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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5468 

To take certain Federal lands in Mono County, California, into trust for 

the benefit of the Bridgeport Indian Colony. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 28, 2010 

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

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To take certain Federal lands in Mono County, California, 

into trust for the benefit of the Bridgeport Indian Colony. 

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 ‘‘Bridgeport Indian Col5 ony Land Trust, Health, and Economic Development Act 

6 of 2010’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 Congress finds the following: 

9 (1) The Bridgeport Indian Colony is a federally 

10 recognized Indian tribe with a reservation located 


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1 near the town of Bridgeport, in Mono County, Cali2 fornia. 

3 (2) The Tribe’s reservation is approximately 40 

4 acres, and was established by Federal law in 1974. 

5 (3) The reservation lands are insufficient for 

6 the Tribe’s housing and community development 

7 needs. 

8 (4) The Tribe’s reservation is located approxi9 mately 0.24 miles from Highway 182. 

10 (5) Between the Tribe’s reservation and High11 way 182 is an undeveloped piece of Federal land, of 

12 which a 31.86 acre parcel would be suitable to be 

13 added to the reservation and held in trust by the 

14 United States for the benefit of the Tribe. 

15 (6) The expansion of the reservation will facili16 tate a much-needed expansion of the Tribe’s ability 

17 to provide housing for its membership, a community 

18 activity center, and tribal economic development. 

19 (7) Many tribal members have expressed inter20 est in moving back to the reservation if housing and 

21 job opportunities can be made available. 

22 (8) A large portion of the nongovernmental 

23 labor force and business in Mono County is seasonal 

24 in nature, and unemployment in Mono County is ap25 proximately 10 percent. 


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1 (9) Transfer of this parcel, to be held in trust 

2 for the Tribe, will expedite the creation of job oppor3 tunities in this rural community for both tribal 

4 members and the non-Indian community. 

5 (10) In addition to the need for expansion of 

6 the reservation, the Tribe has significant health 

7 needs that could be facilitated by a separate Federal 

8 parcel being held in trust by the United States for 

9 the benefit of the Tribe. 

10 (11) The Tribe is a member of the Toiyabe In11 dian Health Project, a nonprofit consortium of area 

12 Indian tribes which provides the Indian and non-In13 dian residents of the area with health care services, 

14 partially funded by the Indian Health Service. 

15 (12) The Toiyabe Indian Health Project oper16 ates other facilities in Bishop and Lone Pine, Cali17 fornia. 

18 (13) In the 1980s, the Tribe applied for and re19 ceived a Community Development Block Grant from 

20 the Department of Housing and Urban Development 

21 in order to build a healthcare facility in Mono Coun22 ty. 

23 (14) With Toiyabe Indian Health Project di24 recting the project, the Camp Antelope Health Clinic 

25 was built on a 7.16 acre parcel of Federal land one 


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1 mile north of Walker, California, approximately 30 

2 miles from the Tribe’s reservation. 

3 (15) The Toiyabe Indian Health Project closed 

4 the Camp Antelope Health Clinic in 2006. 

5 (16) The Tribe and the Toiyabe Indian Health 

6 Project have agreed that the health clinic needs to 

7 be reopened. 

8 (17) Tribal members have to drive 90 miles to 

9 Bishop to obtain Indian healthcare services. 

10 (18) Taking the additional land into trust will 

11 assist the Tribe and the Toiyabe Indian Health 

12 Project in providing healthcare services to Indians 

13 and non-Indians in the area. 

14 (19) The investment of Federal funds in the de15 velopment of the health clinic adds to the impor16 tance of maintaining the parcel under Federal own17 ership. 

18 (20) On October 20, 2009, the Mono County 

19 Board of Supervisors voted to support the transfer 

20 of land into trust under this Act. 

21 (21) On April 20, 2010, the Mono County 

22 Board of Supervisors agreed unanimously to enter 

23 into a Memorandum of Understanding with the 

24 Tribe, thus supporting the Tribe’s efforts to have 

25 these parcels of land transferred into trust 


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1 SEC. 3. LANDS TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 

3 all right, title, and interest (including improvements and 

4 appurtenances) of the United States in and to the Federal 

5 lands described in subsection (b) are hereby declared to 

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

7 the Bridgeport Indian Colony. 

8 (b) FEDERAL LANDS DESCRIBED.—The Federal 

9 lands referred to in subsection (a) are the approximately 

10 39.36 acres described as follows: 

11 (1) The South half of the South half of the 

12 Northwest quarter of the Northwest quarter of the 

13 Northeast quarter and the North half of the South14 west quarter of the Northwest quarter of the North15 east quarter of Section 21, Township 8 North, 

16 Range 23 East, Mount Diablo Meridian, containing 

17 7.5 acres, more or less, as identified on the map ti18 tled ‘‘Bridgeport Camp Antelope Parcel’’. 

19 (2) Lots 1 and 2 of the survey plat attached, 

20 containing 31.86 acres, more or less. 

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