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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 623 

To direct the Secretary of Interior to convey certain land held in trust 

for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah to the City of Richfield, Utah, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 15, 2005 

Mr. HATCH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Indian Affairs 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Interior to convey certain land 

held in trust for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah to 

the City of Richfield, Utah, 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. LAND CONVEYANCE TO CITY. 

4 (a) AUTHORIZATION FOR CONVEYANCE.—Not later 

5 than 90 days after the Secretary receives a request from 

6 the Tribe and the City to convey all right, title, and inter7 est of the United States and the Tribe in and to the Prop8 erty to the City, the Secretary shall take the Property out 

9 of trust status and convey the Property to the City. 
2 

•S 623 IS 

1 (b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The conveyance 

2 under subsection (a) shall be subject to the following con3 ditions: 

4 (1) TRIBAL RESOLUTION.—Prior to conveying 

5 the Property under subsection (a), the Secretary 

6 shall ensure that the terms of the sale have been ap7 proved by a tribal resolution of the Tribe. 

8 (2) CONSIDERATION.—Consideration given by 

9 the City for the Property shall be not less than the 

10 appraised fair market value of the Property. 

11 (3) NO FEDERAL COST.—The City shall pay all 

12 costs related to the conveyance authorized under this 

13 section. 

14 (c) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—The proceeds from the 

15 conveyance of the Property under this section shall be 

16 given immediately to the Tribe. 

17 (d) FAILURE TO MAKE CONVEYANCE.—If after the 

18 Secretary takes the Property out of trust status pursuant 

19 to subsection (a) the City or the Tribe elect not to carry 

20 out the conveyance under that subsection, the Secretary 

21 shall take the Property back into trust for the benefit of 

22 the Tribe. 
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•S 623 IS 

1 SEC. 2. TRIBAL RESERVATION. 

2 Land acquired by the United States in trust for the 

3 Tribe after February 17, 1984, shall be part of the Tribe’s 

4 reservation. 

5 SEC. 3. TRUST LAND FOR SHIVWITS OR KANOSH BANDS. 

6 If requested to do so by a tribal resolution of the 

7 Tribe, the Secretary shall take land held in trust by the 

8 United States for the benefit of the Tribe out of such trust 

9 status and take that land into trust for the Shivwits or 

10 Kanosh Bands of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, as so 

11 requested by the Tribe. 

12 SEC. 4. CEDAR BAND OF PAIUTES TECHNICAL CORREC13 TION. 

14 The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Restoration Act (25 

15 U.S.C. 761) is amended by striking ‘‘Cedar City’’ each 

16 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Cedar’’. Any reference in 

17 a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record 

18 of the United States to the ‘‘Cedar City Band of Paiute 

19 Indians’’ shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Cedar 

20 Band of Paiute Indians’’. 

21 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

22 For the purposes of this Act: 

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

24 Richfield, Utah. 

25 (2) PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘Property’’ means 

26 the parcel of land held by the United States in trust 
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•S 623 IS 

1 for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah located in Sec2 tion 2, Township 24 South, Range 3 West, Salt 

3 Lake Base and Meridian, Sevier County, Utah and 

4 more particularly described as follows: Beginning at 

5 a point on the East line of the Highway which is 

6 West 0.50 chains, more or less, and South 8° 21° 

7 West, 491.6 feet from the Northeast Corner of the 

8 Southwest Quarter of Section 2, Township 24 

9 South, Range 3 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, 

10 and running thence South 81° 39° East, perpen11 dicular to the highway, 528.0 feet; thence South 26° 

12 31° West, 354.6 feet; thence North 63° 29° West, 

13 439.3 feet to said highway; thence North 8° 21° 

14 East, along Easterly line of said highway 200.0 feet 

15 to the point of beginning, containing 3.0 acres more 

16 or less. 

17 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

18 the Secretary of the Interior. 

19 (4) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Pai20 ute Indian Tribe of Utah. 

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