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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1436 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1436

 To require the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for 
             certain Indian tribes, and for other purposes.

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                   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

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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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nevada Native Nations Land Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.

    In this Act, the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the 
Interior.

SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR CERTAIN INDIAN 
              TRIBES.

    (a) Conveyance of Land To Be Held in Trust for the Fort McDermitt 
Paiute and Shoshone Tribe.--
            (1) Definition of map.--In this subsection, the term 
        ``map'' means the map entitled ``Fort McDermitt Indian 
        Reservation Expansion Act'', dated February 21, 2013, and on 
        file and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
        offices of the Bureau of Land Management.
            (2) Conveyance of land.--Subject to valid existing rights, 
        all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
        the land described in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) is held in trust by the United States for the 
                benefit of the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone 
                Tribe; and
                    (B) shall be part of the reservation of the Fort 
                McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe.
            (3) Description of land.--The land referred to in paragraph 
        (2) is the approximately 19,094 acres of land administered by 
        the Bureau of Land Management as generally depicted on the map 
        as ``Reservation Expansion Lands''.
    (b) Conveyance of Land To Be Held in Trust for the Shoshone Paiute 
Tribes.--
            (1) Definition of map.--In this subsection, the term 
        ``map'' means the map entitled ``Mountain City Administrative 
        Site Proposed Acquisition'', dated July 29, 2013, and on file 
        and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices 
        of the Forest Service.
            (2) Conveyance of land.--Subject to valid existing rights, 
        all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
        the land described in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) is held in trust by the United States for the 
                benefit of the Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck 
                Valley Indian Reservation; and
                    (B) shall be part of the reservation of the 
                Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian 
                Reservation.
            (3) Description of land.--The land referred to in paragraph 
        (2) is the approximately 82 acres of land administered by the 
        Forest Service as generally depicted on the map as ``Proposed 
        Acquisition Site''.
    (c) Conveyance of Land To Be Held in Trust for the Summit Lake 
Paiute Tribe.--
            (1) Definition of map.--In this section, the term ``map'' 
        means the map entitled ``Summit Lake Indian Reservation 
        Conveyance'', dated February 28, 2013, and on file and 
        available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of 
        the Bureau of Land Management.
            (2) Conveyance of land.--Subject to valid existing rights, 
        all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
        the land described in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) is held in trust by the United States for the 
                benefit of the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe; and
                    (B) shall be part of the reservation of the Summit 
                Lake Paiute Tribe.
            (3) Description of land.--The land referred to in paragraph 
        (2) is the approximately 941 acres of land administered by the 
        Bureau of Land Management as generally depicted on the map as 
        ``Reservation Conveyance Lands''.
    (d) Conveyance of Land To Be Held in Trust for the Reno-Sparks 
Indian Colony.--
            (1) Definition of map.--In this subsection, the term 
        ``map'' means the map entitled ``Reno-Sparks Indian Colony 
        Expansion'', dated June 11, 2014, and on file and available for 
        public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of 
        Land Management.
            (2) Conveyance of land.--Subject to valid existing rights, 
        all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
        the land described in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) is held in trust by the United States for the 
                benefit of the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony; and
                    (B) shall be part of the reservation of the Reno-
                Sparks Indian Colony.
            (3) Description of land.--The land referred to in paragraph 
        (2) is the approximately 13,434 acres of land administered by 
        the Bureau of Land Management as generally depicted on the map 
        as ``RSIC Amended Boundary''.
    (e) Conveyance of Land To Be Held in Trust for the Pyramid Lake 
Paiute Tribe.--
            (1) Map.--In this subsection, the term ``map'' means the 
        map entitled ``Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation Expansion'', 
        dated April 13, 2015, and on file and available for public 
        inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 
        Management.
            (2) Conveyance of land.--Subject to valid existing rights, 
        all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
        the land described in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) is held in trust by the United States for the 
                benefit of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe; and
                    (B) shall be part of the reservation of the Pyramid 
                Lake Paiute Tribe.
            (3) Description of land.--The land referred to in paragraph 
        (2) is the approximately 6,357 acres of land administered by 
        the Bureau of Land Management as generally depicted on the map 
        as ``Reservation Expansion Lands''.
    (f) Conveyance of Land To Be Held in Trust for the Duckwater 
Shoshone Tribe.--
            (1) Map.--In this subsection, the term ``map'' means the 
        map entitled ``Duckwater Reservation Expansion'', dated January 
        12, 2015, and on file and available for public inspection in 
        the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.
            (2) Conveyance of land.--Subject to valid existing rights, 
        all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
        the land described in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) is held in trust by the United States for the 
                benefit of the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe; and
                    (B) shall be part of the reservation of the 
                Duckwater Shoshone Tribe.
            (3) Description of land.--The land referred to in paragraph 
        (2) is the approximately 31,269 acres of land administered by 
        the Bureau of Land Management as generally depicted on the map 
        as ``Reservation Expansion Lands''.

SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Survey.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall complete a survey of the boundary lines 
to establish the boundaries of the land taken into trust for each 
Indian tribe under section 3.
    (b) Use of Trust Land.--
            (1) Gaming.--Land taken into trust under section 3 shall 
        not be eligible, or considered to have been taken into trust, 
        for class II gaming or class III gaming (as those terms are 
        defined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 
        U.S.C. 2703)).
            (2) Thinning; landscape restoration.--With respect to the 
        land taken into trust under section 3, the Secretary, in 
        consultation and coordination with the applicable Indian tribe, 
        may carry out any fuel reduction and other landscape 
        restoration activities, including restoration of sage grouse 
        habitat, on the land that is beneficial to the Indian tribe and 
        the Bureau of Land Management.
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