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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1986 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1986

        To provide for a land conveyance in the State of Nevada.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 5, 2015

   Mr. Reid introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
        To provide for a land conveyance in the State of Nevada.

    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 ``Moapa Band of Paiutes Land 
Conveyance Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Moapa 
        River Reservation Expansion'', dated August 5, 2015, and on 
        file and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
        offices of the Bureau of Land Management.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (3) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Moapa Band of 
        Paiutes.

SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR THE MOAPA BAND OF 
              PAIUTES.

    (a) In General.--Subject to valid existing rights, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the land described 
in subsection (b) shall be--
            (1) held in trust by the United States for the benefit of 
        the Tribe; and
            (2) part of the reservation of the Tribe.
    (b) Description of Land.--The land referred to in subsection (a) is 
the approximately 25,977 acres of land administered by the Bureau of 
Land Management and the Bureau of Reclamation as generally depicted on 
the map as ``Reservation Expansion Land''.
    (c) 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 under 
subsection (a).
    (d) Gaming.--Land taken into trust under this section 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)).

SEC. 4. TRIBAL FEE LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST.

    (a) In General.--All right, title, and interest of the Tribe in and 
to the land described in subsection (b) shall be--
            (1) held in trust by the United States for the benefit of 
        the Tribe; and
            (2) part of the reservation of the Tribe.
    (b) Description of the Land.--The land referred to in subsection 
(a) is the approximately 88 acres of land held in fee by the Tribe as 
generally depicted on the map as ``Fee Into Trust Lands''.
    (c) 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 under 
subsection (a).
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