SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tuolumne Me-Wuk 
Land Transfer Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of 
the Tuolumne Rancheria, California (referred to in 
this Act as the ‘‘Tribe’’), is a federally recognized 
Indian tribe; 
(2) 3 tracts of Federal lands managed by the 
Bureau of Land Management are adjacent to the 
Tuolumne Rancheria of California, a federally recog-
nized Indian Reservation held in trust for the benefit 
of the Tribe; 
(3) one such tract is a cemetery within which 
are buried the remains of ancestors of the Tribe and 
other Indians; 
(4) another such tract is needed for use by the 
Tribe for a cultural center and other public uses of 
the Tribe; 
(5) the remaining tract is needed for use by the 
Tribe for agricultural, housing, and open space 
needs; 
(6) none of the foregoing 3 tracts are to be 
used by the Tribe for gaming purposes;
(7) certain parcels of lands adjacent to the 
Tuolumne Rancheria were taken into trust for the 
benefit of the Tribe; and 
(8) 2 parcels of fee lands owned by the Tribe 
and adjacent to the Tuolumne Rancheria, commonly 
referred to as the ‘‘Thomas and Coenenburg prop-
erties’’, have been approved and are pending trans-
fer into trust status by the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
for the benefit of the Tribe. 
SEC. 3. LANDS TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) FEDERAL LANDS.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, all right, title, and interest (including im-
provements and appurtenances) of the United States 
in and to the Federal lands described in subsection 
(b), immediately after the Secretary of the Interior 
has confirmed that the National Environmental Pol-
icy Act of 1969 has been complied with regarding 
the trust acquisition of those Federal lands, the 
Federal lands shall be declared to be held in trust 
by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe for 
nongaming purposes, and shall be subject to the 
same terms and conditions as those lands described 
in the California Indian Land Transfer Act of 2000
(title IX, Public Law 106–568; 114 Stat. 2868, 
2921). 
(2) TRUST
LANDS.—Lands described in sub-
section (c) of this section that are taken or to be 
taken in trust by the United States for the benefit 
of the Tribe shall be subject to subsection (c) of sec-
tion 903 of the California Indian Land Transfer Act 
of 2000. 
(b) FEDERAL LANDS DESCRIBED.—The Federal 
lands described in this subsection, comprising approxi-
mately 66 acres, are as follows: 
(1) Township 1 North, Range 16 East, Section 
6, Lots 10 and 12, MDM, containing 50.24 acres 
more or less. 
(2) Township 1 North, Range 16 East, Section 
5, Lot 16, MDM, containing 15.35 acres more or 
less. 
(3) Township 2 North, Range 16 East, Section 
32, Indian Cemetery Reservation within Lot 22, 
MDM, containing 0.4 acres more or less. 
(c) TRUST LANDS DESCRIBED.—The trust lands de-
scribed in this subsection, comprising approximately 357 
acres, are commonly referred to as follows: 
(1) Thomas property, pending trust acquisition, 
104.50 acres.
(2) Coenenburg property, pending trust acquisi-
tion, 192.70 acres, subject to existing easements of 
record, including but not limited to a non-exclusive 
easement for ingress and egress for the benefit of 
adjoining property as conveyed by Easement Deed 
recorded July 13, 1984, in Volume 755, Pages 189 
to 192, and as further defined by Stipulation and 
Judgment entered by Tuolumne County Superior 
Court on September 2, 1983, and recorded June 4, 
1984, in Volume 751, Pages 61 to 67. 
(3) Assessor Parcel No. 620505300, 1.5 acres, 
trust land. 
(4) Assessor Parcel No. 620505400, 19.23 
acres, trust land. 
(5) Assessor Parcel No. 620505600, 3.46 acres, 
trust land. 
(6) Assessor Parcel No. 620505700, 7.44 acres, 
trust land. 
(7) Assessor Parcel No. 620401700, 0.8 acres, 
trust land. 
(8) 
A 
portion 
of 
Assessor 
Parcel 
No. 
620500200, 2.5 acres, trust land. 
(9) Assessor Parcel No. 620506200, 24.87 
acres, trust land.
(d) SURVEY.—As soon as practicable after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Office of Cadastral Sur-
vey of the Bureau of Land Management shall complete 
fieldwork required for a survey of the lands described in 
subsections (b) and (c) for the purpose of incorporating 
those lands within the boundaries of the Tuolumne 
Rancheria. Not later than 90 days after that fieldwork is 
completed, that office shall complete the survey. 
(e) LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 
(1) PUBLICATION.—On approval by the Com-
munity Council of the Tribe of the survey completed 
under subsection (d), the Secretary of the Interior 
shall publish in the Federal Register— 
(A) a legal description of the new bound-
ary lines of the Tuolumne Rancheria; and 
(B) a legal description of the land surveyed 
under subsection (d). 
(2) EFFECT.—Beginning on the date on which 
the legal descriptions are published under paragraph 
(1), such legal descriptions shall be the official legal