Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land Act

Bill: 112-hr-4222
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2012-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Arizona
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Outdoor recreation
Sports and recreation facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-20
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Tucson Unified School District certain federal lands that are directly adjacent to the District's Hohokam School and would be a valuable addition to the school's playground area.
 
Requires the Secretary to convey to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona certain federal lands consisting of no more than 10 acres that are surrounded on all sides by lands not owned in fee by the United States for its own benefit.
 
Directs the Secretary to convey two additional specified parcels of federal land to the Tribe once the Tucson Unified School District abandons its possessory interest in the parcels. (The first parcel is surrounded on all sides by lands not owned in fee by the United States for its own benefit and the second is wholly within the 100-year flood plain of the Black Wash.)

action_date: 2012-05-31
text: 
Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land Act - Holds all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 10 acres of federal land, shown as parcel A on a specified map, in trust for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona.
 
Identifies that map as the map titled &quot;Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land Act&quot; and dated April 23, 2012.
 
Holds all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 10 acres of federal land, shown as parcel B on that map, in trust for the Tribe as soon as the Tucson Unified School District abandons its possessory interest in those lands. 
Prohibits gaming on such lands.

action_date: 2012-06-05
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 5, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land Act - Holds all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 10 acres of federal land, shown as parcel A on a specified map, in trust for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona.
 
Identifies that map as the map titled &quot;Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land Act&quot; and dated April 23, 2012.
 
Holds all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 10 acres of federal land, shown as parcel B on that map, in trust for the Tribe as soon as the Tucson Unified School District abandons its possessory interest in those lands. 
Prohibits gaming on such lands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-06
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-06-05
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-06-05
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3443)
action_date: 2012-06-05
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3443)
action_date: 2012-06-05
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4222.
action_date: 2012-06-05
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3443)
action_date: 2012-06-05
text: Mr. Hastings (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 358.
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-510.
action_date: 2012-05-31
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-510.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-04-25
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2012-04-17
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2012-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-20
text: Introduced in House