An act to provide for certain lands to be held in trust for the Moapa Band of Paiute and to be considered to be part of the Moapa Indian Reservation.
PL 96-491 (S.1135), enacted 12/02/1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-491—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2561 
Public Law 96-491 
96th Congress 
An Act 
To provide for certain lands to be held in trust for the Moapa Band of Paiutes and 
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to be considered to be part of the Moapa Indian Reservation. 
[S. 1135] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That beginning on Moapa Band of 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the following lands shall, Lands in trust 
subject to section 2 of this Act, be held in trust by the United States 
for the benefit and use of the Moapa Band of Paiutes and shall be 
considered to be a part of the Moapa Indian Reservation in Moapa, 
Nevada: 
Township 15 south, Range 65 east, Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada 
Section 1: Lot 1; south half northwest quarter, south half 439.89 
acres. 
Section 2: All 639.56 acres. 
Section 3: All 639.28 acres. 
Section 4: All 638.48 acres. 
Section 5: All 638.44 acres. 
Section 6: All 638.41 acres. 
Section 7: All 640.16 acres. 
Section 8: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 9: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 10: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 11: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 12: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 13: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 14: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 15: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 16: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 17: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 18: All 640.28 acres. 
Section 19: All 640.24 acres. 
Section 20: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 21: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 22: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 23: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 24: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 25: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 26: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 27: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 28: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 29: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 30: All 640.12 acres. 
Section 31: All 640.80 acres. 
Section 32: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 33: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 34: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 35: All 640.00 acres. 
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Section 36: All 640.00 acres. 
Total acreage 22,835.66. 
Township 16 south. Range 65 east. Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada 
Section 1: All 640.36 acres. 
Section 2: All 640.76 acres. 
Section 3: All 640.86 acres. 
Section 4: All 640.96 acres. 
Section 5: All 641.02 acres. 
Section 6: All 640.74 acres. 
Section 7: All 639.24 acres. 
Section 8: AU 640.00 acres. 
Section 9: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 10: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 11: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 12: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 13: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 14: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 15: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 16: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 17: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 18: All 639.26 acres. 
Section 19: All 639.20 acres. 
Section 20: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 21: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 22: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 23: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 24: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 25: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 26: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 27: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 28: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 29: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 30: All 639.32 acres. 
Section 31: Lots 3, 4; east half west half, east half 559.93 acres. 
Section 32: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 33: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 34: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 35: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 36: All 640.00 acres. 
Total acreage 22,961.65. 
Township 16 south. Range 64 east. Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada 
Section 1: All 640.48 acres. 
Section 2: All 641.00 acres. 
Section 3: All 641.10 acres. 
Section 4: All 641.26 acres. 
Section 5: All 641.52 acres. 
Section 6: All 642.52 acres. 
Section 7: All 641.40 acres. 
Section 8: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 9: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 10: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 11: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 12: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 13: All 640.00 acres. 
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Section 14: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 15: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 16: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 17: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 18: Lots 1, 2, 3, 4; north half northeast quarter, northeast 
quarter southeast quarter northeast quarter, northwest quarter 
southwest quarter northeast quarter, east half west half, southwest 
quarter northwest quarter southeast quarter, southwest quarter 
southeast quarter 471.16 acres. 
Section 19: All 640.94 acres. 
Section 20: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 21: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 22: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 23: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 24: All 640.00 acres 
Section 25: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 26: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 27: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 28: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 29: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 30: All 640.78 acres. 
Section 31: All 640.36 acres. 
Section 32: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 33: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 34: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 35: All 640.00 acres. 
Section 36: All 640.00 acres. 
Total acreage 22,882.52. 
Township 14 south. Range 66 east. Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada 
Section 29: West half 320.00 acres. 
Section 30: All 630.38 acres. 
Section 31: East half of Lot 1; east half, east half northwest 
quarter, southwest quarter northwest quarter, northeast quarter 
southwest quarter 499.99 acres. 
Section 32: West half 320.00 acres. 
Total acreage 1,769.87. 
Township 17 south, Range 64 east. Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada 
Section 7: Lots 5 and 6; south half northeast quarter 115.76 acres. 
SEC. 2. (a) Nothing in this Act shall— 
(1) deprive any person or entity of any valid existing right-of-
way, mining claim, grazing permit, water right (including any 
water rights with respect to the Muddy River as decreed by order 
of the district court of the State of Nevada on March 12,1920, in 
"In the matter of the determination of the relative rights in and 
to the waters of the Muddy River and its tributaries in Clark 
County, State of Nevada"), or other right or interest which such 
person or entity may have in any land described in the first 
section of this Act; or 
(2) deprive any person of the rights provided under the Act 
entitled "An Act to provide for the sale of desert lands in certain 
States and Territories", approved March 3,1877 (43 U.S.C. 321 et 
seq.), commonly referred to as the Desert Land Act, with respect 
to desert lands regarding which such person has filed a declara-
tion, before the date of the enactment of this Act, under the first 
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Right-of-way. 
43 u s e 1761. 
30 u s e 185. 
Fees. 
Mineral rights. 
30 u s e 181 note. 
eonflict of 
interest. 
42 u s e 7474. 
section of the Desert Land Act stating his intention to reclaim 
such lands. 
(b) The transfer of lands under the first section of this Act shall be 
subject to the reservation to the United States of a right-of-way 
extending 1,500 feet westerly of the right-of-way for the Reid Gard-
ner-Pecos transmission lines through the area 1,500 feet easterly of 
the right-of-way for the Navajo-McCullough transmission line. The 
right-of-way shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior, 
who may grant rights-of-way over, upon, under, or through the area 
described in the preceding sentence only for such transportation or 
other systems or facilities as are described under paragraph (1) 
through paragraph (7) of section 501(a) of the Federal Land Policy 
Management Act of 1976 or under section 28 of the Act of February 
25, 1920, commonly referred to as the Mineral Leasing Act. The 
Secretary of the Interior may enforce all terms and conditions of the 
right-of-way upon its termination. 
(c) In administering the right-of-way described under subsection (c) 
of this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall be responsible for 
establishing and collecting fees for the use of such right-of-way. Any 
payment of such fees to the Secretary after the date of the enactment 
of this Act shall be made for the benefit of the Moapa Band of Paiutes. 
(d) Lands transferred under the first section of this Act shall be 
subject to a reservation to the United States of all minerals subject to 
the Act of February 25, 1920, commonly referred to as the Mineral 
Leasing Act, and a reservation of the right to enter upon such lands to 
mine and remove such minerals. The Secretary of the Interior shall 
collect and deposit fees, rentals, royalties, and other revenues for the 
mining and removal of such minerals in accordance with the Mineral 
Leasing Act. 
SEC. 3. The second sentence of subsection (a) of the first section of 
the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the leasing of restricted Indian 
Lands for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, 
business, and other purposes requiring the grant of long-term leases", 
approved August 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 539; 25 U.S.C. 415) is amended by 
inserting "the Moapa Indian reservation," after "the Dania Reserva-
tion,". 
SEC. 4. The provisions relating to redesignation of areas contained 
in section 164 of the Act of July 14, 1955, shall be applied without 
regard to the transfer of lands under the first section of this Act. 
Approved December 2, 1980. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 96-1458 accompanying H.R. 5584 (eomm. on Interior and 
Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 96-951 (eomm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 126 (1980): 
Sept. 23, considered and passed Senate. 
Nov. 17, H.R. 5584, considered and passed House; passage vacated and S. 1135, 
amended, passed in lieu. 
Nov. 20, Senate concurred in House amendments. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 16, No. 49: 
Dec. 5, Presidential statement.