IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1491 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 29, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs 
AN ACT 
To reaffirm the action of the Secretary of the Interior to 
take land into trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez 
Band of Chumash Mission Indians, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Santa Ynez Band of 
Chumash Indians Land Affirmation Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) On October 13, 2017, the General Council 
of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians voted 
to approve the Memorandum of Agreement between 
the County of Santa Barbara and the Santa Ynez 
Band of Chumash Indians regarding the approxi-
mately 1,427.28 acres of land, commonly known as 
Camp 4, and authorized the Tribal Chairman to sign 
the Memorandum of Agreement. 
(2) On October 31, 2017, the Board of Super-
visors for the County of Santa Barbara approved the 
Memorandum of Agreement on Camp 4 and author-
ized the Chair to sign the Memorandum of Agree-
ment. 
(3) The Secretary of the Interior approved the 
Memorandum of Agreement pursuant to section 
2103 of the Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 81). 
SEC. 3. REAFFIRMATION OF STATUS AND ACTIONS. 
(a) RATIFICATION OF TRUST STATUS.—The action 
taken by the Secretary on January 20, 2017, to place ap-
proximately 1,427.28 acres of land located in Santa Bar-
bara County, California, into trust for the benefit of the 
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Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians is hereby ratified 
and confirmed as if that action had been taken under a 
Federal law specifically authorizing or directing that ac-
tion. 
(b) RATIFICATION
OF
ACTIONS
OF
THE
SEC-
RETARY.—The actions taken by the Secretary to assume 
jurisdiction over the appeals relating to the fee-to-trust ac-
quisition of approximately 1,427.28 acres in Santa Bar-
bara County, California, on January 30, 2015, is hereby 
ratified and confirmed as if that action had been taken 
under a Federal law specifically authorizing or directing 
that action. 
(c) RATIFICATION
OF
ACTIONS
OF
THE
SEC-
RETARY.—The actions taken by the Secretary to dismiss 
the appeals relating to the fee-to-trust acquisition of ap-
proximately 1,427.28 acres in Santa Barbara County, 
California, on January 19, 2017, is hereby ratified and 
confirmed as if that action had been taken under a Fed-
eral law specifically authorizing or directing that action. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) ADMINISTRATION.—The land placed into 
trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez Band of 
Chumash Indians by the Secretary of the Interior on 
January 20, 2017, shall be a part of the Santa Ynez 
Indian Reservation and administered in accordance 
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with the laws and regulations generally applicable to 
the land held in trust by the United States for an 
Indian tribe. 
(2) EFFECT.—For purposes of certain Cali-
fornia State laws (including the California Land 
Conservation Act of 1965, Government Code Section 
51200, et seq.), placing the land described in sub-
section (b) into trust shall remove any restrictions 
on the property pursuant to California Government 
Code Section 51295 or any other provision of such 
Act. 
(e) 
LEGAL
DESCRIPTION
OF
LANDS
TRANS-
FERRED.—The lands to be transferred pursuant to this 
Act are described as follows: 
Legal 
Land 
Description/Site 
Location:Real 
property in the unincorporated area of the County of 
Santa Barbara, State of California, described as fol-
lows: PARCEL 1: (APN: 141-121-51 AND POR-
TION OF APN 141-140-10)LOTS 9 THROUGH 
18, INCLUSIVE, OF TRACT 18, IN THE COUN-
TY OF SANTA BARBARA, STATE OF CALI-
FORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP SHOWING 
THE SUBDIVISIONS OF THE CANADA DE 
LOS PINOS OR COLLEGE RANCHO, FILED IN 
RACK 3, AS MAP 4 IN THE OFFICE OF THE 
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CANADA DE LOS PINOS OR COLLEGE RAN-
CHO, FILED IN RACK 3, AS MAP 4 IN THE 
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF 
SAID COUNTY, THAT LIES NORTHEAST-
ERLY OF THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF 
THE LAND GRANTED TO THE STATE OF 
CALIFORNIA BY AN EXECUTOR’S DEED RE-
CORDED APRIL 2, 1968 IN BOOK 2227, PAGE 
136 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAID COUN-
TY.THIS LEGAL IS MADE PURSUANT TO 
THAT CERTAIN CERTIFICATE OF COMPLI-
ANCE RECORDED DECEMBER 5, 2001 AS IN-
STRUMENT NO. 01-105582 OF OFFICIAL 
RECORDS. PARCEL 4: (APN: 141-240-02 AND 
PORTION 
OF 
APN: 
141-140-10)LOTS 
THROUGH 12, INCLUSIVE, OF TRACT 25, IN 
THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, STATE 
OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP 
SHOWING THE SUBDIVISIONS OF THE CAN-
ADA DE LOS PINOS OR COLLEGE RANCHO, 
FILED IN RACK 3, AS MAP 4 IN THE OFFICE 
OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID 
COUNTY.THIS LEGAL IS MADE PURSUANT 
TO THAT CERTAIN CERTIFICATE OF COM-
PLIANCE RECORDED DECEMBER 5, 2001 AS 
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INSTRUMENT NO. 01-105583 OF OFFICIAL 
RECORDS. PARCEL 5: (PORTION OF APN: 
141-230-23)THAT PORTION OF LOTS 3 AND 6 
OF TRACT 16, IN THE COUNTY OF SANTA 
BARBARA, 
STATE 
OF 
CALIFORNIA, 
AS 
SHOWN ON THE MAP SHOWING THE SUB-
DIVISIONS OF THE CANADA DE LOS PINOS 
OR COLLEGE RANCHO, FILED IN RACK 3, AS 
MAP 4 IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RE-
CORDER OF SAID COUNTY, THAT LIES 
NORTHEASTERLY OF THE NORTHEAST-
ERLY LINE OF THE LAND GRANTED TO 
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY AN EXECU-
TOR’S DEED RECORDED APRIL 2, 1968 IN 
BOOK 
2227, 
PAGE 
136 
OF 
OFFICIAL 
RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY.THIS LEGAL IS 
MADE PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN CER-
TIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE RECORDED DE-
CEMBER 5, 2001 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 01- 
105584 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS. 
(f) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
shall— 
(1) enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect any 
right or claim of the Tribe to any land or interest 
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in land that is in existence before the date of the en-
actment of this Act; 
(2) affect any water right of the Tribe in exist-
ence before the date of the enactment of this Act; 
or 
(3) terminate or limit any access in any way to 
any right-of-way or right-of-use issued, granted, or 
permitted before the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(g) RESTRICTED USE OF TRANSFERRED LANDS.— 
The Tribe may not conduct, on the land described in sub-
section (b) taken into trust for the Tribe pursuant to this 
Act, gaming activities— 
(1) as a matter of claimed inherent authority; 
or 
(2) under any Federal law, including the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) 
and regulations promulgated by the Secretary or the 
National Indian Gaming Commission under that 
Act. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
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(2) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 28, 
2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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