I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5039 
To make technical amendments to Public Law 93–531, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 9, 2014 
Mrs. KIRKPATRICK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To make technical amendments to Public Law 93–531, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. NAVAJO RESERVATION BOUNDARY CLARIFICA-
TION. 
Subsection (b) of section 11 of the Act of December 
22, 1974 (25 U.S.C. 640d–10(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘present boundary of the Navajo 
Reservation’’ and inserting ‘‘trust lands of the Nav-
ajo Tribe, including the bands of the Navajo Tribe, 
as of January 1, 2014’’; and 
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(2) by striking ‘‘present boundary of the res-
ervation’’ and inserting ‘‘trust lands of the Navajo 
Tribe, including the bands of the Navajo Tribe, as 
of January 1, 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. RESELECTION OF LANDS TO CORRECT SURVEYING 
ERROR. 
Section 11 of the Act of December 22, 1974 (25 
U.S.C. 640d–10) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(j) The Navajo Tribe shall have the right to deselect 
not more than 757 acres of the land selected under this 
section as of January 1, 2014, whether or not that land 
has already been taken into trust by the Secretary. Trust 
land deselected by the Navajo Tribe shall be taken out 
of trust and shall be administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management. The Navajo Tribe shall then have the right 
to reselect up to the same amount of land that is 
deselected and returned, in accordance with the provisions 
of this section.’’. 
SEC. 3. FAIR RENTAL VALUE PAYMENTS REPORT. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit 
a report to the Committee on Natural Resources in the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Indian 
Affairs in the Senate a report that contains the following: 
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(1) The dates that the Secretary rendered ini-
tial rental decisions on annual rents owed by the 
Navajo Tribe to the Hopi Tribe pursuant to section 
16(a) of the Act of December 22, 1974 (25 U.S.C. 
640d–15(a)) for each of years 2001 through 2013, 
including an explanation for any delay longer than 
12 months after the end of any year during that pe-
riod. 
(2) The current status of all rental determina-
tions for each of years 2001 through 2013, and, to 
the extent appeals are pending with the Secretary, 
where these appeals are pending, and how long such 
appeals have been pending at that locale. 
(3) To the extent that rental determinations 
have been delayed, the role, if any, in the delay that 
has been the result of contracts with the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs related to a contract under the Indian 
Self-Determination Act (25 U.S.C. 450f). 
(4) What contract provisions, if any, have been 
included in any contract under the Indian Self-De-
termination Act (25 U.S.C. 450f) between the Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs and any contractor to ensure 
that the contractor’s performance of those functions 
which are otherwise the obligations of the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs to carry out the requirements of sec-
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tion 16(a) of the Act of December 22, 1974 (25 
U.S.C. 640d–15(a)) is free from conflicts of interest 
as required by part 900.231 through part 900.236 
of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(5) The total amount that the Navajo Tribe has 
paid as rent and interest pursuant to section 16(a) 
of the Act of December 22, 1974 (25 U.S.C. 640d– 
15(a)), including the amount of prejudgment inter-
est paid by the Navajo Tribe and the amount of 
post-judgment interest paid by the Navajo Tribe. 
(6) A plan to bring initial rental determinations 
current through the 2014 year as of April 1, 2015. 
(7) A plan to ensure that, beginning on April 
1, 2016, all annual rental determinations are com-
pleted and delivered to the Navajo Tribe and the 
Hopi Tribe on or before April 1 of each year. 
SEC. 4. NAVAJO TRIBE SOVEREIGNTY EMPOWERMENT 
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 
(a) 
NAVAJO
SOVEREIGNTY
EMPOWERMENT 
ZONES.—The Navajo Tribe shall have the authority to 
designate up to 150,000 acres within one or more of the 
following, which shall be designated as Navajo Sovereignty 
Empowerment Zones: 
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