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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 175 

To provide for certain land to be taken into trust for the benefit of Morongo 

Band of Mission Indians, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 13, 2015 

Mrs. BOXER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Indian Affairs 

A BILL 

To provide for certain land to be taken into trust for the 

benefit of Morongo Band of Mission Indians, 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 ‘‘Economic Development 

5 Through Tribal Land Exchange Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions 

8 apply: 

9 (1) BANNING.—The term ‘‘Banning’’ means the 

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1 ty, California adjacent to the Morongo Indian Res2 ervation. 

3 (2) FIELDS.—The term ‘‘Fields’’ means Lloyd 

4 L. Fields, the owner of record of Parcel A. 

5 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en6 titled ‘Morongo Indian Reservation, County of River7 side, State of California Land Exchange Map’, and 

8 dated May 22, 2014, which is on file in the Bureau 

9 of Land Management State Office in Sacramento, 

10 California. 

11 (4) PARCEL A.—The term ‘‘Parcel A’’ means 

12 the approximately 41.15 acres designated on the 

13 map as ‘‘Fields lands’’. 

14 (5) PARCEL B.—The term ‘‘Parcel B’’ means 

15 the approximately 41.15 acres designated on the 

16 map as ‘‘Morongo lands’’. 

17 (6) PARCEL C.—The term ‘‘Parcel C’’ means 

18 the approximately 1.21 acres designated on the map 

19 as ‘‘Banning land’’. 

20 (7) PARCEL D.—The term ‘‘Parcel D’’ means 

21 the approximately 1.76 acres designated on the map 

22 as ‘‘Easement to Banning’’. 

23 (8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

24 the Secretary of the Interior. 


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1 (9) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 

2 Morongo Band of Mission Indians, a federally recog3 nized Indian tribe. 

4 SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF LANDS; TRUST LANDS, EASEMENT. 

5 (a) TRANSFER OF PARCEL A AND PARCEL B AND

6 EASEMENT OVER PARCEL D.—Subject to any valid exist7 ing rights of any third parties and to legal review and ap8 proval of the form and content of any and all instruments 

9 of conveyance and policies of title insurance, upon receipt 

10 by the Secretary of confirmation that Fields has duly exe11 cuted and deposited with a mutually acceptable and jointly 

12 instructed escrow holder in California a deed conveying 

13 clear and unencumbered title to Parcel A to the United 

14 States in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the 

15 Tribe, and upon receipt by Fields of confirmation that the 

16 Secretary has duly executed and deposited into escrow 

17 with the same mutually acceptable and jointly instructed 

18 escrow holder a patent conveying clear and unencumbered 

19 title in fee simple to Parcel B to Fields and has duly exe20 cuted and deposited into escrow with the same mutually 

21 acceptable and jointly instructed escrow holder an ease22 ment to the City for a public right-of-way over Parcel D, 

23 the Secretary shall instruct the escrow holder to simulta24 neously cause— 


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1 (1) the patent to Parcel B to be recorded and 

2 issued to Fields; 

3 (2) the easement over Parcel D to be recorded 

4 and issued to the City; and 

5 (3) the deed to Parcel A to be delivered to the 

6 Secretary, who shall immediately cause said deed to 

7 be recorded and held in trust for the Tribe. 

8 (b) TRANSFER OF PARCEL C.—After the simulta9 neous transfer of parcels A, B, and D under subsection 

10 (a), upon receipt by the Secretary of confirmation that the 

11 City has vacated its interest in Parcel C pursuant to all 

12 applicable State and local laws, the Secretary shall imme13 diately cause Parcel C to be held in trust for the Tribe 

14 subject to— 

15 (1) any valid existing rights of any third par16 ties; and 

17 (2) legal review and approval of the form and 

18 content of any and all instruments of conveyance. 

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