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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1312 
To recognize tribal cooperation in the environmental review of proposed 
actions affecting the revised Yurok Reservation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 19, 2019 
Mr. HUFFMAN (for himself, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. SOTO, Mr. 
MULLIN, and Mr. CA´RDENAS) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To recognize tribal cooperation in the environmental review 
of proposed actions affecting the revised Yurok Reserva-
tion, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Yurok Lands Act of 
2019’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of this Act: 
(1) FEDERAL
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 
agency’’ has the same meaning given that term in 
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section 1508.12 of title 40, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, except that such term shall not include States, 
units of general local government, and Indian 
Tribes. 
(2) NEPA.—The term ‘‘NEPA’’ means the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
(3) REVISED YUROK RESERVATION.—The term 
‘‘revised Yurok Reservation’’ means the land within 
the exterior boundary of the Yurok Reservation as 
revised in section 4(a), except land owned in fee by 
or held in trust by the United States for the benefit 
of a federally recognized Indian Tribe other than the 
Yurok Tribe. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agri-
culture, or the Secretary of Transportation, as ap-
propriate. 
(5) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Yurok Tribe, a federally recognized Indian Tribe. 
SEC. 3. LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR THE TRIBE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to any valid existing 
rights, the Secretary of Agriculture shall transfer to the 
Secretary of the Interior administrative jurisdiction over 
approximately 1,229 acres in the Yurok Experimental 
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Forest and Six Rivers National Forest, as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Experimental Forest’’ and 
dated October 4, 2016. The map shall be on file and avail-
able for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
Forest Service. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall hold the land transferred under subsection (a) in 
trust for the benefit of the Tribe. 
(c) TRIBAL LAND USE MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The 
Tribe shall develop a Tribal Land Use Management Plan 
in accordance with NEPA requirements for the land held 
in trust pursuant to subsection (b). 
(d) 
GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT
AGREE-
MENTS.—Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and 
the Tribe— 
(1) shall enter into government-to-government 
consultations; 
(2) shall develop protocols to ensure that re-
search activities of the Forest Service on lands taken 
into trust pursuant to subsection (b) shall continue 
in perpetuity; and 
(3) may enter into cooperative agreements be-
tween the Secretary of Agriculture and the Tribe for 
the purpose of implementing this section. 
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(e) SURVEY.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall complete a survey to establish the exterior bound-
aries of the land taken into trust pursuant to subsection 
(b). 
(f) USE OF TRUST LAND.—Land taken into trust 
pursuant to subsection (b) shall— 
(1) be managed by the Tribe for conservation 
and research purposes; 
(2) not be eligible, or considered to have been 
taken into trust, for any gaming activity under the 
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et 
seq.); and 
(3) not be subject to old growth logging. 
SEC. 4. YUROK RESERVATION BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall revise the 
boundary of the Yurok Reservation as depicted on the map 
entitled ‘‘Revised Yurok Indian Reservation Boundary’’ 
and dated September 20, 2017, and on file and available 
for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs. 
(b) LAND MANAGEMENT.—Subject to the require-
ments of sections 3 and 5— 
(1) all National Forest System land within the 
revised Yurok Reservation shall continue to be ad-
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