(C) Federal electric distribution facilities 
included in the San Carlos Irrigation Project— 
Electric Services, including all structures and 
appurtenant works for the delivery of electric 
power on the Reservation that are part of that 
project. 
(6) 
LOWER
SONORAN
LANDS.—The 
term 
‘‘Lower Sonoran Lands’’ means the approximately 
3,400 acres of land— 
(A) owned by the United States and ad-
ministered by the Secretary through the Bureau 
of Land Management that have been identified 
and designated for disposal by the Bureau of 
Land Management under the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.) in the Lower Sonoran Resource 
Management Plan (September 2012); 
(B) located in Sections 1, 2, 3, 11, and 12, 
Township 2 South, Range 1 West, contiguous 
to the northwest boundary of the Community’s 
existing Reservation; and portions of Sections 
16 and 17, Township 5 South, Range 5 East, 
contiguous to the southern boundary of the 
Community’s existing Reservation; and 
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(C) that the Community shall acquire pur-
suant to the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 
(7) HARRINGTON
SURVEY.—The term ‘‘Har-
rington Survey’’ means the Dependent Resurvey of 
a Portion of Township 1 North, Range 1 East, Gila 
and Salt River Meridian, Arizona, Gila River Indian 
Reservation, conducted by Guy P. Harrington, as 
shown on the plat and described in the field notes 
at Book 3384, approved September 2, 1920, and of-
ficially filed on November 3, 1920, on file with the 
Bureau of Land Management. 
(8) RESERVATION.—The term ‘‘Reservation’’ 
means the land located within the exterior bound-
aries of the reservation created under sections 3 and 
4 of the Act of February 28, 1859 (11 Stat. 401, 
chapter LXVI), and Executive orders of August 31, 
1876, June 14, 1879, May 5, 1882, November 15, 
1883, July 31, 1911, June 2, 1913, August 27, 
1914, and July 19, 1915, and any other lands 
placed in trust for the benefit of the Community. 
(9) ROW, EASEMENTS, AND
FEDERAL
AND 
TRIBAL FACILITIES MAP.—The term ‘‘ROW, Ease-
ments, and Federal and Tribal Facilities Map’’ 
means the map depicting the Federal rights-of-way, 
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easements, and Federal and Tribal facilities that 
exist within the exterior boundaries of the Reserva-
tion on the date of enactment of this Act, which map 
is submitted to Congress as part of the Congres-
sional record accompanying this Act. 
(10) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 4. LAND INTO TRUST FOR BENEFIT OF THE COMMU-
NITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall take the 
Lower Sonoran Lands into trust for the benefit of the 
Community, after the Community— 
(1) conveys to the Secretary all right, title, and 
interest of the Community in and to the Lower 
Sonoran Lands; 
(2) submits to the Secretary a request to take 
the Lower Sonoran Lands into trust for the benefit 
of the Community; 
(3) conducts a survey (to the satisfaction of the 
Secretary) to determine the exact acreage and legal 
description of the Lower Sonoran Lands, if the Sec-
retary determines a survey is necessary; and 
(4) pays all costs of any survey conducted 
under paragraph (3). 
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(b) AVAILABILITY
OF
LOWER
SONORAN
LANDS 
MAP.—Not later than 180 days after the Lower Sonoran 
Lands are taken into trust under subsection (a), the map 
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
appropriate offices of the Secretary. 
(c) LANDS TAKEN INTO TRUST AS PART OF RES-
ERVATION.—After the date on which the Lower Sonoran 
Lands are taken into trust under subsection (a), those 
lands shall be treated as part of the Reservation. 
(d) GAMING.—Class II and class III gaming under 
the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et 
seq.) shall not be allowed at any time on the land taken 
into trust under subsection (a). 
(e) DESCRIPTION.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall cause 
the full metes-and-bounds description of the Lower 
Sonoran Lands to be published in the Federal Register. 
The description shall, on publication, constitute the official 
description of the Lower Sonoran Lands. 
SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF FIXED NORTHERN BOUNDARY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Northern boundary of the 
Reservation created by the Executive Order is hereby 
modified in accordance with this section and shall be fixed, 
permanent, and not ambulatory. 
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(b) MODIFICATION
OF NORTH BOUNDARY.—That 
portion of the Reservation boundary created by the Execu-
tive Order as along the middle of the Salt River shall be 
modified to be a fixed and permanent boundary as estab-
lished by the Harrington Survey of the north boundary 
of the Reservation, as shown on the plat and described 
in the field notes. 
(c) RESURVEY AND MARKING.—Subject to available 
appropriations, the Secretary shall ensure that the modi-
fied Reservation boundary as described in subsection (b) 
is surveyed and clearly marked in conformance with the 
public system of surveys. 
(d) EFFECT.—The Reservation boundary as modified 
and resurveyed by subsections (b) and (c) shall become 
the north boundary of the Reservation in all respects and 
upon all the same terms as if such lands had been included 
in the Executive Order. No other portion of the Reserva-
tion boundary shall be affected by this Act except as spe-
cifically set forth in this Act. 
(e) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall publish in 
the Federal Register this modification and the resurvey 
of the Community’s reservation boundary, as set forth in 
subsections (b) and (c), which shall constitute the fixed 
northern boundary of the Reservation. 
