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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 438 

To transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands from the 

Bureau of Land Management to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take 

such lands into trust for Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the 

Tuolumne Rancheria, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 9, 2009 

Mr. RADANOVICH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal 

lands from the Bureau of Land Management to the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take such lands into trust 

for Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne 

Rancheria, 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 ‘‘Tuolumne Me-Wuk 

5 Land Transfer Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LAND TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.— 


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1 (1) FEDERAL LANDS.—Subject to valid existing 

2 rights, all right, title, and interest (including im3 provements and appurtenances) of the United States 

4 in and to the Federal lands described in subsection 

5 (b), the Federal lands shall be declared to be held 

6 in trust by the United States for the benefit of the 

7 Tribe for nongaming purposes, and shall be subject 

8 to the same terms and conditions as those lands de9 scribed in the California Indian Land Transfer Act 

10 (Public Law 106–568; 114 Stat. 2921). 

11 (2) TRUST LANDS.—Lands described in sub12 section (c) of this section that are taken or to be 

13 taken in trust by the United States for the benefit 

14 of the Tribe shall be subject to subsection (c) of sec15 tion 903 of the California Indian Land Transfer Act 

16 (Public Law 106–568; 114 Stat. 2921). 

17 (b) FEDERAL LANDS DESCRIBED.—The Federal 

18 lands described in this subsection, comprising approxi19 mately 66 acres, are as follows: 

20 (1) Township 1 North, Range 16 East, Section 

21 6, Lots 10 and 12, MDM, containing 50.24 acres 

22 more or less. 

23 (2) Township 1 North, Range 16 East, Section 

24 5, Lot 16, MDM, containing 15.35 acres more or 

25 less. 


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1 (3) Township 2 North, Range 16 East, Section 

2 32, Indian Cemetery Reservation within Lot 22, 

3 MDM, containing 0.4 acres more or less. 

4 (c) TRUST LANDS DESCRIBED.—The trust lands de5 scribed in this subsection, comprising approximately 357 

6 acres, are commonly referred to as follows: 

7 (1) Thomas property, pending trust acquisition, 

8 104.50 acres. 

9 (2) Coenenburg property, pending trust acquisi10 tion, 192.70 acres, subject to existing easements of 

11 record, including but not limited to a non-exclusive 

12 easement for ingress and egress for the benefit of 

13 adjoining property as conveyed by Easement Deed 

14 recorded July 13, 1984, in Volume 755, Pages 189 

15 to 192, and as further defined by Stipulation and 

16 Judgment entered by Tuolumne County Superior 

17 Court on September 2, 1983, and recorded June 4, 

18 1984, in Volume 751, Pages 61 to 67. 

19 (3) Assessor Parcel No. 620505300, 1.5 acres, 

20 trust land. 

21 (4) Assessor Parcel No. 620505400, 19.23 

22 acres, trust land. 

23 (5) Assessor Parcel No. 620505600, 3.46 acres, 

24 trust land. 


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1 (6) Assessor Parcel No. 620505700, 7.44 acres, 

2 trust land. 

3 (7) Assessor Parcel No. 620401700, 0.8 acres, 

4 trust land. 

5 (8) A portion of Assessor Parcel No. 

6 620500200, 2.5 acres, trust land. 

7 (9) Assessor Parcel No. 620506200, 24.87 

8 acres, trust land. 

9 (d) SURVEY.—As soon as practicable after the date 

10 of the enactment of this Act, the Office of Cadastral Sur11 vey of the Bureau of Land Management shall complete 

12 fieldwork required for a survey of the lands described in 

13 subsections (b) and (c) for the purpose of incorporating 

14 those lands within the boundaries of the Tuolumne 

15 Rancheria. Not later than 90 days after that fieldwork is 

16 completed, that office shall complete the survey. 

17 (e) LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 

18 (1) PUBLICATION.—On approval by the Com19 munity Council of the Tribe of the survey completed 

20 under subsection (d), the Secretary of the Interior 

21 shall publish in the Federal Register— 

22 (A) a legal description of the new bound23 ary lines of the Tuolumne Rancheria; and 

24 (B) a legal description of the land surveyed 

25 under subsection (d). 


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1 (2) EFFECT.—Beginning on the date on which 

2 the legal descriptions are published under paragraph 

3 (1), such legal descriptions shall be the official legal 

4 descriptions of those boundary lines of the Tuolumne 

5 Rancheria and the lands surveyed. 

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