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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2717 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the San Felipe 

Pueblo certain Federal land in Sandoval County, New Mexico, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 14, 2019 

Ms. HAALAND introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the 

San Felipe Pueblo certain Federal land in Sandoval 

County, New Mexico, 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. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act: 

5 (1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 

6 means the approximately 7,167 acres of land man7 aged by the Bureau of Land Management des8 ignated as ‘‘Proposed Conveyance—San Felipe 

9 Pueblo’’ on the map. 


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1 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map ti2 tled ‘‘Ball Ranch ACEC & Additional BLM Land’’ 

3 and dated October 26, 2018. 

4 (3) PUEBLO.—The term ‘‘Pueblo’’ means the 

5 San Felipe Pueblo in Sandoval County, New Mexico. 

6 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

7 the Secretary of the Interior. 

8 SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE TO SAN FELIPE PUEBLO. 

9 (a) AUTHORIZATION FOR CONVEYANCE.—Not later 

10 than 120 days after the date on which the Secretary re11 ceives a request from the Pueblo to convey, for no consid12 eration, all of the Federal land (including mineral rights), 

13 subject to valid existing rights and notwithstanding the 

14 land use planning requirements of sections 202 and 203 

15 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 

16 (43 U.S.C. 1712, 1713), the Secretary shall convey to the 

17 Pueblo all right, title, and interest of the United States 

18 in and to the Federal land. 

19 (b) EASEMENTS.—The conveyance under subsection 

20 (a) shall be subject to the following conditions which shall 

21 be part of the deed for the conveyed Federal land: 

22 (1) Perpetual easements shall allow for the fol23 lowing access roads on the Federal land to the same 

24 extent as such access roads exist on the date of the 

25 enactment of this Act: 


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1 (A) An access road of approximately 2.4 

2 miles to the ‘‘Hamaatsa’’ inholding. 

3 (B) An access road of approximately 1.8 

4 miles to the ‘‘Baca Family’’ inholding. 

5 (2) Subject to agreement with the Pueblo, a 

6 perpetual easement to allow federally recognized In7 dian Tribes to access and be on the conveyed Fed8 eral land in order to access cultural sites and for 

9 cultural and religious practices on the Federal land. 

10 (3) A requirement that the Pueblo maintain the 

11 access roads referred to in paragraph (1) to the 

12 same engineering standards that the Bureau of 

13 Land Management was required to maintain such 

14 roads on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

15 (c) GRAZING.—If Federal land is subject to a lease, 

16 permit, or contract for the grazing of domestic livestock 

17 in effect on the date of the conveyance of the Federal land 

18 under this Act, the grazing may, at the discretion of the 

19 Pueblo, continue for the remainder of the term of the 

20 lease, permit, or contract, subject to the related terms and 

21 conditions of user agreements, including permitted stock22 ing rates, grazing fee levels, access, and ownership and 

23 use of range improvements. 


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1 (d) COSTS.—The United States shall pay all costs of 

2 the conveyance under subsection (a). 

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