(8) 2 parcels of fee lands owned by the Tribe 
and adjacent to the Tuolumne Rancheria, commonly 
referred to as the ‘‘Thomas and Coenenburg prop-
erties’’, have been approved and are pending trans-
fer into trust status by the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
for the benefit of the Tribe. 
SEC. 3. LANDS TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST. 
SEC. 2. LAND TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) FEDERAL LANDS.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, all right, title, and interest (including im-
provements and appurtenances) of the United States 
in and to the Federal lands described in subsection 
(b), immediately after the Secretary of the Interior 
has confirmed that the National Environmental Pol-
icy Act of 1969 has been complied with regarding 
the trust acquisition of those Federal lands, the (b), 
the Federal lands shall be declared to be held in 
trust by the United States for the benefit of the 
Tribe for nongaming purposes, and shall be subject 
to the same terms and conditions as those lands de-
scribed in the California Indian Land Transfer Act 
of 2000 (title IX, Public Law 106–568; 114 Stat. 
2868, 2921). in the California Indian Land Transfer 
Act (Public Law 106–568; 114 Stat. 2921). 
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(2) TRUST
LANDS.—Lands described in sub-
section (c) of this section that are taken or to be 
taken in trust by the United States for the benefit 
of the Tribe shall be subject to subsection (c) of sec-
tion 903 of the California Indian Land Transfer Act 
of 2000 (Public Law 106–568; 114 Stat. 2921). 
(b) FEDERAL LANDS DESCRIBED.—The Federal 
lands described in this subsection, comprising approxi-
mately 66 acres, are as follows: 
(1) Township 1 North, Range 16 East, Section 
6, Lots 10 and 12, MDM, containing 50.24 acres 
more or less. 
(2) Township 1 North, Range 16 East, Section 
5, Lot 16, MDM, containing 15.35 acres more or 
less. 
(3) Township 2 North, Range 16 East, Section 
32, Indian Cemetery Reservation within Lot 22, 
MDM, containing 0.4 acres more or less. 
(c) TRUST LANDS DESCRIBED.—The trust lands de-
scribed in this subsection, comprising approximately 357 
acres, are commonly referred to as follows: 
(1) Thomas property, pending trust acquisition, 
104.50 acres. 
(2) Coenenburg property, pending trust acquisi-
tion, 192.70 acres, subject to existing easements of 
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record, including but not limited to a non-exclusive 
easement for ingress and egress for the benefit of 
adjoining property as conveyed by Easement Deed 
recorded July 13, 1984, in Volume 755, Pages 189 
to 192, and as further defined by Stipulation and 
Judgment entered by Tuolumne County Superior 
Court on September 2, 1983, and recorded June 4, 
1984, in Volume 751, Pages 61 to 67. 
(3) Assessor Parcel No. 620505300, 1.5 acres, 
trust land. 
(4) Assessor Parcel No. 620505400, 19.23 
acres, trust land. 
(5) Assessor Parcel No. 620505600, 3.46 acres, 
trust land. 
(6) Assessor Parcel No. 620505700, 7.44 acres, 
trust land. 
(7) Assessor Parcel No. 620401700, 0.8 acres, 
trust land. 
(8) 
A 
portion 
of 
Assessor 
Parcel 
No. 
620500200, 2.5 acres, trust land. 
(9) Assessor Parcel No. 620506200, 24.87 
acres, trust land. 
(d) SURVEY.—As soon as practicable after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Office of Cadastral Sur-
vey of the Bureau of Land Management shall complete 
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fieldwork required for a survey of the lands described in 
subsections (b) and (c) for the purpose of incorporating 
those lands within the boundaries of the Tuolumne 
Rancheria. Not later than 90 days after that fieldwork is 
completed, that office shall complete the survey. 
(e) LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 
(1) PUBLICATION.—On approval by the Com-
munity Council of the Tribe of the survey completed 
under subsection (d), the Secretary of the Interior 
shall publish in the Federal Register— 
(A) a legal description of the new bound-
ary lines of the Tuolumne Rancheria; and 
(B) a legal description of the land surveyed 
under subsection (d). 
(2) EFFECT.—Beginning on the date on which 
the legal descriptions are published under paragraph 
(1), such legal descriptions shall be the official legal 
descriptions of those boundary lines of the Tuolumne 
Rancheria and the lands surveyed. 
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Calendar No. 1024 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3490 
AN ACT 
To transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain 
Federal lands from the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take 
such lands into trust for Tuolumne Band of Me- 
Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria, and 
for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 
Reported with amendments 
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