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shall consult with the Tribe on whether the land is still 
suitable for transfer into trust for the benefit of the Tribe. 
‘‘(B) DETERMINATION.—If the Tribe determines land 
identified as contaminated under subparagraph (A) is still 
suitable to take into trust for the benefit of the Tribe, 
the Director, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
shall take the land into trust for the benefit of the Tribe 
in accordance with paragraph (3). 
‘‘(3) LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR THE TRIBE; IDENTIFICA-
TION OF ALTERNATIVE LAND.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Tribe determines pursuant 
to paragraph (2) that the land described in paragraph 
(4) should be taken into trust for the benefit of the Tribe 
(including if such land is determined to be contaminated), 
subject to valid existing rights, all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in and to the land shall be— 
‘‘(i) held in trust by the United States for the 
benefit of the Tribe; and 
‘‘(ii) made part of the existing reservation of the 
Tribe. 
‘‘(B) IDENTIFICATION
OF
SUITABLE
AND
COMPARABLE 
ALTERNATIVE LAND.—If the Tribe determines pursuant to 
paragraph (2), due to discovered environmental issues that 
the land described in paragraph (4) is not suitable to be 
taken into trust for the benefit of the Tribe, not later 
than 1 year after the date on which the Tribe makes 
that determination, the Director and the Tribe shall enter 
into an agreement to identify suitable and comparable 
alternative land in relative distance and located in the 
same county as the land described in paragraph (4) to 
be withdrawn from Federal use and taken into trust for 
the benefit of the Tribe. 
‘‘(C) ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the United States shall not be liable 
for any soil, surface water, groundwater, or other 
contamination resulting from the disposal, release, or 
presence of any environmental contamination on any 
portion of the land described in paragraph (4) that 
occurred on or before the date on which the land was 
taken into trust for the benefit of the Tribe. The United 
States shall not fund or take any action to remediate 
such land after such land has been so taken into trust. 
‘‘(ii) ENVIRONMENTAL
CONTAMINATION
DESCRIP-
TION.—An environmental contamination described in 
clause (i) includes any oil or petroleum products, haz-
ardous substances, hazardous materials, hazardous 
waste, pollutants, toxic substances, solid waste, or any 
other environmental contamination or hazard as 
defined in any Federal law or law of the State of 
Nevada. 
‘‘(4) LAND DESCRIBED.—Subject to paragraph (5), the land 
to be held in trust for the benefit of the Tribe under paragraph 
(3)(A) is the approximately 8,170 acres of Bureau of Land 
Management and Bureau of Reclamation land located in 
Churchill and Mineral Counties, Nevada, as generally depicted
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on the map entitled ‘Walker River Paiute Trust Lands’ and 
dated April 19, 2022, and more particularly described as follows: 
‘‘(A) FERNLEY
EAST
PARCEL.—The following land in 
Churchill County, Nevada: 
‘‘(i) All land held by the Bureau of Reclamation 
in T. 20 N., R. 26 E., sec. 28, Mount Diablo Meridian. 
‘‘(ii) All land held by the Bureau of Reclamation 
in T. 20 N., R. 26 E., sec. 36, Mount Diablo Meridian. 
‘‘(B) WALKER LAKE PARCEL.—The following land in Min-
eral County, Nevada: 
‘‘(i) All land held by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment in T. 11 N., R. 29 E., secs. 35 and 36, Mount 
Diablo Meridian. 
‘‘(ii) All land held by the Bureau of Reclamation 
in T. 10 N., R. 30 E., secs. 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 16, 17, 
20, 21, 28, 29, 32, and 33, Mount Diablo Meridian. 
‘‘(iii) All land held by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment in T. 10.5 N., R. 30 E., secs. 31 and 32, Mount 
Diablo Meridian. 
‘‘(5) ADMINISTRATION.— 
‘‘(A) SURVEY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this subtitle, the Secretary of the Interior 
(referred to in this paragraph as the ‘Secretary’) shall com-
plete a survey to fully describe, and adequately define 
the boundaries of, the land described in paragraph (4). 
‘‘(B) LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Upon completion of the survey 
required under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 
publish in the Federal Register a legal description 
of the land described in paragraph (4). 
‘‘(ii) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Before the date of 
publication of the legal description under this subpara-
graph, the Secretary may correct any technical or cler-
ical errors in the legal description as the Secretary 
determines appropriate. 
‘‘(iii) EFFECT.—Effective beginning on the date of 
publication of the legal description under this subpara-
graph, the legal description shall be considered to be 
the official legal description of the land to be held 
in trust for the benefit of the Tribe under paragraph 
(3)(A). 
‘‘(6) USE OF TRUST LAND.—The land taken into trust under 
paragraph (3)(A) shall not be eligible, or considered to have 
been taken into trust, for class II gaming or class III gaming 
(as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)). 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL AND FEDERALLY FUNDED PRO-
GRAMS.—Funds paid to the Tribe pursuant to this section, including 
any interest or investment income earned, may not be treated 
as income or resources or otherwise used as the basis for denying 
or reducing the basis for Federal financial assistance or other 
Federal benefit (including under the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
301 et seq.)) to which the Tribe, a member of the Tribe, or a 
household would otherwise be entitled.
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‘‘SEC. 2989. LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR THE FALLON PAIUTE 
SHOSHONE TRIBE. 
