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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3073 
To confer jurisdiction on the State of Utah with respect to civil causes 
of action arising on or within the Indian lands of the Shivwits Band 
of Paiutes, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2025 
Ms. MALOY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To confer jurisdiction on the State of Utah with respect 
to civil causes of action arising on or within the Indian 
lands of the Shivwits Band of Paiutes, 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 ‘‘Shivwits Band of Pai-
utes Jurisdictional Clarity Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) INDIAN LANDS.—The term ‘‘Indian lands’’ 
means lands of the Shivwits Band of Paiutes that 
are— 
(A) held in trust by the United States for 
the benefit of the Shivwits Band of Paiutes; or 
(B) subject to a restriction against alien-
ation imposed by the United States. 
(2) SHIVWITS BAND OF PAIUTES.—The term 
‘‘Shivwits Band of Paiutes’’ means— 
(A) the Shivwits Band of Paiutes, a feder-
ally recognized Indian Tribe restored by Con-
gress pursuant to the Paiute Indian Tribe of 
Utah Restoration Act (Public Law 96–227; 94. 
Stat. 317); 
(B) the recognized governing body of the 
Shivwits Band of Paiutes; 
(C) any Shivwits Tribal enterprise, includ-
ing any commercial activity, business, or entity 
managed, controlled, or operated by the 
Shivwits Band of Paiutes, and any subsidiaries 
thereto; and 
(D) any corporation chartered by the 
Shivwits Band of Paiutes under section 17 of 
the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as 
the ‘‘Indian Reorganization Act’’) (48 Stat. 
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988, chapter 576; 25 U.S.C. 5124), and any 
subsidiaries thereto. 
SEC. 3. STATE CIVIL JURISDICTION. 
The State of Utah shall have jurisdiction over any 
civil cause of action— 
(1) to which the Shivwits Band of Paiutes is a 
party; and 
(2) that arises on or within the Indian lands. 
SEC. 4. FEDERAL COURT JURISDICTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any contract or agreement, in-
cluding a lease, affecting or arising on the Indian lands, 
or to which the Shivwits Band of Paiutes is a party, shall 
be considered within the meaning of ‘‘commerce’’ as de-
fined in section 1 of title 9, United States Code. 
(b) CAUSES OF ACTION.—Any cause of action arising 
from any contract or agreement, including a lease, affect-
ing or arising on the Indian lands, or to which the 
Shivwits Band of Paiutes is a party, shall be deemed to 
be a civil cause of action arising under the Constitution, 
laws, or treaties of the United States within the meaning 
of section 1331 of title 28, United States Code. 
SEC. 5. SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY NOT ABROGATED. 
Nothing in this Act abrogates— 
(1) the sovereign immunity of the Shivwits 
Band of Paiutes from unconsented suit; or 
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(2) the authority of the Shivwits Band of Pai-
utes to waive that sovereign immunity. 
SEC. 6. SHIVWITS BAND OF PAIUTES LEASING AUTHORITY. 
Subsection (a) of the first section of the Act of Au-
gust 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 539, chapter 615; 25 U.S.C. 
415(a)), is amended, in the second sentence, by inserting 
‘‘, land held in trust for the Shivwits Band of Paiutes’’ 
after ‘‘land held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of 
the Chehalis Reservation’’. 
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