I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2009 
To provide for the conveyance of certain land inholdings owned by the United 
States to the Tucson Unified School District and to the Pascua Yaqui 
Tribe of Arizona. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 23, 2015 
Mr. GRIJALVA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for the conveyance of certain land inholdings 
owned by the United States to the Tucson Unified School 
District and to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona. 
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 ‘‘Pascua Yaqui Tribe 
Land Conveyance Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions 
apply: 
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(1) DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘District’’ means the 
Tucson Unified School District No. 1, a school dis-
trict recognized as such under the laws of the State 
of Arizona. 
(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map ti-
tled ‘‘PYT Land Department/2015/BLM Congres-
sional Bill’’. 
(3) 
RECREATION
AND
PUBLIC
PURPOSES 
ACT.—The term ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes 
Act’’ means the Act of June 14, 1926 (43 U.S.C. 
869 et seq.). 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(5) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, a federally recog-
nized Indian tribe. 
SEC. 3. LANDS TO BE CONVEYED OR HELD IN TRUST. 
(a) PARCEL A.—In the event that the District con-
veys all of its existing right, title, and interest in and to 
the approximately 39.65 acres of land depicted on the Map 
as Parcel A, to which the United States holds a rever-
sionary interest under the Recreation and Public Purposes 
Act, to the United States, Parcel A shall be accepted by 
the United States and held in trust by the United States 
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for the benefit of the Tribe as part of the Pascua Yaqui 
Tribal Reservation. 
(b) PARCEL B.—Subject to subsection (a) and valid 
and existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the approximately 13.24 acres of 
Federal lands generally depicted on the Map as Parcel B 
shall be conveyed to the District by patent without res-
ervation of rights by the United States. 
(c) PARCEL C.—Subject to valid and existing rights, 
the United States hereby waives and gives up, all rever-
sionary interest otherwise retained under the Recreation 
and Public Purposes Act in and to the approximately 
27.50 acres of the land generally depicted on the Map as 
Parcel C and said lands shall thereafter be deemed held 
by the District free and clear of any claims of the United 
States. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall 
take effect on the day after the District conveys all right, 
title, and interest of the District in and to the approxi-
mately 39.65 acres of land depicted on the Map as Parcel 
A to the United States. 
SEC. 4. GAMING PROHIBITION. 
The Tribe may not conduct gaming activities on lands 
taken into trust pursuant to this Act, either as a matter 
of claimed inherent authority, under the authority of any 
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Federal law, including the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 
(25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), or under regulations promul-
gated by the Secretary or the National Indian Gaming 
Commission. 
SEC. 5. WATER RIGHTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be no Federal re-
served right to surface water or groundwater for any land 
taken into trust by the United States for the benefit of 
the Tribe under this Act. 
(b) STATE WATER RIGHTS.—The Tribe retains any 
right or claim to water under State law for any land taken 
into trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe 
under this Act. 
(c) FORFEITURE
OR ABANDONMENT.—Any water 
rights that are appurtenant to land taken into trust by 
the United States for the benefit of the Tribe under this 
Act may not be forfeited or abandoned. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION.—Nothing in this Act affects or 
modifies any right of the Tribe or any obligation of the 
United States under Public Law 95–375 (25 U.S.C. 1300f 
et seq.). 
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