I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4222 
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, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 20, 2012 
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, 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. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions 
apply: 
(1) DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘District’’ means the 
Tucson Unified School District, a school district rec-
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ognized as such under the laws of the State of Ari-
zona. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(3) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, a federally recog-
nized Indian tribe. 
SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF INHOLDINGS OWNED THE UNITED 
STATES AND UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF 
THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT TO THE 
DISTRICT. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that the lands de-
scribed in subsection (c)— 
(1) are directly adjacent to the District’s exist-
ing Hohokam School; 
(2) are not necessary for the welfare or benefit 
of the United States; 
(3) are irregularly shaped and not well suited to 
development or use, other than for recreational use; 
(4) are adjacent to the Black Wash area of 
Pima County, Arizona, and therefore are subject to 
seasonal flooding of the Black Wash; and 
(5) would be a valuable addition to the Dis-
trict’s Hohokam School Site playground area. 
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(b) CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary shall convey the 
lands described in subsection (c) to the District by patent, 
in fee simple absolute, free and clear of the interests of 
the United States, but subject to any existing encum-
brances, rights-of-way, or the like in favor of third parties. 
(c) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The lands to be conveyed 
under subsection (b) are the not more than 13.24 acres 
Federal lands managed by the Secretary through the Bu-
reau of Land Management and described as the ‘‘ NE 1⁄4 
of the NW 1⁄4 of Section 19, Township 15 South, Range 
13 East, Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian’’ in the 
State of Arizona, except therefrom those lands conveyed 
by the U.S. to the District by Patent 02–97–0013 dated 
August 1, 1997, and recorded in the Office of the Pima 
County, Arizona Recorder on May 8, 2002, as instrument 
20020890089. 
SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF INHOLDINGS OWNED BY THE 
UNITED STATES IN FEE AND UNDER THE JU-
RISDICTION OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MAN-
AGEMENT TO THE TRIBE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that the lands de-
scribed in subsection (c) are— 
(1) not more than 10 acres; 
(2) not necessary for the welfare or benefit of 
the United States; and 
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(3) surrounded on all sides by lands not owned 
in fee by the United States for its own benefit. 
(b) CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary shall convey the 
lands described in subsection (c) to the Tribe by patent, 
in fee simple absolute, free and clear of the interests of 
the United States, but subject to any existing encum-
brances, rights-of-way, or the like in favor of third parties. 
(c) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The lands to be conveyed 
under subsection (b) are those Federal lands described as 
‘‘the SW 1⁄4 of the SE 1⁄4 of the SE 1⁄4 of Section 14, 
Township 15 South, Range 12 East, Gila and Salt River 
Base and Meridian’’ in the State of Arizona. 
SEC. 4. CONVEYANCE OF INHOLDINGS OF LANDS NOW 
OWNED BY THE DISTRICT, BUT SUBJECT TO A 
RIGHT 
OF 
REVERSION 
TO 
THE 
UNITED 
STATES AND UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF 
THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, TO 
THE TRIBE IN FEE. 
(a) CONVEYANCE OF PARCEL 1.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that the lands 
described in paragraph (3)— 
(A) are encumbered by a possessory inter-
est of the District, which it acquired under the 
Recreation and Public Purposes Act of 1926 
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and a reversionary interest of the United 
States; 
(B) are not necessary for the welfare or 
benefit of the United States; 
(C) are surrounded on all sides by lands 
not owned in fee by the United States for its 
own benefit; and 
(D) have no current access to a public 
road. 
(2) CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary shall, imme-
diately upon receipt from the District of an aban-
donment of its possessory interest in the lands de-
scribed in paragraph (3), accept title to said lands 
as is without condition, and thereafter immediately 
convey such lands to the Tribe as is by patent, in 
fee simple absolute, fee and clear of the interests of 
the United States, but subject to any existing en-
cumbrances, rights-of-way, or the like in favor of 
third parties. 
(3) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The lands to be con-
veyed under paragraph (2) are the not more than 10 
acres described as ‘‘the NW 1⁄4 of the NW 1⁄4 of the 
SE 1⁄4 of Section 14, Township 15 South, Range 12 
East, Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian’’ in the 
State of Arizona. 
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(b) CONVEYANCE OF PARCEL 2.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that the lands 
described in paragraph (3) are— 
(A) encumbered by a possessory interest of 
the District, which it acquired under the Recre-
ation and Public Purposes Act of 1926 and a 
reversionary interest of the United States; 
(B) not necessary for the benefit or welfare 
of the United States; 
(C) bisected by the Black Wash, which cov-
ers 1⁄3 to 1⁄2 of said lands; 
(D) located wholly within the 100-year 
flood plain; and 
(E) subject to seasonal flooding of the 
Black Wash. 
(2) CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary shall, imme-
diately upon receipt from the District of an aban-
donment of its possessory interest in the lands de-
scribed in paragraph (3), accept title to said lands 
as is without condition, and thereafter immediately 
convey such lands to the Tribe as is by patent in fee 
simple absolute, free and clear of the interests of the 
United States, but subject to any existing encum-
brances, rights-of-way, or the like in favor of third 
parties. 
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(3) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The lands to be con-
veyed under paragraph (2) are the not more than 40 
acres described as ‘‘Government Lot 1 of Section 19, 
Township 15 South, Range 13 East, Gila and Salt 
River Base and Meridian’’ in the State of Arizona, 
except therefrom the Westerly 75 feet thereof, and 
also except therefrom the Southerly 50 feet thereof. 
Æ 
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