109TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 680
AN ACT
To direct the Secretary of Interior to convey certain
land held in trust for the Paiute Indian Tribe of
Utah to the City of Richfield, Utah, and for
other purposes.
109TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 680
AN ACT
To direct the Secretary of Interior to convey certain land
held in trust for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah to
the City of Richfield, Utah, 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. LAND CONVEYANCE TO CITY.
(a) AUTHORIZATION FOR CONVEYANCE.—Not later
than 90 days after the Secretary receives a request from
the Tribe and the City to convey all right, title, and inter-
est of the United States and the Tribe in and to the Prop-
erty to the City, the Secretary shall take the Property out
of trust status and convey the Property to the City.
(b) TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS.—The conveyance
under subsection (a) shall be subject to the following con-
ditions:
(1) TRIBAL RESOLUTION.—Prior to conveying
the Property under subsection (a), the Secretary
shall ensure that the terms of the sale have been ap-
proved by a tribal resolution of the Tribe.
(2) CONSIDERATION.—Consideration given by
the City for the Property shall be not less than the
appraised fair market value of the Property.
(3) NO FEDERAL COST.—The City shall pay all
costs related to the conveyance authorized under this
section.
(c) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—The proceeds from the
conveyance of the Property under this section shall be
given immediately to the Tribe.
(d) FAILURE TO MAKE CONVEYANCE.—If after the
Secretary takes the Property out of trust status pursuant
to subsection (a) the City or the Tribe elect not to carry
out the conveyance under that subsection, the Secretary
shall take the Property back into trust for the benefit of
the Tribe.
SEC. 2. TRIBAL RESERVATION.
Land acquired by the United States in trust for the
Tribe after February 17, 1984, shall be part of the Tribe’s
reservation.
SEC. 3. TRUST LAND FOR SHIVWITS OR KANOSH BANDS.
If requested to do so by a tribal resolution of the
Tribe, the Secretary shall take land held in trust by the
United States for the benefit of the Tribe out of such trust
status and take that land into trust for the Shivwits or
Kanosh Bands of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, as so
requested by the Tribe.
SEC. 4. CEDAR BAND OF PAIUTES TECHNICAL CORREC-
TION.
The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Restoration Act (25
U.S.C. 761) is amended by striking ‘‘Cedar City’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Cedar’’. Any reference in
a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record
of the United States to the ‘‘Cedar City Band of Paiute
Indians’’ shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Cedar
Band of Paiute Indians’’.
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this Act:
(1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the City of
Richfield, Utah.
(2) PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘Property’’ means
the parcel of land held by the United States in trust
for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah located in Sec-
tion 2, Township 24 South, Range 3 West, Salt
Lake Base and Meridian, Sevier County, Utah and
more particularly described as follows: Beginning at
a point on the East line of the Highway which is
West 0.50 chains, more or less, and South 8° 21°
West, 491.6 feet from the Northeast Corner of the
Southwest Quarter of Section 2, Township 24
South, Range 3 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian,
and running thence South 81° 39° East, perpen-
dicular to the highway, 528.0 feet; thence South 26°
31° West, 354.6 feet; thence North 63° 29° West,
439.3 feet to said highway; thence North 8° 21°
East, along Easterly line of said highway 200.0 feet
to the point of beginning, containing 3.0 acres more
or less.
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
(4) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Pai-
ute Indian Tribe of Utah.
Passed the House of Representatives March 14,
2005.
Attest:
Clerk.