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Union Calendar No. 65

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 79

[Report No. 105–110]

To provide for the conveyance of certain land in the Six Rivers National

Forest in the State of California for the benefit of the Hoopa Valley Tribe.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 7, 1997

Mr. RIGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Resources

JUNE 3, 1997

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 7, 1997]

A BILL

To provide for the conveyance of certain land in the Six

Rivers National Forest in the State of California for

the benefit of the Hoopa Valley Tribe.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hoopa Valley Reserva3 tion South Boundary Adjustment Act’’.

4 SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LANDS WITHIN SIX RIVERS NATIONAL

5 FOREST FOR HOOPA VALLEY TRIBE.

6 (a) TRANSFER.—All right, title, and interest in and

7 to the lands described in subsection (b) shall hereafter be

8 administered by the Secretary of the Interior and be held

9 in trust by the United States for the Hoopa Valley Tribe.

10 The lands are hereby declared part of the Hoopa Valley Res11 ervation. Upon the inclusion of such lands in the Hoopa

12 Valley Reservation, Forest Service system roads numbered

13 8N03 and 7N51 and the Trinity River access road which

14 is a spur off road numbered 7N51, shall be Indian reserva15 tion roads, as defined in section 101(a) of title 23 of the

16 United States Code.

17 (b) LANDS DESCRIBED.—The lands referred to in sub18 section (a) are those portions of Townships 7 North and

19 8 North, Ranges 5 East and 6 East, Humboldt Meridian,

20 California, within a boundary beginning at a point on the

21 current south boundary of the Hoopa Valley Indian Res22 ervation, marked and identified as ‘‘Post H.V.R. No. 8’’ on

23 the Plat of the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation prepared

24 from a field survey conducted by C.T. Bissel, Augustus T.

25 Smith, and C.A. Robinson, Deputy Surveyors, approved by

26 the Surveyor General, H. Pratt, March 18, 1892, and ex-
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1 tending from said point on a bearing of north 72 degrees

2 30 minutes east, until intersecting with a line beginning

3 at a point marked as ‘‘Post H.V.R. No. 3’’ on such survey

4 and extending on a bearing of south 15 degrees 59 minutes

5 east, comprising 2,641 acres more or less.

6 (c) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundary of the

7 Six Rivers National Forest in the State of California is

8 hereby adjusted to exclude the lands to be held in trust for

9 the benefit of the Hoopa Valley Tribe pursuant to this sec10 tion.

11 (d) SURVEY.—The Secretary of the Interior, acting

12 through the Bureau of Land Management, shall survey and

13 monument that portion of the boundary of the Hoopa Valley

14 Reservation established by the addition of the lands de15 scribed in subsection (b).

16 (e) SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.—The transfer of lands

17 to trust status under this section extinguishes the following

18 claims by the Hoopa Valley Tribe:

19 (1) All claims on land now administered as part

20 of the Six Rivers National Forest based on the allega21 tion of error in establishing the boundaries of the

22 Hoopa Valley Reservation, as those boundaries were

23 configured before the date of the enactment of this Act.

24 (2) All claims of failure to pay just compensa25 tion for a taking under the fifth amendment to the
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1 United States Constitution, if such claims are based

2 on activities, occurring before the date of the enact3 ment of this Act, related to the lands transferred to

4 trust status under this section.

Union Calendar No. 65

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 79

[Report No. 105–110]

A BILL

To provide for the conveyance of certain land in the

fornia for the benefit of the Hoopa Valley Tribe.Six Rivers National Forest in the State of CaliJUNE 3, 1997

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and