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Union Calendar No. 843 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3535 
[Report No. 115–1087] 
To restore Federal recognition to the Ruffey Rancheria of California, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2017 
Mr. LAMALFA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
DECEMBER 20, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 28, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To restore Federal recognition to the Ruffey Rancheria of 
California, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Ruffey Rancheria Res-
toration Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF FEDERAL RECOGNITION, RIGHTS, 
AND PRIVILEGES. 
(a) FEDERAL RECOGNITION.—Federal recognition is 
hereby restored to the Tribe. Except as otherwise provided 
in this Act, all laws and regulations of general application 
to Indians and nations, tribes, or bands of Indians that 
are not inconsistent with any specific provision of this Act 
shall be applicable to the Tribe and its members. 
(b) RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES.—Ex-
cept as provided in subsection (d), all rights and privileges 
of the Tribe and its members under any Federal treaty, Ex-
ecutive order, agreement, or statute, or under any other au-
thority which were diminished or lost under the Act of Au-
gust 18, 1958 (Public Law 85–671; 72 Stat. 619), are here-
by restored, and the provisions of such Act shall be inappli-
cable to the Tribe and its members after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. Such Federal treaties and other author-
ity shall not include any treaty, Executive Order, agree-
ment, statute or other authority entered into in the Terri-
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tory or State of Oregon or affecting any tribe or band of 
Indians whose historical territory was located therein. 
(c) FEDERAL SERVICES AND BENEFITS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Without regard to the exist-
ence of a reservation, the Tribe and its members shall 
be eligible, on and after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, for all Federal services and benefits fur-
nished to federally recognized Indian Tribes or their 
members. For the purposes of Federal services and 
benefits available to members of federally recognized 
Indian tribes residing on a reservation, members of 
the Tribe residing in the Tribe’s service area shall be 
deemed to be residing on a reservation. 
(2) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.—The eligibility 
on the part of the Tribe and its members for, or re-
ceipt of, services and benefits under paragraph (1) 
shall not be considered as income, resources, or other-
wise when determining the eligibility for or computa-
tion of any payment or other benefit to such tribe, in-
dividual, or household under— 
(A) any financial aid program of the 
United States, including grants and contracts 
subject to the Indian Self-Determination Act; or 
(B) any other benefit to which such tribe, 
household, or individual would otherwise be enti-
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