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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4908

To transfer certain land in Riverside County, California, from the Bureau 

of Land Management to the United States to be held in trust for 

the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 22, 2004

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

on Resources 

A BILL

To transfer certain land in Riverside County, California, 

from the Bureau of Land Management to the United 

States to be held in trust for the Pechanga Band of 

Luiseno 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 ‘‘Pechanga Band of 

5 Luiseno Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2004’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LAND IN TRUST FOR PECHANGA 

2 BAND OF LUISENO MISSION INDIANS. 

3 (a) TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION.—Effective on 

4 the date of the enactment of this Act, all right, title, and 

5 interest of the United States in and to the Federal lands 

6 described in subsection (b), including all improvements 

7 thereon, appurtenances thereto, and rights to all minerals 

8 thereon or therein, including oil and gas, water, and re9 lated resources, shall be held by the United States in trust 

10 for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, a fed11 erally recognized Indian tribe. The transferred land shall 

12 be declared part of the Pechanga Indian Reservation and 

13 administered in accordance with the laws and regulations 

14 generally applicable to property held in trust by the United 

15 States for an Indian tribe. 

16 (b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The lands referred to 

17 in subsection (a) consist of approximately 990.74 acres in 

18 Riverside County, California, which, before the transfer 

19 under such section, were administered by the Bureau of 

20 Land Management and are more particularly described as 

21 follows: 

22 (1) Sections 29, 30, and 32 of township 8 

23 south, range 2 west, San Bernardino base and me24 ridian. 

25 (2) Section 6 of township 9 south, range 2 

26 west, San Bernardino base and meridian. 
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1 (3) Mineral Survey 3540, section 22 of town2 ship 5 south, range 4 west, San Bernardino base 

3 and meridian. 

4 (c) SURVEY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

5 of the enactment of this Act, the Office of Cadastral Sur6 vey of the Bureau of Land Management shall complete 

7 a survey of the lands transferred under subsection (a) for 

8 the purpose of establishing the boundaries of the lands. 

9 (d) LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—

10 (1) PUBLICATION.—On approval of the survey 

11 completed under subsection (c) by the duly elected 

12 tribal council of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mis13 sion Indians, the Secretary of the Interior shall pub14 lish in the Federal Register—

15 (A) a legal description of the boundary 

16 lines; and 

17 (B) legal description of the lands trans18 ferred under subsection (a). 

19 (2) EFFECT.—Beginning on the date on which 

20 the legal descriptions are published under paragraph 

21 (1), such legal descriptions shall be the official legal 

22 descriptions of the boundary lines and the lands 

23 transferred under subsection (a). 

24 (e) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— Nothing in this Act 

25 shall— 
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1 (1) enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect any 

2 right or claim of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno 

3 Mission Indians to any land or interest in land that 

4 is in existence before the date of the enactment of 

5 this Act; or 

6 (2) affect any water right of the Pechanga 

7 Band of Luiseno Mission Indians in existence before 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act.

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