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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6443 

To take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit 

of the Jamul Indian Village of California Tribe, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 17, 2023 

Mr. ISSA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To take certain land in the State of California into trust 

for the benefit of the Jamul Indian Village of California 

Tribe, 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 ‘‘Jamul Indian Village 

5 Land Transfer Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LAND TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST FOR THE JAMUL 

7 INDIAN VILLAGE OF CALIFORNIA TRIBE. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The approximately 172.1 acres of 

9 land owned in fee by the Jamul Indian Village of Cali10 fornia located in San Diego, California, and described in 


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1 subsection (b) are hereby taken into trust by the United 

2 States for the benefit of the Jamul Indian Village of Cali3 fornia. 

4 (b) LAND DESCRIPTIONS.— 

5 (1) PARCEL 1.—Those parcels of land totaling 

6 approximately 161.23 acres, located in San Diego 

7 County, California, that are held in fee by the Jamul 

8 Indian Village of California, as legally described in 

9 Document No. 2022–0010260 in the Official 

10 Records of the Office of the Recorder, San Diego 

11 County, California, and recorded January 7, 2022. 

12 (2) PARCEL 2.—That parcel of land totaling ap13 proximately 6 acres, located in San Diego County, 

14 California, that is held in fee by the Jamul Indian 

15 Village of California, as legally described in Docu16 ment No. 2021–0540770 in the Official Records of 

17 the Office of the Recorder, San Diego County, Cali18 fornia, and recorded July 29, 2021. 

19 (3) PARCEL 3.—That parcel of land totaling ap20 proximately 4.03 acres, located in San Diego Coun21 ty, California, that is held in fee by the Jamul In22 dian Village of California, as legally described in 

23 Document No. 1998–0020339 in the Official 

24 Records of the Office of the Recorder, San Diego 

25 County, California, and recorded January 15, 1998. 


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1 (4) PARCEL 4.—That parcel of land comprised 

2 of approximately 0.84 acres, located in San Diego 

3 County, California, that is held in fee by the Jamul 

4 Indian Village of California, as legally described in 

5 Document No. 2017–0410384 in the Official 

6 Records of the Office of the Recorder, San Diego 

7 County, California, and recorded September 7, 2017. 

8 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—Land taken into trust under 

9 subsection (a) shall be— 

10 (1) part of the reservation of the Jamul Indian 

11 Village of California; and 

12 (2) administered in accordance with the laws 

13 and regulations generally applicable to property held 

14 in trust by the United States for the benefit of an 

15 Indian Tribe. 

16 (d) GAMING PROHIBITED.—Land taken into trust 

17 under subsection (a) shall not be used for any class II 

18 gaming or class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Reg19 ulatory Act (as those terms are defined in section 4 of 

20 that Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)). 

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