A bill to correct historical and geographical oversights in the establishment and development of the Utah component of the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, to unify the land base of the Goshute Reservation, to simplify the boundaries of the Goshute Reservation, and for other purposes.
PL 100-708 (H.R.2839), enacted 11/23/1988

PUBLIC LAW 100-708—NOV. 23, 1988 
102 STAT. 4717 
Public Law 100-708 
100th Congress 
An Act 
To correct historical and geographical oversights in the establishment and develop- 
Nov. id, ia»a 
ment of the Utah component of the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reserva- 
[H.R. 2839] 
tion, to unify the land base of the Goshute Reservation, to simplify the boundaries 
of the Goshute Reservation, 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. LANDS HELD IN TRUST FOR THE TRIBE PURSUANT TO EXECU-
TIVE ORDERS. 
(a) LANDS HELD IN TRUST.—In recognition and confirmation of the 
actions of the President in Executive Order 1539 (May 29, 1912; IR 
168) and Executive Order 1903 (March 23, 1914; IV K 1048), the 
lands in Utah described in such orders are hereby declared to be 
held in trust by the United States for the use and benefit of the 
Tribe. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE FOR DETERMINING WATER RIGHTS AND PRIOR-
ITIES.—For purposes of determining water rights, and priorities 
related to such rights, in the lands held in trust for the Tribe under 
subsection (a), such lands shall be deemed to have been held in trust 
by the United States as of the dates of the respective Executive 
orders referred to in subsection (a) or such earlier dates as may be 
indicated by any applicable order or law. 
SEC. 2. IMPLEMENTATION; PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF THIRD PAR-
TIES; RIGHTS OF ACCESS. 
(a) VAUD EXISTING RIGHTS.—Except as otherwise provided in this 
section, nothing in this Act shall be construed to deprive any person 
of any valid existing right or interest (including, but not limited to, a 
real property right or interest, water right or priority, right of 
ingress and ^ress, right-of-way, easement, license, grazing permit, 
oil and gas lease, mining claim, or other legal property or contract 
right or interest) which such person may have in the lands described 
in this Act on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) TRANSFER OF RIGHTS TO TRIBE.—Upon the effective date of this 
Act, all valid rights-of-way, leases, permits, and other land use 
rights or authorizations, except mining claims, existing on the date 
of enactment of this Act in the lands described in this Act, including 
the right to receive compensation for use of the lands, shall cease to 
be the responsibility of, or inure to the benefit of, the United States, 
and shall become the responsibility of the Tribe and the Secretary as 
trustee. The Tribe or the Secretary as trustee shall succeed to the 
interests of the United States and shall continue to maintain those 
interests under the same terms and conditions as they were main-
tained by the United States. 
(c) 
DETERMINATION 
OF VALIDITY 
OF UNPATENTED 
MINING 
CLAIMS.—Not later than two years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretory shall determine the validity of all mining 
claims existing on the date of enactment of this Act on the lands 
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Federal 
Register, 
puDlication. 
Public 
information. 
within the exterior boundaries of the Reservation. Those mining 
claims which the Secretary determines to be valid shall be main-
tained thereafter in compliance with the mining laws of the United 
States. 
SEC. 3. ADDITION OF LANDS TO THE RESERVATION. 
(a) LANDS UNINTENTIONALLY OMITTED FROM INCLUSION BY EXECU-
TIVE ORDER OF 1914.—All right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to the lands described in section 9(a) is hereby declared 
to be held by the United States in trust for the use and benefit of the 
Tribe and to be part of the Reservation. 
(b) FEDERAL BUT NON-INDIAN LANDS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF 
T
H
E 1912 AND 1914 EXECUTIVE ORDER RESERVATIONS.—All right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the lands described 
in section 9(b) is hereby declared to be held by the United States in 
trust for the use and benefit of the Tribe and to be part of the 
Reservation. So long as such lands are held in trust, they shall not 
be developed for commercial purposes. 
(c) LANDS HELD IN TRUST BUT NOT PART OF THE RESERVATION.—All 
lands described in section 9(c), title to which is held by the United 
States in trust for the Tribe, are hereby declared to be part of the 
Reservation. 
