II 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4867 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2014 
Received 
AN ACT 
To provide for certain land to be taken into trust for the 
benefit of Morongo Band of Mission Indians, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Economic Development 
Through Tribal Land Exchange Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions 
apply: 
(1) BANNING.—The term ‘‘Banning’’ means the 
City of Banning, which is located in Riverside Coun-
ty, California adjacent to the Morongo Indian Res-
ervation. 
(2) FIELDS.—The term ‘‘Fields’’ means Lloyd 
L. Fields, the owner of record of Parcel A. 
(3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘Morongo Indian Reservation, County of River-
side, State of California Land Exchange Map’, and 
dated May 22, 2014, which is on file in the Bureau 
of Land Management State Office in Sacramento, 
California. 
(4) PARCEL A.—The term ‘‘Parcel A’’ means 
the approximately 41.15 acres designated on the 
map as ‘‘Fields lands’’. 
(5) PARCEL B.—The term ‘‘Parcel B’’ means 
the approximately 41.15 acres designated on the 
map as ‘‘Morongo lands’’. 
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(6) PARCEL C.—The term ‘‘Parcel C’’ means 
the approximately 1.21 acres designated on the map 
as ‘‘Banning land’’. 
(7) PARCEL D.—The term ‘‘Parcel D’’ means 
the approximately 1.76 acres designated on the map 
as ‘‘Easement to Banning’’. 
(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(9) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Morongo Band of Mission Indians, a federally recog-
nized Indian tribe. 
SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF LANDS; TRUST LANDS, EASEMENT. 
(a) TRANSFER OF PARCEL A AND PARCEL B AND 
EASEMENT OVER PARCEL D.—Subject to any valid exist-
ing rights of any third parties and to legal review and ap-
proval of the form and content of any and all instruments 
of conveyance and policies of title insurance, upon receipt 
by the Secretary of confirmation that Fields has duly exe-
cuted and deposited with a mutually acceptable and jointly 
instructed escrow holder in California a deed conveying 
clear and unencumbered title to Parcel A to the United 
States in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the 
Tribe, and upon receipt by Fields of confirmation that the 
Secretary has duly executed and deposited into escrow 
with the same mutually acceptable and jointly instructed 
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escrow holder a patent conveying clear and unencumbered 
title in fee simple to Parcel B to Fields and has duly exe-
cuted and deposited into escrow with the same mutually 
acceptable and jointly instructed escrow holder an ease-
ment to the City for a public right-of-way over Parcel D, 
the Secretary shall instruct the escrow holder to simulta-
neously cause— 
(1) the patent to Parcel B to be recorded and 
issued to Fields; 
(2) the easement over Parcel D to be recorded 
and issued to the City; and 
(3) the deed to Parcel A to be delivered to the 
Secretary, who shall immediately cause said deed to 
be recorded and held in trust for the Tribe. 
(b) TRANSFER OF PARCEL C.—After the simulta-
neous transfer of parcels A, B, and D under subsection 
(a), upon receipt by the Secretary of confirmation that the 
City has vacated its interest in Parcel C pursuant to all 
applicable State and local laws, the Secretary shall imme-
diately cause Parcel C to be held in trust for the Tribe 
subject to— 
(1) any valid existing rights of any third par-
ties; and 
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(2) legal review and approval of the form and 
content of any and all instruments of conveyance. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 13, 
2014. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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