leadership, who received authority from their tribal 
governments to enter into good faith discussions, 
and through their respective legal representatives, 
met in the Capitol office of Congressman Don 
Young, with Congressman Ben Ray Luja´n and Con-
gressman Steve Pearce present, for final discussions 
to fairly divide Former Fort Wingate Depot Activity. 
(5) In the resulting discussions, the tribal lead-
ers informally agreed to the property divisions re-
flected in the map titled ‘‘Fort Wingate Depot Activ-
ity Negotiated Property Divisions July 2013’’ pre-
pared by the Army Corps of Engineers (in this Act 
referred to as the ‘‘Map’’), and the land division out-
lined in section 3 was created in consultation with 
the Zuni Tribe and the Navajo Nation. 
(6) This Act achieves the goal of fairly dividing 
Former Fort Wingate Depot Activity for the benefit 
of the Zuni Tribe and the Navajo Nation. 
SEC. 3. DIVISION AND TREATMENT OF LANDS OF FORMER 
FORT WINGATE DEPOT ACTIVITY, NEW MEX-
ICO, TO BENEFIT THE ZUNI TRIBE AND NAV-
AJO NATION. 
(a) IMMEDIATE TRUST ON BEHALF OF ZUNI TRIBE; 
EXCEPTION.—Subject to valid existing rights and to ease-
ments reserved pursuant to section 4, all right, title, and 
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interest of the United States in and to the lands of Former 
Fort Wingate Depot Activity depicted in blue on the Map 
and transferred to the Secretary of the Interior are to be 
held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior for the Zuni 
Tribe as part of the Zuni Reservation, unless the Zuni 
Tribe otherwise elects under subparagraphs (B) and (C) 
of subsection (c)(3) to have the parcel conveyed to it in 
Restricted Fee Status. 
(b) IMMEDIATE TRUST ON BEHALF OF THE NAVAJO 
NATION; EXCEPTION.—Subject to valid existing rights 
and to easements reserved pursuant to section 4, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the lands 
of Former Fort Wingate Depot Activity depicted in blue 
on the Map and transferred to the Secretary of the Inte-
rior are to be held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior 
for the Navajo Nation as part of the Navajo Reservation, 
unless the Navajo Nation otherwise elects under sub-
section (c)(3) to have the parcel conveyed to it in Re-
stricted Fee Status. 
(c) SUBSEQUENT
TRANSFER
AND
TRUST; RE-
STRICTED FEE STATUS ALTERNATIVE.— 
(1) TRANSFER UPON COMPLETION OF REMEDI-
ATION.—Not later than 60 days after the date on 
which the New Mexico Environmental Department 
certifies that remediation of a parcel of land of 
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Former Fort Wingate Depot Activity has been com-
pleted consistent with section 5, the Secretary of the 
Army shall transfer administrative jurisdiction over 
the parcel to the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) NOTIFICATION
OF
TRANSFER.—Not later 
than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary 
of the Interior assumes administrative jurisdiction 
over a parcel of land of Former Fort Wingate Depot 
Activity under paragraph (1), the Secretary of the 
Interior shall notify the Zuni Tribe and Navajo Na-
tion of the transfer of administrative jurisdiction 
over the parcel. 
(3) TRUST OR RESTRICTED FEE STATUS.— 
(A) TRUST.—Except as provided in sub-
paragraph (B), the Secretary of the Interior 
shall hold each parcel of land of Former Fort 
Wingate Depot Activity transferred under para-
graph (1) in trust— 
(i) for the Zuni Tribe, in the case of 
land depicted in blue on the Map; or 
(ii) for the Navajo Nation, in the case 
of land depicted in green on the Map. 
(B) RESTRICTED
FEE
STATUS
ALTER-
NATIVE.—In lieu of having a parcel of land held 
in trust under subparagraph (A), the Zuni 
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Tribe, with respect to land depicted in blue on 
the Map, and the Navajo Nation, with respect 
to land depicted in green on the Map, may elect 
to have the Secretary of the Interior convey the 
parcel or any portion of the parcel to it in re-
stricted fee status. 
(C) NOTIFICATION
OF
ELECTION.—Not 
later than 45 days after the date on which the 
Zuni Tribe or the Navajo Nation receives notice 
under paragraph (2) of the transfer of adminis-
trative jurisdiction over a parcel of land of 
Former Fort Wingate Depot Activity, the Zuni 
Tribe or the Navajo Nation shall notify the Sec-
retary of the Interior of an election under sub-
paragraph (B) for conveyance of the parcel or 
any portion of the parcel in restricted fee sta-
tus. 
(D) CONVEYANCE.—As soon as practicable 
after receipt of a notice from the Zuni Tribe or 
the Navajo Nation under subparagraph (C), but 
in no case later than 6 months after receipt of 
the notice, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
convey, in restricted fee status, the parcel of 
land of Former Fort Wingate Depot Activity 
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covered by the notice to the Zuni Tribe or the 
Navajo Nation, as the case may be. 
(E) RESTRICTED FEE STATUS DEFINED.— 
For purposes of this Act only, the term ‘‘re-
stricted fee status’’, with respect to land con-
veyed under subparagraph (D), means that the 
land so conveyed— 
(i) shall be owned in fee by the Indian 
tribe to whom the land is conveyed; 
(ii) shall be part of the Indian tribe’s 
Reservation and expressly made subject to 
the jurisdiction of the Indian tribe; 
(iii) shall not be sold by the Indian 
tribe without the consent of Congress; 
(iv) shall not be subject to taxation by 
any government other than the government 
of the Indian tribe; and 
(v) shall not be subject to any provi-
sion of law providing for the review or ap-
proval by the Secretary of the Interior be-
fore an Indian tribe may use the land for 
any purpose, directly or through agreement 
with another party. 
(d) SURVEY AND BOUNDARY REQUIREMENTS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall— 
(A) provide for the survey of lands of 
Former Fort Wingate Depot Activity taken into 
trust for the Zuni Tribe or the Navajo Nation 
or conveyed in restricted fee status for the Zuni 
Tribe or the Navajo Nation under subsection 
(a), (b), or (c); and 
(B) establish legal boundaries based on the 
Map as parcels are taken into trust or conveyed 
in restricted fee status. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall consult with the Zuni 
Tribe and the Navajo Nation to determine their pri-
orities regarding the order in which parcels should 
be surveyed, and, to the greatest extent feasible, the 
Secretary shall follow these priorities. 
(e) RELATION
TO CERTAIN REGULATIONS.—Part 
151 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations, shall not 
apply to taking lands of Former Fort Wingate Depot Ac-
tivity into trust under subsection (a), (b), or (c). 
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