Moapa Band of Paiutes Land Conveyance Act

Bill: 114-hr-6081
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hardy, Cresent [R-NV-4]
Introduced: 2016-09-20
Policy area: Native Americans
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-09-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Moapa Band of Paiutes Land Conveyance Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires that 25,977 acres in Nevada administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Reclamation be held in trust for the benefit of the Moapa Band of Paiutes and made part of the tribe's reservation. Gaming is restricted on this land.</p> <p>Eighty-eight acres owned by the tribe must be held in trust for the benefit of the tribe and made part of the tribe's reservation.</p> <p>The tribe must provide access to the land described in this bill to federal and state officials for wildlife habitat management and to individuals licensed to harvest wildlife (e.g., hunters).</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6081 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 20, 2016 Mr. Hardy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To provide for a land conveyance in the State of Nevada.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Moapa Band of Paiutes Land Conveyance Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Map The term map means the map entitled Moapa River Reservation Expansion , dated August 5, 2015, 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 Moapa Band of Paiutes. 3. Transfer of land to be held in trust for the Moapa Band of Paiutes (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 and the Bureau of Reclamation as generally depicted on the map as Reservation Expansion Land . (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) Gaming Land taken into trust under this section 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 )). 4. Tribal fee land to be held in trust (a) In general All right, title, and interest of the Tribe 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 the land The land referred to in subsection (a) is the approximately 88 acres of land held in fee by the Tribe as generally depicted on the map as Fee Into Trust 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). 5. Access for wildlife purposes The Tribe shall provide reasonable access to the lands described in section 3(b) and the lands described in section 4(b) to United States and State of Nevada officials to manage wildlife habitat and to individuals who hold a permit issued by the State of Nevada to harvest wildlife, subject to reasonable restrictions under tribal law for conservation or safety purposes.