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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4685 
To take certain Federal lands located in Tulare County, California, into 
trust for the benefit of the Tule River Indian Tribe, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2016 
Mr. MCCARTHY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To take certain Federal lands located in Tulare County, 
California, into trust for the benefit of the Tule River 
Indian Tribe, 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 ‘‘Tule River Indian Res-
ervation Land Trust, Health, and Economic Development 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LANDS TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), valid, 
existing rights, and management agreements related to 
easements and rights-of-way, all right, title, and interest 
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(including improvements and appurtenances) of the 
United States in and to the approximately 34 acres of 
Federal lands generally depicted on the map titled ‘‘Pro-
posed Lands to be Held in Trust for the Tule River Tribe’’ 
and dated May 14, 2015, are hereby held in trust by the 
United States for the benefit of the Tule River Indian 
Tribe. 
(b) EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—For the pur-
poses of subsection (a), valid, existing rights include any 
easement or right-of-way for which an application is pend-
ing with the Bureau of Land Management on the date 
of the enactment of this Act. If such application is denied 
upon final action, the valid, existing right related to the 
application shall cease to exist. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map referred to in 
subsection (a) shall be on file and available for public in-
spection at the office of the California State Director, Bu-
reau of Land Management. 
(d) CONVERSION OF VALID, EXISTING RIGHTS.— 
(1) CONTINUITY OF USE.—Any person claiming 
in good faith to have valid, existing rights to lands 
taken into trust by this Act may continue to exercise 
such rights to the same extent that the rights were 
exercised before the date of the enactment of this 
Act until the Secretary makes a determination on an 
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application submitted under paragraph (2)(B) or the 
application is deemed to be granted under paragraph 
(3). 
(2) NOTICE
AND
APPLICATION.—Consistent 
with sections 2800 through 2880 of title 43, Code 
of Federal Regulations, as soon as practicable after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall notify any person that claims to 
have valid, existing rights, such as a management 
agreement, easement, or other right-of-way, to lands 
taken into trust under subsection (a) that— 
(A) such lands have been taken into trust; 
and 
(B) the person claiming the valid, existing 
rights has 60 days to submit an application to 
the Secretary requesting that the valid, existing 
rights be converted to a long-term easement or 
other right-of-way. 
(3) DETERMINATION.—The Secretary of the In-
terior shall grant or deny an application submitted 
under paragraph (2)(B) not later than 180 days 
after the application is submitted. Such a determina-
tion shall be considered a final action. If the Sec-
retary does not make a determination within 180 
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days after the application is submitted, the applica-
tion shall be deemed to be granted. 
(e) RESTRICTION ON GAMING.—Lands taken into 
trust pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be considered 
to have been taken into trust for, and shall not be eligible 
for, class II gaming or class III gaming (as those terms 
are defined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory 
Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)). 
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