Title: A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey to, and take into trust for the benefit of, the Burns Paiute Tribe certain land in the State of Oregon.
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey specified lands in Oregon to the Burns Paiute Tribe. Interior must take such land into trust for the benefit of the tribe.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4786 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4786

 To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey to, and take into 
 trust for the benefit of, the Burns Paiute Tribe certain land in the 
                            State of Oregon.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 1, 2020

   Mr. Wyden introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey to, and take into 
 trust for the benefit of, the Burns Paiute Tribe certain land in the 
                            State of Oregon.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LAND CONVEYANCE TO BURNS PAIUTE TRIBE.

    (a) Conveyance and Taking Into Trust.--As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall--
            (1) transfer to the Burns Paiute Tribe all right, title, 
        and interest in and to the land in the State of Oregon 
        described in subsection (b); and
            (2) take that land into trust for the benefit of the Burns 
        Paiute Tribe.
    (b) Description of Land.--The land referred to in subsection (a)(1) 
is the following, as depicted on the map entitled ``Malheur Reservation 
Paiute Indian Tribe Grant, Malheur, and Harney Counties, Oregon'' and 
dated March 15, 1958:
            (1) Jonesboro ranch.--The parcel commonly known as 
        ``Jonesboro Ranch'', located approximately 6 miles east of 
        Juntura, Oregon, consisting of 21,548 acres of Federal land, 
        208 acres of land of the State of Oregon, and 4,552 acres of 
        private land, containing the pastures referred to as ``Saddle 
        Horse'', ``Trail Horse'', ``Indian Creek'', ``Sperry Creek'', 
        ``Antelope Swale'', ``Horse Camp'', ``Dinner Creek'', and 
        ``Tim's Peak'', and more particularly described as follows:
                    (A) T. 21 S., R. 39 E.
                    (B) T. 21 S., R. 40 E.
                    (C) T. 22 S., R. 39 E.
                    (D) T. 21 S., R. 40 E.
            (2) Castle rock wilderness study area.--The parcel commonly 
        known as the ``Castle Rock Wilderness Study Area'' and more 
        particularly described as follows:
                    (A) T. 18 S., R. 37 E., secs. 5, 8, 9, 16, and 17.
                    (B) T. 18. S., R. 37 E., the W\1/2\ and S\1/2\ of 
                sec. 4 (except for any portion of private land).
                    (C) T. 18 S., R. 37 E., the W\1/2\ of sec. 15.
                    (D) T. 18 S., R. 37 E., sec. 10.
                    (E) The SW\1/4\ of the SW\1/4\ of sec. 10.
                    (F) The NW\1/4\ of the SW\1/4\ of sec. 10.
                    (G) The SW\1/4\ of the NW \1/4\ of sec. 10.
                    (H) The NW\1/4\ of the NW\1/4\ of the NW\1/4\ of 
                sec. 10.
                    (I) The SW\1/4\ of the NW\1/4\ of the NW\1/4\ of 
                sec. 10.
                    (J) The NW\1/4\ of the SW\1/4\ of the NW\1/4\ of 
                sec. 10.
                    (K) The SW\1/4\ of the SW\1/4\ of the NW\1/4\ of 
                sec. 10.
                    (L) T. 18 S., R. 37 E., sec. 3.
                    (M) The SW\1/4\ of the SW\1/4\ of the SW\1/4\ of 
                sec. 3.
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