(d) UNIFICATION OF SUBSURFACE ESTATES.—All right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to the subsurface estates 
described in section 9(d) is hereby declared to be held by the United 
States in trust for the use and benefit of the Tribe and to be part of 
the Reservation. 
(e) LANDS HELD BY THE TRIBE AS A PRIVATE PARTY.—The Secretary 
may accept a conveyance by the Tribe of all right, title, and interest 
of the Tribe in and to the lands described in section 9(e). Any such 
land accepted by the Secretary shall be held by the United States in 
trust for the use and benefit of the Tribe and shall become part of 
the Reservation. 
(f) FEDERAL LANDS SURROUNDING GOSHUTE TRIBAL CEMETERY.—All 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the lands 
described in section 9(f) is hereby declared to be held by the United 
States in trust for the use and benefit of the Tribe and to be part of 
the Reservation. So long as such lands are held in trust, they shall 
not be developed for commercial purposes. 
(g) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—Within 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish a legal descrip-
tion in the Federal Register of the lands added by this Act to the 
Reservation. During such period, the Secretary is authorized to 
correct any technical errors in the legal descriptions contained in 
this Act. A map depicting the lands added to the Reservation by this 
Act shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs' Land Title Record Office having jurisdiction over 
these lands. 
SEC. 4. CONTINGENT ADDITION OF LANDS AND INTERESTS HELD BY THE 
STATE OF UTAH; CONTINGENT UNIFICATION OF SPLIT ESTATES. 
(a) LANDS HELD BY THE STATE OF UTAH.—If any right, title, and 
interest in and to any or all portions of the tracts of land described 
in section 9(gXl) ever vests in the United States as the result of an 
exchange of public domain land, the United States shall hold all of 
its right, title, and interest in and to such tracts in trust for the use 
mining. 
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102 STAT. 4719 
and benefit of the Tribe and such tracts shall become part of the 
Reservation. 
0>) UNIFICATION OP SPLIT ESTATES.—^If any right, title, and interest Minerals and 
in and to any subsurface estate in any or all portions of the tracts of 
land described in section 9^X2) shall ever vest in the United States, 
the United States shall hold all of its right, title, and interest in and 
to the minerals in such tracts in trust for the use and benefit of the 
Tribe and such interests shall become part of the Reservation. 
SEC. 5. RESTRICnON ON DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LANDS AOJA. 
CENT TO THE GOSHUTE INDIAN RESERVATION. 
Any right, title, or interest of the United States in and to the 
lands described in section 9(h) may not be conveyed, sold, or other-
wise transferred by the Bureau of Land Management, or any other 
Federal agency, without the approval of the Secretary, after consid-
eration of the desire and need of the Tribe for such lands. 
SEC 6. EXTINGUISHMENT OF RIGHT OF UNITED STATES TO CONSTRUCT 
DITCHES AND CANALS. 
The reserved right of the United States to construct ditches and 
canals on the lands described in this Act is hereby extinguished. 
SEC 7. APPUCATION OF UNITED STATES LAWS TO LANDS ADDED TO 
RESERVATION. 
The lands which are declared to be held in trust for the Tribe and 
added to the Reservation under this Act shall be subject to the laws 
of the United States relating to Indian land to the same extent and 
in the same manner as the lands comprising the Reservation of the 
Tribe on the day of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC 8. DEFINrnON& 
For the purposes of this Act— 
(1) the term '^Reservation" means the reservation of the 
Tribe; 
(2) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior; 
and 
(3) the term "Tribe" means the Confederated Tribes of the 
Goshute Reservation. 
SEC 9. LAND DESCRIPTIONS. 
(a) LANDS UNINTENTIONALLY OMITTED FROM INCLUSION BY EXECU-
TIVE ORDER OF 1914.—^The lands referred to in section 3(a), compris-
ing approximately 1753.51 acres of acquired lands, are described as 
follows: 
Fractional Township 11 South, Range 20 West, Salt Lake Base and 
Meridian, Juab County, Utah 
Section 1: All. 
