114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1436 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Land Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY. 

5 In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec6 retary of the Interior. 

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

8 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES. 

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

10 FOR THE FORT MCDERMITT PAIUTE AND SHOSHONE

11 TRIBE.— 

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

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

14 McDermitt Indian Reservation Expansion Act’’, 

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

16 for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 

17 Bureau of Land Management. 

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

19 existing 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 

23 for the benefit of the Fort McDermitt Paiute 

24 and Shoshone Tribe; and 

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

26 Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe. 
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1 (3) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred 

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

3 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land 

4 Management as generally depicted on the map as 

5 ‘‘Reservation Expansion Lands’’. 

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

7 FOR THE SHOSHONE PAIUTE TRIBES.— 

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

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

10 City Administrative Site Proposed Acquisition’’, 

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

12 public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 

13 Forest Service. 

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

15 existing rights and paragraph (4), all right, title, 

16 and interest of the United States in and to the land 

17 described in paragraph (3)— 

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

19 for the benefit of the Shoshone Paiute Tribes of 

20 the Duck Valley Indian Reservation; and 

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

22 Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley In23 dian Reservation. 

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

25 to in paragraph (2) is the approximately 82 acres of 
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1 land administered by the Forest Service as generally 

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

3 (4) CONDITION ON CONVEYANCE.—The convey4 ance under paragraph (2) shall be subject to the res5 ervation of an easement on the conveyed land for a 

6 road to provide access to adjacent National Forest 

7 System land for use by the Forest Service for ad8 ministrative purposes. 

9 (5) FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS.—The 

10 Secretary of Agriculture (acting through the Chief of 

11 the Forest Service) shall convey to the Shoshone 

12 Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation 

13 any existing facilities or improvements to the land 

14 described in paragraph (3). 

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

16 FOR THE SUMMIT LAKE PAIUTE TRIBE.— 

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

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

19 Indian Reservation Conveyance’’, dated February 

20 28, 2013, and on file and available for public inspec21 tion in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of 

22 Land Management. 

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

24 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 Summit Lake Paiute 

5 Tribe; and 

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

7 Summit Lake Paiute Tribe. 

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

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

10 of land administered by the Bureau of Land Man11 agement as generally depicted on the map as ‘‘Res12 ervation Conveyance Lands’’. 

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

14 FOR THE RENO-SPARKS INDIAN COLONY.— 

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

16 the term ‘‘map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Reno17 Sparks Indian Colony Expansion’’, dated June 11, 

18 2014, and on file and available for public inspection 

19 in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 

20 Management. 

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

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

23 United States in and to the land described in para24 graph (3)— 
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1 (A) is held in trust by the United States 

2 for the benefit of the Reno-Sparks Indian Col3 ony; 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

12 FOR 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 

19 existing 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 

23 for the benefit of the Pyramid Lake Paiute 

24 Tribe; 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 Man6 agement as generally depicted on the map as ‘‘Res7 ervation Expansion Lands’’. 

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

9 FOR 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 

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 Duckwater Shoshone 

21 Tribe; and 

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

23 Duckwater Shoshone Tribe. 

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

25 to in paragraph (2) is the approximately 31,229 
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1 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land 

2 Management as generally depicted on the map as 

3 ‘‘Reservation Expansion Lands’’. 

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

5 public land order that withdraws any portion of land con6 veyed to an Indian tribe under this section shall be re7 voked to the extent necessary to permit the conveyance 

8 of the land. 

9 SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION. 

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

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

12 survey of the boundary lines to establish the boundaries 

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

14 section 3. 

15 (b) USE OF TRUST LAND.— 

16 (1) GAMING.—Land taken into trust under sec17 tion 3 shall not be eligible, or considered to have 

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

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

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

21 2703)). 

22 (2) THINNING; LANDSCAPE RESTORATION.— 

23 With respect to the land taken into trust under sec24 tion 3, the Secretary, in consultation and coordina25 tion with the applicable Indian tribe, may carry out 
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1 any fuel reduction and other landscape restoration 

2 activities, including restoration of sage grouse habi3 tat, on the land that is beneficial to the Indian tribe 

4 and the Bureau of Land Management. 

Passed the Senate April 14, 2016. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1436 

AN ACT 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to take 

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