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SEC. 6. SATISFACTION AND SUBSTITUTION OF CLAIMS. 
(a) INTENT OF CONGRESS.—It is the intent of Con-
gress to provide to the Community, its members, and 
allottees benefits that are equivalent to or exceed the 
claims the Community, its members, and allottees may 
possess as of the date of the enactment of this Act, taking 
into consideration— 
(1) the potential risks, cost, and time delay as-
sociated with litigation; 
(2) the cultural and historic significance of the 
Lower Sonoran Lands to the Community, its mem-
bers, and allottees; 
(3) the benefit to the Community, its members, 
and allottees associated with having a fixed northern 
boundary of the Reservation; 
(4) the benefits that will accrue to the Commu-
nity, its members, and allottees resulting from the 
legal confirmation of Federal electrical, irrigation, 
and road rights-of-way as provided under this Act; 
and 
(5) the availability of appropriations under this 
Act. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—The benefits realized by the Com-
munity, its members, and allottees under this Act shall 
be in complete replacement of and substitution for, and 
full satisfaction of all claims that the Community, its 
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members, and allottees may have had against the United 
States— 
(1) relating to the United States alleged failure 
to legally establish and document Federal rights-of- 
way on the Reservation through the date of enact-
ment of this Act; and 
(2) for the United States alleged failure to es-
tablish, maintain and defend the Community’s 
northern boundary of the Reservation through the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall become ef-
fective on the later of the date on which the Secretary— 
(1) publishes in the Federal Register the notice 
required under section 4(e); 
(2) publishes in the Federal Register the notice 
required under section 5(e); and 
(3) completes the surveys for the Federal 
rights-of-way required under this Act. 
SEC. 7. FEDERAL RIGHTS-OF-WAY. 
(a) ESTABLISHED, RATIFIED, AND CONFIRMED.—All 
of the rights-of-way depicted in the ROW, Easements, and 
Federal and Tribal Facilities Map accompanying this Act 
are hereby established, ratified, and confirmed. The spe-
cific position and dimensions of such rights-of-way are to 
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be determined following a survey conducted in accordance 
with section 8. 
(b) RECORDATION.—All of the rights-of-way estab-
lished, ratified, and confirmed in subsection (a) shall be 
recorded with the Land Titles and Records Office fol-
lowing each survey conducted in accordance with section 
8. 
(c) GRANTEE OR APPLICANT.—The Federal Govern-
ment shall be considered the grantee or applicant for any 
and all rights-of-way established pursuant to this Act. 
(d) CANCELLATION.—Any rights-of-way established 
by this Act may be cancelled pursuant to sections 404– 
409 of title 25, Federal Code of Regulations, or upon writ-
ten request by the Community to the Secretary to remove 
the rights-of-way from the ROW, Easements, and Federal 
and Tribal Facilities Map subject to otherwise applicable 
law regarding rights-of-way on the Reservation. Any re-
quest for cancellation action by the Community shall be 
formally documented by tribal resolution. 
(e) OTHER INTERESTS IN LAND.—Notwithstanding 
any law, the granting of any rights-of-way or easement 
other than those depicted in the ROW, Easements, and 
Federal and Tribal Facilities Map accompanying this Act, 
or any future additions, expansions or modifications of any 
of the rights-of-way or easement established, ratified, and 
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confirmed in subsection (a), may only be done in accord-
ance with all applicable laws and regulations. All other 
rights-of-ways or easements on the Reservation shall be 
valid only to the extent that they have been established 
in accordance with applicable Federal statute and regula-
tion specifically governing rights-of-ways or easements on 
Indian lands. 
SEC. 8. SURVEY. 
(a) COMPLETION AND PUBLICATION.—Not later than 
6 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs shall undertake and complete a 
survey of each of the Federal rights-of-way established 
under this Act. A retroactive grant of easement shall be 
required upon completion of each survey of each of the 
Federal rights-of-way established under this Act. The Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs shall cause the surveys undertaken 
pursuant to this Act to be published in the Federal Reg-
ister. 
(b) CONTRACT.—The Bureau of Indian Affairs is au-
thorized, subject to appropriations, to contract for the sur-
vey of all Federal rights-of-way established pursuant to 
this Act to the Community or a third party. 
(c) DELETIONS.—Upon completion of the surveys au-
thorized and undertaken pursuant to subsection (a), the 
Community and the Bureau of Indian Affairs may deter-
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mine that anomalies exist with respect to certain Federal 
rights-of-way such that deletion of such Federal right-of- 
way from the ROW, Easements, and Federal and Tribal 
Facilities Map is appropriate and such Federal right-of- 
way may be removed from the ROW, Easements, and Fed-
eral Tribal Facilities Map. 
SEC. 9. HUNT HIGHWAY. 
Nothing in this Act shall establish, terminate, or oth-
erwise impact any right-of-way or easement associated 
with Hunt Highway in Pinal County, Arizona, including 
the portion of Hunt Highway that traverses the Reserva-
tion. 
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Calendar No. 699 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4032 
[Report No. 115–399] 
AN ACT 
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 pur-
poses. 
NOVEMBER 29, 2018 
Reported without amendment 
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