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Calendar No. 230

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 79

[Report No. 105–117]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 4, 1997

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 1997

Reported by Mr. CAMPBELL, without amendment

AN ACT

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,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hoopa Valley Reserva5 tion South Boundary Adjustment Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LANDS WITHIN SIX RIVERS NA2 TIONAL FOREST FOR HOOPA VALLEY TRIBE.

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

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

5 administered by the Secretary of the Interior and be held

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

7 The lands are hereby declared part of the Hoopa Valley

8 Reservation. Upon the inclusion of such lands in the

9 Hoopa Valley Reservation, Forest Service system roads

10 numbered 8N03 and 7N51 and the Trinity River access

11 road which is a spur off road numbered 7N51, shall be

12 Indian reservation roads, as defined in section 101(a) of

13 title 23 of the United States Code.

14 (b) LANDS DESCRIBED.—The lands referred to in

15 subsection (a) are those portions of Townships 7 North

16 and 8 North, Ranges 5 East and 6 East, Humboldt Merid17 ian, California, within a boundary beginning at a point

18 on the current south boundary of the Hoopa Valley Indian

19 Reservation, marked and identified as ‘‘Post H.V.R. No.

20 8’’ on the Plat of the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation

21 prepared from a field survey conducted by C.T. Bissel, Au22 gustus T. Smith, and C.A. Robinson, Deputy Surveyors,

23 approved by the Surveyor General, H. Pratt, March 18,

24 1892, and extending from said point on a bearing of north

25 72 degrees 30 minutes east, until intersecting with a line

26 beginning at a point marked as ‘‘Post H.V.R. No. 3’’ on
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1 such survey and extending on a bearing of south 15 de2 grees 59 minutes east, comprising 2,641 acres more or

3 less.

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

5 Six Rivers National Forest in the State of California is

6 hereby adjusted to exclude the lands to be held in trust

7 for the benefit of the Hoopa Valley Tribe pursuant to this

8 section.

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

10 through the Bureau of Land Management, shall survey

11 and monument that portion of the boundary of the Hoopa

12 Valley Reservation established by the addition of the lands

13 described in subsection (b).

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

15 to trust status under this section extinguishes the follow16 ing claims by the Hoopa Valley Tribe:

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

18 of the Six Rivers National Forest based on the alle19 gation of error in establishing the boundaries of the

20 Hoopa Valley Reservation, as those boundaries were

21 configured before the date of the enactment of this

22 Act.

23 (2) All claims of failure to pay just compensa24 tion for a taking under the fifth amendment to the

25 United States Constitution, if such claims are based
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1 on activities, occurring before the date of the enact2 ment of this Act, related to the lands transferred to

3 trust status under this section.

Passed the House of Representatives June 3, 1997.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.

Calendar No. 230

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 79

[Report No. 105–117]

AN ACT

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 CaliOCTOBER 29, 1997

Reported without amendment