Section 12: Lots 1-4, the northeast Vi, and the northeast Vt of the 
southeast V^. 
Section 13: Lots 1-4, the west ^ of the southeast !4, and the 
southeast V* of the southeast V4. 
Section 24: All. 
Section 25: All. 
102 STAT. 4720 
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Fractional Township 12 South, Range 20 West, Salt Lake Base and 
Meridian, Juab County, Utah 
Section 1: All. 
Section 12: Lots 1 and 2. 
(b) FEDERAL BUT NON-INDIAN LANDS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF 
THE 1912 AND 1914 EXECUTIVE ORDER RESERVATIONS.—The lands 
referred to in section 30o), comprising approximately 80 acres, are 
described as follows: 
1926 ALLOTMENT RECONVEYANCE 
Township 11 South, Range 19 West; Salt Lake Base and Meridian, 
Juab County, Utah 
Section 8: The southeast V
4 of the southeast V4. 
Section 9: The southwest VA of the southwest V4. 
(c) LANDS HELD IN TRUST BUT NOT PART OF THE RESERVATION.— 
The lands referred to in section 3(c), comprising approximately 
5,075.69 acres, are described as follows: 
(1) HEADQUARTERS UNIT 
Township 9 South, Range 19 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, 
Tooele County, Utah 
Section 33: The southeast Vi of the northeast y4, the southeast V^y 
the southeast southwest V
* of the southwest Vi. 
Section 34: The southwest Vi of the northwest Vi, the west Vz of 
the southwest V^y the northeast V^ of the southwest VA, the southeast 
Vi of the northwest Vi. 
Township 10 South, Range 19 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, 
Tooele County, Utah 
Section 3: Lot 4 and the southwest V
4 of the northwest Vi. 
Section 4: Lot 1 and Lot 2, the south ¥2 of the northeast Vi, the 
southeast V^. 
(2) HALSTEAD PURCHASE 
Township 9 South, Range 19 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, 
Tooele County, Utah 
Section 22: The southeast Vi of the southwest V4. 
Section 27: The east Vz of the west Vz. 
Section 34: The north Vz of the northwest V4. 
Township 10 South, Range 19 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, 
Tooele County, Utah 
Section 9: The northeast Vi of the northwest ¥4, the south Vz of the 
northwest Vi, the north Vz of the southwest V4, the north Vz of the 
northeast V4. 
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102 STAT. 4721 
(3) VARIOUS PURCHASED INHOLDINGS IN 11 SOUTH, 19 WEST 
Township 11 South, Range 19 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, 
Juab County, Utah 
Section 19: The northeast y* of the southwest Vi. 
Section 20: The east ¥2 of the west V2. 
Section 22: The north V2 of the southeast V*, the northeast V4, the 
west Va, the south V2 of the southeast V4. 
(4) PURCHASED AND EXCHANGED LAND IN 12 SOUTH, 19 WEST 
Township 12 South, Range 19 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, 
Juab County, Utah 
Section 27: The southwest Vi of the northwest V4, the northwest V
4 
of the southwest V4. 
Section 28: The east Vn of the northeast V4, the east Vz of the 
northwest %, the northwest % of the northwest ^ , the southeast Vi 
of the southwest V4. 
Section 29: The southeast %, the southwest VA of the northeast V^, 
the north V
a of the northeast V4. 
Section 30: The south Vz of the northeast V4. 
Section 33: The northeast V
4 of the northwest ^A, the northwest V
4 
of the northeast %. 
Section 34: The southeast %, the southeast Vi of the northeast %, 
the north Vz of the northeast y^, the northeast V
4 of the northwest 
1/4. 
Section 27: The northwest V
4 of the northwest y4, the southeast *
A 
of the northwest %, the east Vz of the southwest V4, the southwest V
4 
of the southwest V4. 
Section 28: The west Vz of the northeast V^, the southwest VA of the 
northwest Vi, the northeast ^ of the southwest Vi, the southwest V* 
of the southeast Vi, the east V
a of the southeast V*, 
Section 29: The southeast Vi of the northeast V4. 
Section 33: Tlie northeast V
4 of the northeast V4. 
