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Calendar No. 1081 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2963 
[Report No. 110–503] 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 31, 2007 
Received 
AUGUST 3, 2007 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs 
SEPTEMBER 25 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 17), 2008 
Reported by Mr. DORGAN, with amendments 
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
To transfer certain land in Riverside County, California, 
and San Diego County, California, from the Bureau of 
Land Management to the United States to be held in 
trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, 
and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Pechanga Band of 
Luiseno Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LAND IN TRUST FOR PECHANGA 
BAND OF LUISENO MISSION INDIANS. 
(a) TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) TRANSFER.—Effective on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and subject to valid existing 
rights, all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to the Federal lands described in sub-
section (b) (including all improvements thereon, ap-
purtenances thereto, and rights to all minerals 
thereon or therein, including oil and gas, water, and 
related resources) shall be held by the United States 
in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission 
Indians, a federally recognized Indian tribe. Such 
transfer shall not include the 12.82 acres of lands 
more or less, including the facilities, improvements, 
and appurtenances associated with the existing 230 
kV transmission line in San Diego County and its 
300 foot corridor, more particularly described as a 
portion of sec. 6, T. 9 S., R. 2 W., San Bernardino 
Base and Meridian, which shall be sold by the Bu-
reau of Land Management for fair market value to 
San Diego Gas & Electric Company not later than 
30 days after the completion of the cadastral survey 
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described in subsection (c) and the appraisal de-
scribed in subsection (d). 
(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The land transferred 
under paragraph (1) shall be part of the Pechanga 
Indian Reservation and administered in accordance 
with— 
(A) the laws and regulations generally ap-
plicable to property held in trust by the United 
States for an Indian tribe; and 
(B) a memorandum of understanding en-
tered into between the Pechanga Band of 
Luiseno Mission Indians and the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land 
Management, and the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service on November 11, 2005, which 
shall remain in effect until the date on which the 
Western Riverside County Multiple Species 
Habitat Conservation Plan expires. 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 45 days before ter-
minating the memorandum of understanding entered 
into under paragraph (2)(B), the Director of the Bu-
reau of Land Management, the Director of the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Pechanga 
Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, as applicable, shall 
submit notice of the termination to— 
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(A) the Committee on Natural Resources of 
the House of Representatives; 
(B) the Committee on Indian Affairs of the 
Senate; 
(C) the Assistant Secretary for Indian Af-
fairs; and 
(D) the members of Congress representing 
the area subject to the memorandum of under-
standing. 
(4) TERMINATION OR VIOLATION OF THE MEMO-
RANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Director of the 
Bureau of Land Management and the Pechanga Band 
of Luiseno Mission Indians shall submit to Congress 
notice of the termination or a violation of the memo-
randum of understanding entered into under para-
graph (2)(B) unless the purpose for the termination 
or violation is the expiration or cancellation of the 
Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat 
Conservation Plan. 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The lands referred to 
in subsection (a) consist of approximately 1,178 acres in 
Riverside County, California, and San Diego County, Cali-
fornia, as referenced on the map titled, ‘‘H.R. 28, the 
Pechanga Land Transfer Act’’ and dated January 12May 
2, 2007, which, before the transfer under such subsection, 
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