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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1840

To provide for the transfer of public lands to certain California Indian

Tribes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

NOVEMBER 2, 1999

Mrs. BOXER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Indian Affairs

A BILL

To provide for the transfer of public lands to certain

California Indian Tribes.

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 ‘‘California Indian Land

5 Transfer Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. LANDS HELD IN TRUST FOR VARIOUS TRIBES OF

7 CALIFORNIA INDIANS.

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

9 all right, title, and interest of the United States in and

10 to the lands, including improvements and appurtenances,
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1 described in a paragraph of subsection (b) in connection

2 with the respective tribe, band, or group of Indians named

3 in such paragraph are hereby declared to be held in trust

4 by the United States for the benefit of such tribe, band,

5 or group. Real property taken into trust pursuant to this

6 subsection shall not be considered to have been taken into

7 trust for gaming (as that term is used in the Indian Gam8 ing Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.)).

9 (b) LANDS DESCRIBED.—The lands described in this

10 subsection, comprising approximately 3525.8 acres, and

11 the respective tribe, band, or group, are as follows:

12 (1) PIT RIVER TRIBE.—Lands to be held in

13 trust for the Pit River Tribe are comprised of ap14 proximately 561.69 acres described as follows:

15 Mount Diablo Base and Meridian

16 Township 42 North, Range 13 East

17 Section 3:

S1⁄2 NW1⁄4, NW1⁄4 NW1 18 ⁄4, 120 acres.

19 Township 43 North, Range 13 East

20 Section 1:

N1⁄2 NE1 21 ⁄4, 80 acres,

22 Section 22:

SE1⁄4 SE1 23 ⁄4, 40 acres,

24 Section 25:

SE1⁄4 NW1 25 ⁄4, 40 acres,
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1 Section 26:

SW1⁄4 SE1 2 ⁄4, 40 acres,

3 Section 27:

SE1⁄4 NW1 4 ⁄4, 40 acres,

5 Section 28:

NE1⁄4 SW1 6 ⁄4, 40 acres,

7 Section 32:

SE1⁄4 SE1 8 ⁄4, 40 acres,

9 Section 34:

SE1⁄4 NW1 10 ⁄4, 40 acres,

11 Township 44 North, Range 14 East,

12 Section 31:

S1⁄2 SW1 13 ⁄4, 80 acres.

14 (2) FORT INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY OF PAI15 UTE INDIANS.—Lands to be held in trust for the

16 Fort Independence Community of Paiute Indians are

17 comprised of approximately 200.06 acres described

18 as follows:

19 Mount Diablo Base and Meridian

20 Township 13 South, Range 34 East

21 Section 1:

W1⁄2 of Lot 5 in the NE1⁄4, Lot 3, E1 22 ⁄2 of Lot

4, and E1⁄2 of Lot 5 in the NW1 23 ⁄4.

24 (3) BARONA GROUP OF CAPITAN GRANDE BAND

25 OF MISSION INDIANS.—Lands to be held in trust for
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1 the Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mis2 sion Indians are comprised of approximately 5.03

3 acres described as follows:

4 San Bernardino Base and Meridian

5 Township 14 South, Range 2 East

6 Section 7, Lot 15.

7 (4) CUYAPAIPE BAND OF MISSION INDIANS.—

8 Lands to be held in trust for the Cuyapaipe Band

9 of Mission Indians are comprised of approximately

10 1,360 acres described as follows:

11 San Bernardino Base and Meridian

12 Township 15 South, Range 6 East

13 Section 21:

14 All of this section.

15 Section 31:

NE1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4, SE1⁄4SE1 16 ⁄4.

17 Section 32:

W1⁄2SW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, NW1⁄4SE1 18 ⁄4.

19 Section 33:

SE1⁄4, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1 20 ⁄4.

21 (5) MANZANITA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS.—

22 Lands to be held in trust for the Manzanita Band

23 of Mission Indians are comprised of approximately

24 1,000.78 acres described as follows:

25 San Bernardino Base and Meridian
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1 Township 16 South, Range 6 East

2 Section 21:

Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, S1 3 ⁄2.

4 Section 25:

5 Lots 2 and 5.

6 Section 28:

Lots, 1, 2, 3, and 4, N1⁄2SE1 7 ⁄4.

8 (6) MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS.—

9 Lands to be held in trust for the Morongo Band of

10 Mission Indians are comprised of approximately 40

11 acres described as follows:

12 San Bernardino Base and Meridian

13 Township 3 South, Range 2 East

14 Section 20:

NW1⁄4 of NE1 15 ⁄4.

16 (7) PALA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS.—Lands

17 to be held in trust for the Pala Band of Mission In18 dians are comprised of approximately 59.20 acres

19 described as follows:

20 San Bernardino Base and Meridian

21 Township 9 South, Range 2 West

22 Section 13, Lot 1, and Section 14, Lots 1, 2, 3.

23 (8) FORT BIDWELL COMMUNITY OF PAIUTE IN24 DIANS.—Lands to be held in trust for the Fort
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1 Bidwell Community of Paiute Indians are comprised

2 of approximately 299.04 acres described as follows:

3 Mount Diablo Base and Meridian

4 Township 46 North, Range 16 East

5 Section 8:

SW1⁄4SW1 6 ⁄4.

7 Section 19:

8 Lots 5, 6, 7.

S1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1 9 ⁄4.

10 Section 20:

11 Lot 1.

12 SEC. 3. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

13 (a) PROCEEDS FROM RENTS AND ROYALTIES

14 TRANSFERRED TO INDIANS.—Amounts which accrue to

15 the United States after the date of the enactment of this

16 Act from sales, bonuses, royalties, and rentals relating to

17 any land described in section 2 shall be available for use

18 or obligation, in such manner and for such purposes as

19 the Secretary may approve, by the tribe, band, or group

20 of Indians for whose benefit such land is taken into trust.

21 (b) NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF GRAZING PREF22 ERENCES.—Grazing preferences on lands described in sec23 tion 2 shall terminate 2 years after the date of the enact24 ment of this Act.
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1 (c) LAWS GOVERNING LANDS TO BE HELD IN

2 TRUST.—

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any lands which are to be

4 held in trust for the benefit of any tribe, band, or

5 group of Indians pursuant to this Act shall be added

6 to the existing reservation of the tribe, band, or

7 group, and the official boundaries of the reservation

8 shall be modified accordingly.

9 (2) APPLICABILITY OF LAWS OF THE UNITED

10 STATES.—The lands referred to in paragraph (1)

11 shall be subject to the laws of the United States re12 lating to Indian land in the same manner and to the

13 same extent as other lands held in trust for such

14 tribe, band, or group on the day before the date of

15 enactment of this Act

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