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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5820 
To extend Federal recognition to the Mono Lake Kootzaduka’a Tribe, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 24, 2025 
Mr. KILEY of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To extend Federal recognition to the Mono Lake 
Kootzaduka’a Tribe, 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 ‘‘Mono Lake 
Kootzaduka’a Tribe Recognition Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) MEMBER.—The term ‘‘member’’ means an 
individual who is enrolled in the Tribe pursuant to 
the constitution of the Tribe. 
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(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(3) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Mono Lake Kootzaduka’a Tribe. 
SEC. 3. FEDERAL RECOGNITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Federal recognition is extended to 
the Tribe. 
(b) EFFECT OF FEDERAL LAWS.—Except as other-
wise provided in this Act, all Federal laws (including regu-
lations) of general application to Indians and Indian 
tribes, including the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 
5101 et seq.; commonly known as the Indian Reorganiza-
tion Act), shall apply to the Tribe and members. 
SEC. 4. FEDERAL SERVICES AND BENEFITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Tribe and each member of 
the Tribe shall be eligible for all services and benefits pro-
vided by the United States to Indians and federally recog-
nized Indian Tribes, without regard to— 
(1) the existence of a reservation for the Tribe; 
or 
(2) the location of the residence of any member 
on or near an Indian reservation. 
(b) SERVICE AREA.—For purposes of the delivery of 
services and benefits to members, the service area of the 
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Tribe shall be considered to be the counties of Mono and 
Inyo, in the State of California. 
SEC. 5. REAFFIRMATION OF RIGHTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act diminishes 
any right or privilege of the Tribe or any member that 
existed before the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) CLAIMS OF TRIBE.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this Act, nothing in this Act alters or affects any 
legal or equitable claim of the Tribe to enforce any right 
or privilege reserved by, or granted to, the Tribe that was 
wrongfully denied to, or taken from, the Tribe before the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) HUNTING
AND FISHING RIGHTS.—The Tribe 
shall be granted hunting and fishing rights on all Federal 
lands within its aboriginal land area. Each Federal agency 
who administers lands within the Tribe’s aboriginal land 
area shall work with the Tribe so as to accommodate the 
exercise of its hunting and fishing rights within the agen-
cies existing land use plans, Federal law and governing 
regulations. 
SEC. 6. MEMBERSHIP ROLL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving rec-
ognition, services, and benefits pursuant to this Act, the 
Tribe shall submit to the Secretary, by not later than 18 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, a 
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membership roll consisting of the name of each individual 
enrolled as a member of the Tribe. 
(b) DETERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP.—The quali-
fications for inclusion on the membership roll of the Tribe 
shall be determined in accordance with section (a) of Arti-
cle III of the constitution of the Tribe, dated June 23, 
2003. 
(c) MAINTENANCE OF ROLL.—The Tribe shall main-
tain the membership roll. 
SEC. 7. TRUST LAND. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION OF LAND.—The Secretary shall 
identify land administered by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement that is located in that portion of Mono County 
that is within the Tribe’s ancestral homelands, sufficient 
to support the location of Tribal Government administra-
tion and services, economic development, and housing. 
(b) LAND INTO TRUST.—After the Secretary identi-
fies said land to meet the purposes so described, the Tribe 
shall request and the Secretary shall accept such lands 
into trust for the benefit of the Tribe. Nothing in this sec-
tion shall prevent the Secretary or the Tribe from acquir-
ing land, and the Secretary taking land into trust for the 
benefit of the Tribe, pursuant to section 5 of the Act of 
June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5108; commonly known as the 
Indian Reorganization Act). For purposes of acquisitions 
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under such Act, the Tribe shall be deemed to have been 
under Federal jurisdiction in 1934. 
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