe under section 

21 3. 

22 (b) USE OF TRUST LAND.— 

23 (1) GAMING.—Land taken into trust under sec24 tion 3 shall not be eligible, or considered to have been 

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1 ing (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the In2 dian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)). 

3 (2) THINNING; LANDSCAPE RESTORATION.—With 

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

5 the Secretary, in consultation and coordination with 

6 the applicable Indian tribe, may carry out any fuel 

7 reduction and other landscape restoration activities, 

8 including restoration of sage grouse habitat, on the 

9 land that is beneficial to the Indian tribe and the Bu10 reau of Land Management. 


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Calendar No. 377 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1436 

[Report No. 114–216] 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to take 

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

FEBRUARY 29, 2016 

Reported with an amendment 


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