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Union Calendar No. 65
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 79
[Report No. 105–110]
To provide for the conveyance of certain land in the Six Rivers National
Forest in the State of California for the benefit of the Hoopa Valley Tribe.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. RIGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Resources
JUNE 3, 1997
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 7, 1997]
A BILL
To provide for the conveyance of certain land in the Six
Rivers National Forest in the State of California for
the benefit of the Hoopa Valley Tribe.
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 ‘‘Hoopa Valley Reserva-
tion South Boundary Adjustment Act’’.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LANDS WITHIN SIX RIVERS NATIONAL
FOREST FOR HOOPA VALLEY TRIBE.
(a) TRANSFER.—All right, title, and interest in and
to the lands described in subsection (b) shall hereafter be
administered by the Secretary of the Interior and be held
in trust by the United States for the Hoopa Valley Tribe.
The lands are hereby declared part of the Hoopa Valley Res-
ervation. Upon the inclusion of such lands in the Hoopa
Valley Reservation, Forest Service system roads numbered
8N03 and 7N51 and the Trinity River access road which
is a spur off road numbered 7N51, shall be Indian reserva-
tion roads, as defined in section 101(a) of title 23 of the
United States Code.
(b) LANDS DESCRIBED.—The lands referred to in sub-
section (a) are those portions of Townships 7 North and
8 North, Ranges 5 East and 6 East, Humboldt Meridian,
California, within a boundary beginning at a point on the
current south boundary of the Hoopa Valley Indian Res-
ervation, marked and identified as ‘‘Post H.V.R. No. 8’’ on
the Plat of the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation prepared
from a field survey conducted by C.T. Bissel, Augustus T.
Smith, and C.A. Robinson, Deputy Surveyors, approved by
the Surveyor General, H. Pratt, March 18, 1892, and ex-
tending from said point on a bearing of north 72 degrees
30 minutes east, until intersecting with a line beginning
at a point marked as ‘‘Post H.V.R. No. 3’’ on such survey
and extending on a bearing of south 15 degrees 59 minutes
east, comprising 2,641 acres more or less.
(c) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundary of the
Six Rivers National Forest in the State of California is
hereby adjusted to exclude the lands to be held in trust for
the benefit of the Hoopa Valley Tribe pursuant to this sec-
tion.
(d) SURVEY.—The Secretary of the Interior, acting
through the Bureau of Land Management, shall survey and
monument that portion of the boundary of the Hoopa Valley
Reservation established by the addition of the lands de-
scribed in subsection (b).
(e) SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.—The transfer of lands
to trust status under this section extinguishes the following
claims by the Hoopa Valley Tribe:
(1) All claims on land now administered as part
of the Six Rivers National Forest based on the allega-
tion of error in establishing the boundaries of the
Hoopa Valley Reservation, as those boundaries were
configured before the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) All claims of failure to pay just compensa-
tion for a taking under the fifth amendment to the
United States Constitution, if such claims are based
on activities, occurring before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, related to the lands transferred to
trust status under this section.
Union Calendar No. 65
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 79
[Report No. 105–110]
A BILL
To provide for the conveyance of certain land in the
Six Rivers National Forest in the State of Cali-
fornia for the benefit of the Hoopa Valley Tribe.
JUNE 3, 1997
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed