105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 79

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 Cali-
105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 79

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,
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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 NA5 TIONAL 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

11 Reservation. Upon the inclusion of such lands in the

12 Hoopa Valley Reservation, Forest Service system roads

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

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

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

16 title 23 of the United States Code.

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

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

19 and 8 North, Ranges 5 East and 6 East, Humboldt Merid20 ian, California, within a boundary beginning at a point

21 on the current south boundary of the Hoopa Valley Indian

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

23 8’’ on the Plat of the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation

24 prepared from a field survey conducted by C.T. Bissel, Au25 gustus T. Smith, and C.A. Robinson, Deputy Surveyors,

26 approved by the Surveyor General, H. Pratt, March 18,
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1 1892, and extending from said point on a bearing of north

2 72 degrees 30 minutes east, until intersecting with a line

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

4 such survey and extending on a bearing of south 15 de5 grees 59 minutes east, comprising 2,641 acres more or

6 less.

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

8 Six Rivers National Forest in the State of California is

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

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

11 section.

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

13 through the Bureau of Land Management, shall survey

14 and monument that portion of the boundary of the Hoopa

15 Valley Reservation established by the addition of the lands

16 described in subsection (b).

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

18 to trust status under this section extinguishes the follow19 ing claims by the Hoopa Valley Tribe:

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

21 of the Six Rivers National Forest based on the alle22 gation of error in establishing the boundaries of the

23 Hoopa Valley Reservation, as those boundaries were

24 configured before the date of the enactment of this

25 Act.
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1 (2) All claims of failure to pay just compensa2 tion for a taking under the fifth amendment to the

3 United States Constitution, if such claims are based

4 on activities, occurring before the date of the enact5 ment of this Act, related to the lands transferred to

6 trust status under this section.

Passed the House of Representatives June 3, 1997.

Attest:

Clerk.