‘‘(a) LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the land 
described in paragraph (2) shall be— 
‘‘(A) held in trust by the United States for the benefit 
of the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe; and 
‘‘(B) made part of the reservation of the Fallon Paiute 
Shoshone Tribe. 
‘‘(2) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred to in para-
graph (1) is the approximately 10,000 acres of land adminis-
tered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau 
of Reclamation, as generally depicted as ‘Reservation Expansion 
Land’ on the map entitled ‘Churchill County Proposed Fallon 
Range Training Complex Modernization and Lands Bill’ and 
dated November 30, 2022. 
‘‘(3) SURVEY.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this subtitle, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
complete a survey of the boundary lines to establish the bound-
aries of the land taken into trust under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) USE OF TRUST LAND.—The land taken into trust under 
this section shall not be eligible, or considered to have been 
taken into trust, for class II gaming or class III gaming (as 
those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)). 
‘‘(5) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—On request by the Fallon 
Paiute Shoshone Tribe, the Secretary of the Interior shall enter 
into a cooperative agreement with the Fallon Paiute Shoshone 
Tribe to provide assistance in the management of the land 
taken into trust under this section for cultural protection and 
conservation management purposes. 
‘‘SEC. 2990. NUMU NEWE CULTURAL CENTER. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of appropriations 
from amounts appropriated to the Secretary of the Navy for oper-
ation and maintenance, the Secretary of the Navy shall provide 
financial assistance to a cultural center established and operated 
by the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe and located on the Reservation 
of the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe, the purpose of which is to 
help sustain Numu Newe knowledge, culture, language, and identity 
associated with aboriginal land and traditional ways of life for 
the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe and other affected Indian tribes 
(referred to in this section as the ‘Center’). 
‘‘(b) STUDIES AND INVENTORIES.—The Center shall integrate 
information developed in the cultural resources inventories and 
ethnographic studies carried out under section 2987. 
‘‘(c) TRANSFER.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this subtitle and subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer to an account des-
ignated by the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe— 
‘‘(1) $10,000,000 for the development and construction of 
the Center; and 
‘‘(2) $10,000,000 to endow operations of the Center. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON USE OF LAND PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF 
PAYMENT.—The Secretary of the Navy shall not make operational 
use of the expanded areas of the B–16, B–17, and B–20 Ranges
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that were not subject to previous withdrawals comprising the Fallon 
Range Training Complex and that are withdrawn and reserved 
by section 2981 until the date on which the amounts are transferred 
under subsection (c). 
‘‘SEC. 2991. ROAD RECONSTRUCTION AND TREATMENT OF EXISTING 
ROADS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY. 
‘‘(a) ROAD RECONSTRUCTION.—Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, the Secretary of the Navy shall be responsible for 
the timely— 
‘‘(1) reconstruction of— 
‘‘(A) Lone Tree Road leading to the B–16 Range; and 
‘‘(B) State Highway 361; and 
‘‘(2) relocation of— 
‘‘(A) Sand Canyon and Red Mountain Roads, consistent 
with alternative 2A, as described in the Final FRTC Road 
Realignment Study dated March 14, 2022; and 
‘‘(B) Pole Line Road, consistent with alternative 3B, 
as described in the Final FRTC Road Realignment Study 
dated March 14, 2022. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF LAND PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF 
REQUIREMENTS.—In accordance with section 2982(c)(1), the Sec-
retary of the Navy shall not make operational use of the expanded 
areas of the B–16, B–17, and B–20 Ranges that were not subject 
to previous withdrawals comprising the Fallon Range Training Com-
plex and that are withdrawn and reserved by section 2981 until 
the date on which the Secretary of the Navy determines that 
each of the requirements of subsection (a) have been met. 
‘‘(c) EXISTING ROADS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY; ACCESS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The withdrawal and reservation of land 
made by section 2981 shall not be construed to affect the 
following roads and associated rights-of-way: 
‘‘(A) United States Highways 50 and 95. 
‘‘(B) State Routes 121 and 839. 
‘‘(C) The Churchill County, Nevada, roads identified 
as Simpson Road, East County Road, Earthquake Fault 
Road, and Fairview Peak Road. 
‘‘(2) ACCESS.—Any road identified on the map described 
in section 2981(b) as an existing minor county road shall be 
available for managed access consistent with the purposes of 
the withdrawal. 
‘‘(d) NEW RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—The Secretary of the Navy, in 
coordination with the Secretary of the Interior, shall be responsible 
for the timely grant of new rights-of-way for Sand Canyon and 
Red Mountain Road, Pole Line Road, and East County Road to 
the appropriate County. 
‘‘(e) I–11 CORRIDORS.—The Secretary of the Interior shall man-
age the land located within the ‘Churchill County Preferred I– 
11 Corridor’ and ‘NDOT I–11 Corridor’ as depicted on the map 
entitled ‘Churchill County Proposed Fallon Range Training Complex 
Modernization and Lands Bill’ and dated November 30, 2022, in 
accordance with this section. 
‘‘(f) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—A copy of the map described 
in section 2981(b) shall be on file and available for public inspection 
in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 
‘‘(g) WITHDRAWAL
OF LAND.—Subject to any valid rights in 
existence on the date of enactment of this subtitle, the land located