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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 481 

To further the purposes of the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site 

Establishment Act of 2000. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 1, 2005 

Mrs. MUSGRAVE (for herself and Mr. COLE of Oklahoma) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 

A BILL 

To further the purposes of the Sand Creek Massacre 

National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000. 

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 ‘‘Sand Creek Massacre 

5 National Historic Site Trust Act of 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 

7 To further the purposes of the Sand Creek Massacre 

8 National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000 (16 

9 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 106–465), this Act author10 izes the United States to take certain land in Kiowa Coun-
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1 ty, Colorado, owned by the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes 

2 of Oklahoma, into trust. 

3 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act: 

5 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

6 the Secretary of the Interior. 

7 (2) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 

8 Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, a feder9 ally recognized Indian tribe. 

10 (3) TRUST PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘trust prop11 erty’’ means the property described in section 4(b). 

12 SEC. 4. TRANSFER OF LAND HELD IN TRUST FOR THE 

13 CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHO TRIBES OF OKLA14 HOMA. 

15 (a) LAND HELD IN TRUST FOR THE CHEYENNE AND

16 ARAPAHO TRIBES OF OKLAHOMA.— 

17 (1) CONVEYANCE.—Not later than 180 days 

18 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Tribe 

19 shall convey title to the trust property to the United 

20 States. 

21 (2) TRUST.—All right, title, and interest of the 

22 United States in and to the trust property, including 

23 all improvement on the trust property and appur24 tenances to the trust property and rights to all min-
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1 erals, are declared to be held by the United States 

2 in trust for the Tribe. 

3 (b) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The trust property is the 

4 property formerly known as the ‘‘Dawson Ranch’’, con5 sisting of approximately 1,465 total acres presently under 

6 the jurisdiction of the Tribe, situated within Kiowa Coun7 ty, Colorado, and more particularly described as follows: 

8 (1) The portion of sec. 24, T. 17 S., R. 46 W., 

9 Colorado Principal Meridian, that is the Eastern 

10 half of the NW quarter, the SW quarter of the NE 

11 quarter, the NW quarter of the SE quarter, Colo12 rado Principal Meridian. 

13 (2) All of sec. 25, T. 17 S., R. 46 W., Colorado 

14 Principal Meridian. 

15 (3) All of sec. 30, T. 17 S., R. 45 W., Colorado 

16 Principal Meridian. 

17 SEC. 5. SURVEY OF BOUNDARY LINE; PUBLICATION OF DE18 SCRIPTION. 

19 (a) SURVEY OF BOUNDARY LINE.—To accurately es20 tablish the boundary of the trust property, the Secretary 

21 shall, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

22 of this Act, cause a survey to be conducted by the Office 

23 of Cadastral Survey of the Bureau of Land Management 

24 of the boundary lines described in section 4(b). 

25 (b) PUBLICATION OF LAND DESCRIPTION.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—On completion of the survey 

2 under subsection (a), and acceptance of the survey 

3 by the representatives of the Tribe, the Secretary 

4 shall cause the full metes and bounds description of 

5 the lines, with a full and accurate description of the 

6 trust property, to be published in the Federal Reg7 ister. 

8 (2) EFFECT.—The descriptions shall, on publi9 cation, constitute the official descriptions of the 

10 trust property. 

11 SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST PROPERTY. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The trust property is declared to 

13 be part of the Indian reservation of the Tribe. 

14 (b) ADMINISTRATION.—The trust property shall be 

15 administered in perpetuity by the Secretary in accordance 

16 with the law generally applicable to property held in trust 

17 by the United States for the benefit of Indian tribes and 

18 in accordance with the Sand Creek Massacre National 

19 Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 461 

20 note; Public Law 106–465). 

21 SEC. 7. RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL USES. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The trust property shall be used 

23 only for historic, religious, or cultural uses that are com24 patible with the use of the land as a national historic site. 
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1 (b) DUTY OF THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall 

2 take such action as is necessary to ensure that the trust 

3 property is used only in accordance with this section. 

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