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Union Calendar No. 633 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4032 
[Report No. 115–817] 
To confirm undocumented Federal rights-of-way or easements on the Gila 
River Indian Reservation, clarify the northern boundary of the Gila 
River Indian Community’s Reservation, to take certain land located in 
Maricopa County and Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit 
of the Gila River Indian Community, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 12, 2017 
Mr. O’HALLERAN (for himself, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. 
GALLEGO, Mr. GOSAR, and Mr. SCHWEIKERT) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
JULY 13, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 12, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To confirm undocumented Federal rights-of-way or ease-
ments on the Gila River Indian Reservation, clarify the 
northern boundary of the Gila River Indian Community’s 
Reservation, to take certain land located in Maricopa 
County and Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the 
benefit of the Gila River Indian Community, and for 
other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Gila River Indian Com-
munity Federal Rights-of-Way, Easements and Boundary 
Clarification Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are to— 
(1) establish, ratify, document, and confirm the 
Federal electrical, irrigation, and road rights-of-way 
and easements that exist within the exterior bound-
aries of the Reservation as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act; 
(2) establish a fixed location of the northern 
boundary of the Reservation and to provide for the 
Secretary of the Interior to ensure that the northern 
boundary is resurveyed and marked in conformance 
with the public system of surveys; 
(3) authorize and direct the Secretary to place 
certain lands into trust for the benefit of the Commu-
nity; 
(4) substitute the benefits provided under this 
Act to the Community, its members and allottees for 
any claims that the Community, its members and 
allottees may have had in connection with alleged 
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failures relating to the northern boundary of the Res-
ervation and the documentation and management of 
Federal rights-of-way on the Reservation; and 
(5) authorize the funds necessary for the United 
States to meet the obligations under this Act. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ALLOTTEE.—The term ‘‘allottee’’ means a 
person who holds a beneficial real property interest in 
an Indian allotment that is— 
(A) located within the exterior boundaries of 
the Reservation; and 
(B) held in trust by the United States. 
(2) 
COMMUNITY.—The 
term 
‘‘Community’’ 
means the Gila River Indian Community, a govern-
ment composed of members of the Pima Tribe and the 
Maricopa Tribe and organized under section 16 of the 
Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5123). 
(3) DISPUTED
AREA.—The term ‘‘Disputed 
Area’’ means the land north of the Harrington Sur-
vey line and south of the middle of the Salt River (as 
it currently flows). 
(4) EXECUTIVE
ORDER.—The term ‘‘Executive 
Order’’ means the Executive order executed by Presi-
dent R.B. Hayes on June 14, 1879. 
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(5) FEDERAL
AND
TRIBAL
FACILITIES.—The 
term ‘‘Federal and Tribal Facilities’’ means any and 
all structures, improvements, and appurtenances asso-
ciated with roadways, canals, power lines, and other 
projects constructed for the benefit of the Community 
and its members. Thus, ‘‘Federal and Tribal Facili-
ties’’ refers to— 
(A) Indian Reservation Road (IRR) trans-
portation facilities, including public roads, 
bridges, drainage structures, culverts, ferry 
routes, marine terminals, transit facilities, 
boardwalks, pedestrian paths, trails, and their 
appurtenances, and other transportation facili-
ties, as designated by the Community and the 
Secretary and defined in section 170.5 of title 
25, Code of Federal Regulations; 
(B) Federal irrigation facilities included in 
the San Carlos Irrigation Project, the irrigation 
project authorized under the Act of June 7, 1924 
(43 Stat. 475), including all structures and ap-
purtenant works within the San Carlos Irriga-
tion Project for the delivery, diversion, and stor-
age of irrigation water, as defined in section 
171.100 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations; 
and 
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