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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 481 
To further the purposes of the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site 
Establishment Act of 2000. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 1, 2005 
Mrs. MUSGRAVE (for herself and Mr. COLE of Oklahoma) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To further the purposes of the Sand Creek Massacre 
National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000. 
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 ‘‘Sand Creek Massacre 
National Historic Site Trust Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 
To further the purposes of the Sand Creek Massacre 
National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000 (16 
U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 106–465), this Act author-
izes the United States to take certain land in Kiowa Coun-
ty, Colorado, owned by the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes 
of Oklahoma, into trust. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, a feder-
ally recognized Indian tribe. 
(3) TRUST PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘trust prop-
erty’’ means the property described in section 4(b). 
SEC. 4. TRANSFER OF LAND HELD IN TRUST FOR THE 
CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHO TRIBES OF OKLA-
HOMA. 
(a) LAND HELD IN TRUST FOR THE CHEYENNE AND 
ARAPAHO TRIBES OF OKLAHOMA.— 
(1) CONVEYANCE.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Tribe 
shall convey title to the trust property to the United 
States. 
(2) TRUST.—All right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the trust property, including 
all improvement on the trust property and appur-
tenances to the trust property and rights to all min-
erals, are declared to be held by the United States 
in trust for the Tribe. 
(b) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The trust property is the 
property formerly known as the ‘‘Dawson Ranch’’, con-
sisting of approximately 1,465 total acres presently under 
the jurisdiction of the Tribe, situated within Kiowa Coun-
ty, Colorado, and more particularly described as follows: 
(1) The portion of sec. 24, T. 17 S., R. 46 W., 
Colorado Principal Meridian, that is the Eastern 
half of the NW quarter, the SW quarter of the NE 
quarter, the NW quarter of the SE quarter, Colo-
rado Principal Meridian. 
(2) All of sec. 25, T. 17 S., R. 46 W., Colorado 
Principal Meridian. 
(3) All of sec. 30, T. 17 S., R. 45 W., Colorado 
Principal Meridian. 
SEC. 5. SURVEY OF BOUNDARY LINE; PUBLICATION OF DE-
SCRIPTION. 
(a) SURVEY OF BOUNDARY LINE.—To accurately es-
tablish the boundary of the trust property, the Secretary 
shall, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, cause a survey to be conducted by the Office 
of Cadastral Survey of the Bureau of Land Management 
of the boundary lines described in section 4(b). 
(b) PUBLICATION OF LAND DESCRIPTION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—On completion of the survey 
under subsection (a), and acceptance of the survey 
by the representatives of the Tribe, the Secretary 
shall cause the full metes and bounds description of 
the lines, with a full and accurate description of the 
trust property, to be published in the Federal Reg-
ister. 
(2) EFFECT.—The descriptions shall, on publi-
cation, constitute the official descriptions of the 
trust property. 
SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The trust property is declared to 
be part of the Indian reservation of the Tribe. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The trust property shall be 
administered in perpetuity by the Secretary in accordance 
with the law generally applicable to property held in trust 
by the United States for the benefit of Indian tribes and 
in accordance with the Sand Creek Massacre National 
Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 461 
note; Public Law 106–465). 
SEC. 7. RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL USES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The trust property shall be used 
only for historic, religious, or cultural uses that are com-
patible with the use of the land as a national historic site.
(b) DUTY OF THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall 
take such action as is necessary to ensure that the trust 
property is used only in accordance with this section. 
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