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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. 

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 

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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY. 

7 In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec8 retary of the Interior. 

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

2 CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES. 

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

4 FOR THE FORT MCDERMITT PAIUTE AND SHOSHONE

5 TRIBE.— 

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

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

8 McDermitt Indian Reservation Expansion Act’’, 

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

10 for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 

11 Bureau of Land Management. 

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

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

14 United States in and to the land described in para15 graph (3)— 

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

17 for the benefit of the Fort McDermitt Paiute 

18 and Shoshone Tribe; and 

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

20 Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe. 

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

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

23 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land 

24 Management as generally depicted on the map as 

25 ‘‘Reservation Expansion Lands’’. 

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

2 FOR THE SHOSHONE PAIUTE TRIBES.— 

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

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

5 City Administrative Site Proposed Acquisition’’, 

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

7 public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 

8 Forest Service. 

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 Shoshone Paiute Tribes of 

15 the Duck Valley Indian Reservation; and 

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

17 Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley In18 dian Reservation. 

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

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

21 land administered by the Forest Service as generally 

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

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

24 FOR THE SUMMIT LAKE PAIUTE TRIBE.— 

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

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

3 Indian Reservation Conveyance’’, dated February 

4 28, 2013, and on file and available for public inspec5 tion in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of 

6 Land 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 Summit Lake Paiute 

13 Tribe; and 

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

15 Summit Lake Paiute Tribe. 

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

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

18 of land administered by the Bureau of Land Man19 agement as generally depicted on the map as ‘‘Res20 ervation Conveyance Lands’’. 

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

22 FOR THE RENO-SPARKS INDIAN COLONY.— 

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

24 the term ‘‘map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Reno25 Sparks Indian Colony Expansion’’, dated June 11, 

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1 2014, and on file and available for public inspection 

2 in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 

3 Management. 

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

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

6 United States in and to the land described in para7 graph (3)— 

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

9 for the benefit of the Reno-Sparks Indian Col10 ony; and 

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

12 Reno-Sparks Indian Colony. 

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

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

15 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land 

16 Management as generally depicted on the map as 

17 ‘‘RSIC Amended Boundary’’. 

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

19 FOR THE PYRAMID LAKE PAIUTE TRIBE.— 

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

21 means the map entitled ‘‘Pyramid Lake Indian Res22 ervation Expansion’’, dated April 13, 2015, and on 

23 file and available for public inspection in the appro24 priate offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 

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

2 existing 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 

6 for the benefit of the Pyramid Lake Paiute 

7 Tribe; and 

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

9 Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. 

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

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

12 of land administered by the Bureau of Land Man13 agement as generally depicted on the map as ‘‘Res14 ervation Expansion Lands’’. 

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

16 FOR THE DUCKWATER SHOSHONE TRIBE.— 

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

18 means the map entitled ‘‘Duckwater Reservation Ex19 pansion’’, dated January 12, 2015, and on file and 

20 available for public inspection in the appropriate of21 fices of the Bureau of Land Management. 

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

23 existing 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 

2 for the benefit of the Duckwater Shoshone 

3 Tribe; and 

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

5 Duckwater Shoshone Tribe. 

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

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

8 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land 

9 Management as generally depicted on the map as 

10 ‘‘Reservation Expansion Lands’’. 

11 SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION. 

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

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

14 survey of the boundary lines to establish the boundaries 

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

16 section 3. 

17 (b) USE OF TRUST LAND.— 

18 (1) GAMING.—Land taken into trust under sec19 tion 3 shall not be eligible, or considered to have 

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

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

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

23 2703)). 

24 (2) THINNING; LANDSCAPE RESTORATION.— 

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1 tion 3, the Secretary, in consultation and coordina2 tion with the applicable Indian tribe, may carry out 

3 any fuel reduction and other landscape restoration 

4 activities, including restoration of sage grouse habi5 tat, on the land that is beneficial to the Indian tribe 

6 and the Bureau of Land Management. 

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