Duckwater Shoshone Land Conveyance Act

Bill: 113-hr-5608
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
Introduced: 2014-09-18
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations

Gambling

Indian lands and resources rights

Land transfers

Nevada
Latest action: action_date: 2014-10-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-09-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Duckwater Shoshone Land Conveyance Act - Requires that approximately 25,977 acres of land in Nevada administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) be held in trust for the benefit of the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe as part of the Tribe's reservation.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete a survey of the boundary lines to establish the boundaries of the land taken into trust.</p> <p>Prohibits class II or class III gaming on such land.</p> <ul> </ul>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5608 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 18, 2014 Mr. Horsford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To take certain land in the State of Nevada into trust for the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Duckwater Shoshone Land Conveyance Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Map The term map means the map entitled Duckwater Reservation Expansion , dated September 9, 2014, and on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management. (2) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. (3) Tribe The term Tribe means the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe. 3. Transfer of land to be held in trust for the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe (a) In general Subject to valid existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the land described in subsection (b) shall be— (1) held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe; and (2) part of the reservation of the Tribe. (b) Description of land The land referred to in subsection (a) is the approximately 25,977 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land Management as generally depicted on the map as Reservation Expansion Lands . (c) 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 under subsection (a). (d) Use of trust land Land taken into trust under subsection (a) shall not be eligible for, or considered to have been taken into trust for the purpose of, class II gaming or class III gaming (as defined in section 270 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)).