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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2733 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for certain 
Indian tribes, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2015 
Mr. AMODEI (for himself and Mr. HARDY) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to take land into 
trust for certain Indian tribes, 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 ‘‘Nevada Native Nations 
Land Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-
retary of the Interior. 
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SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR 
CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES. 
(a) CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST 
FOR THE FORT MCDERMITT PAIUTE AND SHOSHONE 
TRIBE.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF MAP.—In this subsection, 
the term ‘‘map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Fort 
McDermitt Indian Reservation Expansion Act’’, 
dated February 21, 2013, and on file and available 
for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
Bureau of Land Management. 
(2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid 
existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the land described in para-
graph (3)— 
(A) is held in trust by the United States 
for the benefit of the Fort McDermitt Paiute 
and Shoshone Tribe; and 
(B) shall be part of the reservation of the 
Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe. 
(3) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred 
to in paragraph (2) is the approximately 19,094 
acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management as generally depicted on the map as 
‘‘Reservation Expansion Lands’’. 
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(b) CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST 
FOR THE SHOSHONE PAIUTE TRIBES.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF MAP.—In this subsection, 
the term ‘‘map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Mountain 
City Administrative Site Proposed Acquisition’’, 
dated July 29, 2013, and on file and available for 
public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
Forest Service. 
(2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid 
existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the land described in para-
graph (3)— 
(A) is held in trust by the United States 
for the benefit of the Shoshone Paiute Tribes of 
the Duck Valley Indian Reservation; and 
(B) shall be part of the reservation of the 
Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley In-
dian Reservation. 
(3) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred 
to in paragraph (2) is the approximately 82 acres of 
land administered by the Forest Service as generally 
depicted on the map as ‘‘Proposed Acquisition Site’’. 
(c) CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST 
FOR THE SUMMIT LAKE PAIUTE TRIBE.— 
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(1) DEFINITION OF MAP.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Summit Lake 
Indian Reservation Conveyance’’, dated February 
28, 2013, and on file and available for public inspec-
tion in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of 
Land Management. 
(2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid 
existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the land described in para-
graph (3)— 
(A) is held in trust by the United States 
for the benefit of the Summit Lake Paiute 
Tribe; and 
(B) shall be part of the reservation of the 
Summit Lake Paiute Tribe. 
(3) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred 
to in paragraph (2) is the approximately 941 acres 
of land administered by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement as generally depicted on the map as ‘‘Res-
ervation Conveyance Lands’’. 
(d) CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST 
FOR THE RENO-SPARKS INDIAN COLONY.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF MAP.—In this subsection, 
the term ‘‘map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Reno- 
Sparks Indian Colony Expansion’’, dated June 11, 
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2014, and on file and available for public inspection 
in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 
Management. 
(2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid 
existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the land described in para-
graph (3)— 
(A) is held in trust by the United States 
for the benefit of the Reno-Sparks Indian Col-
ony; and 
(B) shall be part of the reservation of the 
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony. 
(3) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred 
to in paragraph (2) is the approximately 13,434 
acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management as generally depicted on the map as 
‘‘RSIC Amended Boundary’’. 
(e) CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST 
FOR THE PYRAMID LAKE PAIUTE TRIBE.— 
(1) MAP.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘map’’ 
means the map entitled ‘‘Pyramid Lake Indian Res-
ervation Expansion’’, dated April 13, 2015, and on 
file and available for public inspection in the appro-
priate offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 
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(2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid 
existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the land described in para-
graph (3)— 
(A) is held in trust by the United States 
for the benefit of the Pyramid Lake Paiute 
Tribe; and 
(B) shall be part of the reservation of the 
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. 
(3) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred 
to in paragraph (2) is the approximately 6,357 acres 
of land administered by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement as generally depicted on the map as ‘‘Res-
ervation Expansion Lands’’. 
(f) CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST 
FOR THE DUCKWATER SHOSHONE TRIBE.— 
(1) MAP.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘map’’ 
means the map entitled ‘‘Duckwater Reservation Ex-
pansion’’, dated January 12, 2015, and on file and 
available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid 
existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the land described in para-
graph (3)— 
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(A) is held in trust by the United States 
for the benefit of the Duckwater Shoshone 
Tribe; and 
(B) shall be part of the reservation of the 
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe. 
(3) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred 
to in paragraph (2) is the approximately 31,269 
acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management as generally depicted on the map as 
‘‘Reservation Expansion Lands’’. 
SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) SURVEY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a 
survey of the boundary lines to establish the boundaries 
of the land taken into trust for each Indian tribe under 
section 3. 
(b) USE OF TRUST LAND.— 
(1) GAMING.—Land taken into trust under sec-
tion 3 shall not be eligible, or considered to have 
been taken into trust, for class II gaming or class 
III gaming (as those terms are defined in section 4 
of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 
2703)). 
(2) THINNING; LANDSCAPE
RESTORATION.— 
With respect to the land taken into trust under sec-
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tion 3, the Secretary, in consultation and coordina-
tion with the applicable Indian tribe, may carry out 
any fuel reduction and other landscape restoration 
activities, including restoration of sage grouse habi-
tat, on the land that is beneficial to the Indian tribe 
and the Bureau of Land Management. 
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