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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 28 
To transfer certain land in Riverside County, California, and San Diego 
County, California, from the Bureau of Land Management to the United 
States to be held in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission 
Indians, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2007 
Mr. ISSA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To transfer certain land in Riverside County, California, 
and San Diego County, California, from the Bureau of 
Land Management to the United States to be held in 
trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno 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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pechanga Band of 
Luiseno Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LAND IN TRUST FOR THE PECHANGA 
BAND OF LUISENO MISSION INDIANS. 
(a) TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) TRANSFER.—Effective on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and subject to valid existing 
rights, all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to the Federal lands described in sub-
section (b) (including all improvements thereon, ap-
purtenances thereto, and rights to all minerals 
thereon or therein, including oil and gas, water, and 
related resources) shall be held by the United States 
in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission 
Indians, a federally recognized Indian tribe. Such 
transfer shall not include the 12.82 acres of lands 
more or less, including the facilities, improvements, 
and appurtenances associated with the existing 230 
kV transmission line in San Diego County and its 
300 foot corridor, which shall be sold by the Bureau 
of Land Management for fair market value to the 
San Diego Gas & Electric Company not later than 
30 days after the completion of the cadastral survey 
described in subsection (c). 
(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The land transferred 
under paragraph (1) shall be part of the Pechanga 
Indian Reservation and administered in accordance 
with— 
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(A) the laws and regulations generally ap-
plicable to property held in trust by the United 
States for an Indian tribe; and 
(B) a memorandum of understanding en-
tered into between the Pechanga Band of 
Luiseno Mission Indians and the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service. 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The lands referred to 
in subsection (a) consist of approximately 1190.79 acres 
in Riverside County, California, and San Diego County, 
California, as referenced on the map titled, ‘‘H.R. 3507, 
Pechanga Land Transfer Act’’ and dated April 22, 2006, 
which, before the transfer under such subsection, were ad-
ministered by the Bureau of Land Management and are 
more particularly described as follows: 
(1) Sections 24, 29, 31, and 32 of township 8 
south, range 2 west, San Bernardino base and me-
ridian. 
(2) Section 6 of township 9 south, range 2 
west, San Bernardino base and meridian. 
(3) Mineral Survey 3540, section 22 of town-
ship 5 south, range 4 west, San Bernardino base 
and meridian. 
(c) SURVEY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Office of Cadastral Sur-
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vey of the Bureau of Land Management shall complete 
a survey of the lands transferred and to be sold under 
subsection (a) for the purpose of establishing the bound-
aries of the lands. 
(d) MAP ON FILE.—The map referred to in sub-
section (b) shall be on file in the appropriate offices of 
the Bureau of Land Management. 
(e) LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 
(1) PUBLICATION.—On approval of the survey 
completed under subsection (c) by the duly elected 
tribal council of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mis-
sion Indians, the Secretary of the Interior shall pub-
lish in the Federal Register— 
(A) a legal description of the boundary 
lines; and 
(B) legal description of the lands trans-
ferred under subsection (a). 
(2) EFFECT.—Beginning on the date on which 
the legal descriptions are published under paragraph 
(1), such legal descriptions shall be the official legal 
descriptions of the boundary lines and the lands 
transferred under subsection (a). 
(f) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
shall— 
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(1) enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect any 
right or claim of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno 
Mission Indians to any land or interest in land that 
is in existence before the date of the enactment of 
this Act; or 
(2) affect any water right of the Pechanga 
Band of Luiseno Mission Indians in existence before 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(g) RESTRICTED USE OF TRANSFERRED LANDS.— 
The lands transferred under subsection (a) may be used 
only for the protection, preservation, and maintenance of 
the archaeological, cultural, and wildlife resources thereon. 
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