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California for the benefit of San Bernardino County
under the aforementioned Act of March 1, 1911 (16
U.S.C. 500) shall be available to be appropriated for
expenditure in furtherance of this Act.’’.
SEC. 2. SANTA ROSA AND SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS NA-
TIONAL 
MONUMENT 
CLARIFYING 
AMEND-
MENTS.
The Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National
Monument Act of 2000 is amended as follows:
(1) In the second sentence of section 2(d)(1), by
striking ‘‘and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, and Forestry’’.
(2) In the second sentence of section 4(a)(3), by
striking ‘‘Nothing in this section’’ and inserting
‘‘Nothing in this Act’’.
(3) In section 4(c)(1), by striking ‘‘any person,
including’’.
(4) In section 5, by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(j) WILDERNESS PROTECTION.—Nothing in this Act
alters the management of any areas designated as Wilder-
ness which are within the boundaries of the National Monu-
ment. All such areas shall remain subject to the Wilderness
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the laws designating such
areas as Wilderness, and other applicable laws. If any part
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of this Act conflicts with any provision of those laws with
respect to the management of the Wilderness areas, such
provision shall control.’’.
SEC. 3. TECHNICAL CORRECTION.
The Santo Domingo Pueblo Claims Settlement Act of
2000 is amended by adding at the end:
‘‘SEC. 7. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
‘‘(a) EXCHANGE OF CERTAIN LANDS WITH NEW MEX-
ICO.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
acquire by exchange the State of New Mexico trust
lands located in township 16 north, range 4 east, sec-
tion 2, and all interests therein, including improve-
ments, mineral rights and water rights.
‘‘(2) USE OF OTHER LANDS.—In acquiring lands
by exchange under paragraph (1), the Secretary may
utilize unappropriated public lands within the State
of New Mexico.
‘‘(3) VALUE
OF
LANDS.—The lands exchanged
under this subsection shall be of approximately equal
value, and the Secretary may credit or debit the ledg-
er account established in the Memorandum of Under-
standing between the Bureau of Land Management,
the New Mexico State Land Office, and the New Mex-
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ico Commissioner of Public Lands, in order to equal-
ize the values of the lands exchanged.
‘‘(4) CONVEYANCE.—
‘‘(A) BY SECRETARY.—Upon the acquisition
of lands under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall
convey all title and interest to such lands to the
Pueblo by sale, exchange or otherwise, and the
Pueblo shall have the exclusive right to acquire
such lands.
‘‘(B) BY PUEBLO.—Upon the acquisition of
lands under subparagraph (A), the Pueblo may
convey such land to the Secretary who shall ac-
cept and hold such lands in trust for the benefit
of the Pueblo.
‘‘(b) OTHER EXCHANGES OF LAND.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to further the pur-
poses of this Act—
‘‘(A) the Pueblo may enter into agreements
to exchange restricted lands for lands described
in paragraph (2); and
‘‘(B) any land exchange agreements between
the Pueblo and any of the parties to the action
referred to in paragraph (2) that are executed
not later than December 31, 2001, shall be
deemed to be approved.
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‘‘(2) LANDS.—The land described in this para-
graph is the land, title to which was at issue in Pueb-
lo of Santo Domingo v. Rael (Civil No. 83–1888
(D.N.M.)).
‘‘(3) LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST.—Upon the
acquisition of lands under paragraph (1), the Pueblo
may convey such land to the Secretary who shall ac-
cept and hold such lands in trust for the benefit of the
Pueblo.
‘‘(4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this
subsection shall be construed to limit the provisions of
section 5(a) relating to the extinguishment of the land
claims of the Pueblo.
‘‘(c) APPROVAL
OF
CERTAIN
RESOLUTIONS.—All
agreements, transactions, and conveyances authorized by
Resolutions 97–010 and C22–99 as enacted by the Tribal
Council of the Pueblo de Cochiti, and Resolution S.D. 12–
99–36 as enacted by the Tribal Council of the Pueblo of
Santo Domingo, pertaining to boundary disputes between
the Pueblo de Cochiti and the Pueblo of Santo Domingo,
are hereby approved, including the Pueblo de Cochiti’s
agreement to relinquish its claim to the southwest corner
of its Spanish Land Grant, to the extent that such land
overlaps with the Santo Domingo Pueblo Grant, and to dis-
claim any right to receive compensation from the United
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States or any other party with respect to such overlapping
lands.’’.
Attest:
Secretary.