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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2847 

To provide for certain land to be taken into trust for the benefit of the 

Morongo Band of Mission Indians, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 17 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 16), 2014 

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

to the Committee on Indian Affairs 

A BILL 

To provide for certain land to be taken into trust for the 

benefit of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, 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 ‘‘Economic Development 

5 Through Tribal Land Exchange Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the City of 

9 Banning, located in Riverside County, California, 

10 and adjacent to the Morongo Indian Reservation. 


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1 (2) FIELDS.—The term ‘‘Fields’’ means Lloyd 

2 L. Fields, the owner of record of Parcel A. 

3 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en4 titled ‘‘Morongo Indian Reservation, County of Riv5 erside, State of California Land Exchange Map’’, 

6 dated May 22, 2014, and on file in the Bureau of 

7 Land Management State Office in Sacramento, Cali8 fornia. 

9 (4) PARCEL A.—The term ‘‘Parcel A’’ means 

10 the approximately 41.15 acres designated on the 

11 map as ‘‘Fields lands’’. 

12 (5) PARCEL B.—The term ‘‘Parcel B’’ means 

13 the approximately 41.15 acres designated on the 

14 map as ‘‘Morongo lands’’. 

15 (6) PARCEL C.—The term ‘‘Parcel C’’ means 

16 the approximately 1.21 acres designated on the map 

17 as ‘‘Banning land’’. 

18 (7) PARCEL D.—The term ‘‘Parcel D’’ means 

19 the approximately 1.76 acres designated on the map 

20 as ‘‘Easement to Banning’’. 

21 (8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

22 the Secretary of the Interior. 

23 (9) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 

24 Morongo Band of Mission Indians. 


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1 SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF LAND; TRUST LAND; EASEMENT. 

2 (a) TRANSFER OF PARCEL A AND PARCEL B AND

3 EASEMENT OVER PARCEL D.—Subject to any valid exist4 ing rights of any third parties and to legal review and ap5 proval of the form and content of any and all instruments 

6 of conveyance and policies of title insurance, on receipt 

7 by the Secretary of confirmation that Fields has duly exe8 cuted and deposited with a mutually acceptable and jointly 

9 instructed escrow holder in California a deed conveying 

10 clear and unencumbered title to Parcel A to the United 

11 States in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the 

12 Tribe, and on receipt by Fields of confirmation that the 

13 Secretary has duly executed and deposited into escrow 

14 with that mutually acceptable and jointly instructed es15 crow holder a patent conveying clear and unencumbered 

16 title in fee simple to Parcel B to Fields and has duly exe17 cuted and deposited into escrow with that mutually accept18 able and jointly instructed escrow holder an easement to 

19 the City for a public right-of-way over Parcel D, the Sec20 retary shall instruct the escrow holder to simultaneously 

21 cause— 

22 (1) the patent to Parcel B to be recorded and 

23 issued to Fields; 

24 (2) the easement over Parcel D to be recorded 

25 and issued to the City; and 


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1 (3) the deed to Parcel A to be delivered to the 

2 Secretary, who shall immediately cause the deed to 

3 Parcel A to be recorded and held in trust for the 

4 Tribe. 

5 (b) TRANSFER OF PARCEL C.—After completion of 

6 the transfers under subsection (a) and as soon as prac7 ticable after receipt by the Secretary of confirmation that 

8 the City has vacated the interest of the City in Parcel C 

9 in accordance with all applicable State and local laws, the 

10 Secretary shall cause Parcel C to be held in trust for the 

11 Tribe subject to— 

12 (1) any valid existing rights of any third par13 ties; and 

14 (2) legal review and approval of the form and 

15 content of any and all instruments of conveyance. 

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