Title: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the San Felipe Pueblo certain Federal land in Sandoval County, New Mexico, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey approximately 7,167 acres of specified land managed by the Bureau of Land Management to the San Felipe Pueblo in Sandoval County, New Mexico.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2717 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2717

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the San Felipe 
  Pueblo certain Federal land in Sandoval County, New Mexico, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 14, 2019

 Ms. Haaland introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the San Felipe 
  Pueblo certain Federal land in Sandoval County, New Mexico, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means the 
        approximately 7,167 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land 
        Management designated as ``Proposed Conveyance--San Felipe 
        Pueblo'' on the map.
            (2) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map titled ``Ball 
        Ranch ACEC & Additional BLM Land'' and dated October 26, 2018.
            (3) Pueblo.--The term ``Pueblo'' means the San Felipe 
        Pueblo in Sandoval County, New Mexico.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE TO SAN FELIPE PUEBLO.

    (a) Authorization for Conveyance.--Not later than 120 days after 
the date on which the Secretary receives a request from the Pueblo to 
convey, for no consideration, all of the Federal land (including 
mineral rights), subject to valid existing rights and notwithstanding 
the land use planning requirements of sections 202 and 203 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712, 1713), 
the Secretary shall convey to the Pueblo all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in and to the Federal land.
    (b) Easements.--The conveyance under subsection (a) shall be 
subject to the following conditions which shall be part of the deed for 
the conveyed Federal land:
            (1) Perpetual easements shall allow for the following 
        access roads on the Federal land to the same extent as such 
        access roads exist on the date of the enactment of this Act:
                    (A) An access road of approximately 2.4 miles to 
                the ``Hamaatsa'' inholding.
                    (B) An access road of approximately 1.8 miles to 
                the ``Baca Family'' inholding.
            (2) Subject to agreement with the Pueblo, a perpetual 
        easement to allow federally recognized Indian Tribes to access 
        and be on the conveyed Federal land in order to access cultural 
        sites and for cultural and religious practices on the Federal 
        land.
            (3) A requirement that the Pueblo maintain the access roads 
        referred to in paragraph (1) to the same engineering standards 
        that the Bureau of Land Management was required to maintain 
        such roads on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Grazing.--If Federal land is subject to a lease, permit, or 
contract for the grazing of domestic livestock in effect on the date of 
the conveyance of the Federal land under this Act, the grazing may, at 
the discretion of the Pueblo, continue for the remainder of the term of 
the lease, permit, or contract, subject to the related terms and 
conditions of user agreements, including permitted stocking rates, 
grazing fee levels, access, and ownership and use of range 
improvements.
    (d) Costs.--The United States shall pay all costs of the conveyance 
under subsection (a).
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