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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 326 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take lands in Yuma County, 
Arizona, into trust as part of the reservation of the Cocopah Tribe 
of Arizona, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 8, 2009 
Mr. GRIJALVA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take lands in 
Yuma County, Arizona, into trust as part of the reserva-
tion of the Cocopah Tribe of Arizona, 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 ‘‘Cocopah Lands Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The reservation of the Cocopah Tribe of Ar-
izona is located in Yuma County, Arizona. 
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(2) That reservation was created by an Execu-
tive order signed by President Woodrow Wilson in 
1917. 
(3) The Tribe’s land holdings are located within 
3 noncontiguous reservations comprising a total of 
approximately 6,226.3 acres of trust land. 
(4) The Tribe purchased the additional lands to 
provide infrastructure to housing areas, water, and 
economic development to tribal members. 
(5) The current trust land base of the reserva-
tion is insufficient to provide such needs. 
(6) The Tribe acquired 7 parcels of land contig-
uous to its present reservation lands in 1986, 1993, 
1997, and 2005, and these parcels are currently 
classified as ‘‘Tribal fee lands’’ under Federal law. 
(7) The acquired parcels shall not be taken into 
trust for gaming purposes. 
(8) The best means of solving the Tribe’s land 
and economic needs to its tribal members is to re-
quire the Secretary to take lands in Yuma County, 
Arizona, that are acquired by the Tribe into trust 
for the Tribe subject to the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purpose of this Act, the following definitions 
apply: 
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(1) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Cocopah Tribe of Arizona. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 4. LANDS TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST. 
(a) LANDS TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST.—If the Tribe 
transfers title to the land described in subsection (b) to 
the Secretary, the Secretary shall take that land into trust 
for the benefit of the Tribe, if at the time of such transfer 
there are no recognized environmental conditions or con-
tamination related concerns and no adverse legal claims 
to such land, including outstanding liens, mortgages, or 
taxes owed. 
(b) LAND DESCRIBED.—The land referred to in sub-
section (a) is described as follows: 
(1) PARCEL 1 (SIBLEY PURCHASE 1986).—Lot 4 
and the SW1⁄4 of the NW1⁄4, of Sec. 1, T. 10 S., R. 
25 W., of the Gila and Salt River Base and Merid-
ian, Yuma County, Arizona, except that portion of 
the SW1⁄4 of the NW1⁄4, of said Sec. 1, T. 10 S., 
R. 25 W., lying southeasterly of the north right-of- 
way line of the Bureau of Reclamation levee. 
(2) PARCEL 2 (SIBLEY PURCHASE 1986).—Lot 1 
and the SE1⁄4 of the NE1⁄4, of Sec. 2, T. 10 S., R. 
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25 W., of the Gila and Salt River Base and Merid-
ian, Yuma County, Arizona. 
(3) PARCEL 3 (MCDANIEL PURCHASE 1993).— 
That part of the E1⁄2 of the SE1⁄4, lying south of the 
East Main Bureau of Reclamation Canal right of 
way in Sec. 30, T. 9 S., R. 23 W., of the Gila and 
Salt River Base and Meridian, Yuma County, Ari-
zona. 
(4) PARCEL
(HOLLAND
PURCHASE
1997).— 
That portion of the NW1⁄4 of the NE1⁄4, of Sec. 31, 
T. 16 S., R 22 E., of the San Bernardino Base and 
Meridian, Yuma County, Arizona, lying north of the 
levee and Salinity Canal; except the north 220 feet. 
(5) PARCEL 5 (HOLLAND PURCHASE 1997).—An 
easement over the easterly 15 feet of the north 220 
feet of that portion of the NW1⁄4 of the NE1⁄4, of 
Sec. 31, T. 16 S., R. 22 E., of the San Bernardino 
Base and Meridian, Yuma County, Arizona, lying 
north of the levee and Salinity Canal for irrigation 
purposes. 
(6) PARCEL 6 (POWERS PURCHASE 1997).—Lots 
21, 24, and 25, Sec. 29, and Lots 16 and 17 and 
the N1⁄2 of the SW1⁄4 of the SE1⁄4, of Sec. 30, T. 
16 S., R. 22 E., of the San Bernardino Meridian, 
Yuma County, Arizona, according to the dependent 
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resurvey of the Bureau of Land Management, ac-
cepted December 9, 1960. 
(7) PARCEL 7 (SPEED WAY PURCHASE 2005).— 
That portion of the W1⁄2 of the SE1⁄4 of Sec. 30, T. 
9 S., R. 23 W., of the Gila and Salt River Base and 
Meridian, Yuma County, Arizona, lying south and 
east of the East Main Canal; except the south 33 
feet thereof; except one-third interest in and to all 
mineral rights, as reserved in the deed recorded in 
Docket 1461, page 600, records of Yuma County, 
Arizona. 
(c) LANDS TO BE MADE PART OF THE RESERVA-
TION.—Land taken into trust pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall be considered to be part of the Tribe’s initial reserva-
tion. 
(d) SERVICE AREA.—For the purposes of the delivery 
of Federal services to enrolled members of the Tribe, the 
Tribe’s service area shall be Yuma County, Arizona. 
(e) GAMING PROHIBITED.—Land taken into trust for 
the benefit of the Tribe under this Act shall not be used 
for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. 
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