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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4951 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take lands in Yuma County, 
Arizona, into trust as part of the reservation of the Cocopah Indian 
Tribe, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2006 
Mr. GRIJALVA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take lands in 
Yuma County, Arizona, into trust as part of the reserva-
tion of the Cocopah 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 ‘‘Cocopah Lands Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The reservation of the Cocopah Indian 
Tribe of Arizona is located in Yuma County, Ari-
zona. 
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(2) That reservation was created by an Execu-
tive order signed by President Woodrow Wilson in 
1917. 
(3) That reservation is made up of 3 noncontig-
uous tracts of land. 
(4) The Tribe inhabits all 3 parts of the res-
ervation. 
(5) The Tribe purchased the additional lands to 
provide infrastructure to housing areas, water, and 
economic development to tribal members. 
(6) The current trust land base of the reserva-
tion is insufficient to provide such needs. 
(7) The Tribe acquired 7 parcels of land contig-
uous to its present reservation lands in 1986, 1993, 
1997, and 2005, and these parcels are currently 
classified as ‘‘Indian Lands’’ under Federal law. 
(8) The acquired parcels shall not be taken into 
trust for gaming purposes. 
(9) The best means of solving the Tribe’s land 
and economic needs to its tribal members is to re-
quire the Secretary to take lands in Yuma County, 
Arizona, that are acquired by the Tribe into trust 
for the Tribe subject to the provisions of this Act. 
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SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purpose of this Act, the following definitions 
apply: 
(1) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Cocopah Indian Tribe of Arizona. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 4. LANDS TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST. 
(a) LANDS TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST.—If the Tribe 
transfers title to the land described in subsection (b) to 
the Secretary, the Secretary shall take that land into trust 
for the benefit of the Tribe, if at the time of such transfer 
there are no adverse legal claims to such land, including 
outstanding liens, mortgages, or taxes owed. 
(b) LAND DESCRIBED.—The land referred to in sub-
section (a) is described as follows: 
(1) PARCEL 1 (SIBLEY PURCHASE 1986).—Lot 4 
and the SW1⁄4, of the NW1⁄4, of Sec. 1, T. 10 S., 
R. 25 W., of the Gila and Salt River Base and Me-
ridian, Yuma County, Arizona, except that portion 
of the SW1⁄4, of the NW1⁄4, of said Sec. 1, T. 10 S., 
R. 25 W., lying southeasterly of the north right-of- 
way line of the Bureau of Reclamation levee. 
(2) PARCEL 2 (SIBLEY PURCHASE 1986).—Lot 1 
and the SE1⁄4, of the NE1⁄4, of Sec. 2, T. 10 S., R. 
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25 W., of the Gila and Salt River Base and Merid-
ian, Yuma County, Arizona. 
(3) PARCEL 3 (MCDANIEL PURCHASE 1993).— 
That part of the E1⁄2, of the SE1⁄4, lying south of 
the East Main Bureau of Reclamation Canal right 
of way in Sec. 30, T. 9 S., R. 23 W., of the Gila 
and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yuma County, 
Arizona. 
(4) PARCEL
(HOLLAND
PURCHASE
1997).— 
That portion of the NW1⁄4, of the NE1⁄4, of Sec. 31, 
T. 16 S., R 22 E., of the San Bernardino Base and 
Meridian, Yuma County, Arizona, lying north of the 
levee and Salinity Canal; except the north 220 feet. 
(5) PARCEL 5 (HOLLAND PURCHASE 1997).—An 
easement over the easterly 15 feet of the north 220 
feet of that portion of the NW1⁄4, of the NE1⁄4, of 
Sec. 31, T. 16 S., R. 22 E., of the San Bernardino 
Base and Meridian, Yuma County, Arizona, lying 
north of the levee and Salinity Canal for irrigation 
purposes. 
(6) PARCEL 6 (POWERS PURCHASE 1997).—Lots 
21, 24, and 25, Sec. 29, and lots 16 and 17 and the 
N1⁄2, of the SW1⁄4, of the SE1⁄4, of Sec. 30, T. 16 
S., R. 22 E., of the San Bernardino Meridian, Yuma 
County, Arizona, according to the dependent resur-
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vey of the Bureau of Land Management, accepted 
December 9, 1960. 
(7) PARCEL 7 (SPEED WAY PURCHASE 2005).— 
That portion of the W1⁄2 of the SE1⁄4 of Sec. 30, T. 
9 S., R. 21 W., of the Gila and Salt River Base and 
Meridian, Yuma County, Arizona, lying South and 
East of the East Main Canal; except the south 33 
feet thereof; except one-third interest in and to all 
mineral rights, as reserved in the deed recorded in 
Docket 1461, page 600, records of Yuma County, 
Arizona. 
(c) LANDS TO BE MADE PART OF THE RESERVA-
TION.—Land taken into trust pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall be considered to be part of the Tribe’s initial reserva-
tion. 
(d) SERVICE AREA.—For the purposes of the delivery 
of Federal services to enrolled members of the Tribe, the 
Tribe’s service area shall be Yuma County, Arizona. 
(e) GAMING PROHIBITED.—Land taken into trust for 
the benefit of the Tribe under this Act shall not be used 
for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. 
SEC. 5. REGULATIONS. 
The Secretary may promulgate such regulations as 
may be necessary to carry out this Act. 
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