Section 34: The northwest V
4 of the northwest V4. 
Section 35: The northwest V
4 of the southwest V4. 
Section 28: The west V
a of the southwest V4, the northwest V
4 of 
the southeast %. 
Section 30: The north ¥2 of the northeast VA, the northeast y4 of 
the northwest V
4 and Lot 1. 
Section 33: The south V2 of the northeast ¥4. 
Section 34: The southwest VA of the northeast Vi, the south V2. of 
the northwest Vi, the southwest Vi. 
(5) PURCHASED AND EXCHANGED LAND IN 12 SOUTH, 20 WEST 
FRACTIONAL TOWNSHIP 12 SOUTH, RANGE 20 WEST, SALT LAKE BASE 
AND MERIDIAN, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH 
Section 12: Lots 3 and 4. 
Section 13: Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4. 
Section 24: Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4. 
(d) UNIFICATION OF SUBSURFACE ESTATES.—The lands referred to 
in section 3(d) are described as follows: 
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Township 9 South, Range 19 West, Salt Lake Base £ind Meridian, 
Tooele C!ounty, Utah 
Section 22: The southeast VA of the southwest ¥4 (oil and gas). 
Section 34: The southeast V* of the northwest V^, and the north-
east ¥4 of the southwest V
4 (all minerals). 
Township 10 South, Range 19 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, 
Tooele County, Utah 
Section 4: The south ¥2 of the southwest V* of the southeast y4 of 
the northwest V
^ (oil and gas). 
Township 12 South, Range 19 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, 
Juab County, Utah 
Section 28: The north V2 of the northwest V
4 and the southeast V* 
of the northwest ¥4 (all minerals). 
Section 29: The west Vz of the east Va, the northeast V
4 of the 
northeast Vi, and the east Vz of the southeast ^
A (all minerals). 
Section 30: The south ¥2 of the northeast V
4 (all minerals). 
Township 12 South, Range 20 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, 
Juab County, Utah 
Section 12: Lots 3 and 4 (all minerals). 
Section 13: All (all minerals). 
Section 24: All (all minerals). 
(e) LANDS HELD BY THE GOSHUTE INDIAN TRIBE AS A PRIVATE 
PARTY.—The lands referred to in section 3(e), comprising approxi-
mately 5 acres, are described as follows: 
GrOSHUTE T R I B A L CEMETERY 
Township 10 South, Range 19 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, 
Tooele CJounty, Utah 
Section 4: The south Vz of the southwest Vi of the southeast Vi of 
the northwest ¥4. 
(£) FEDERAL LANDS SURROUNDING (JOSHUTE TRIBAL CEMETERY.— 
The lands referred to in section 3(f), comprising approximately 360 
acres, are described as follows: 
(1) Township 10 South, Range 19 West; Salt Lake Base and 
Meridian, Tooele County, Utah 
Section 4: Lots 3 and 4, the southwest V
4 of the northwest V4, the 
east Vz of the southeast y4 of the northwest V^, the northwest Vi of 
the southesist Vi of the northwest %, the north Vz of the southwest 
V
4 of the southeast % of the northwest V4, and the southwest ¥4. 
Section 9: The northwest V^ of the northwest Vi. 
(g) LANDS HELD BY THE STATE OF UTAH.—(1) The lands referred to 
in section 4(a), comprising approximately 860.16 acres and including 
the surface and subsurface estates, are described as follows: 
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102 STAT. 4723 
Township 11 South, Range 19 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, 
Juab County, Utah 
Section 16: The east V
a of the west V
2 and the east y2. 
Fractional Township 11 South, Range 20 West, Salt Lake Base and 
Meridian, Juab County, Utah 
Section 36: All. 
(2) The lands referred to in section 4(b), comprising approximately 
1,275.91 acres and including only the subsurface estate, are 
described as follows: 
Township 12 South, Range 19 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, 
Juab County, Utah 
Section 30: Lot 1, the north ¥2 of the northeast ^ , the northeast V
4 
of the northwest Vi. 
Section 33: The south V^ oli the northeast V4. 
Section 34: The southwest V^ of the northeast V4, the south VT. of 
the northwest V
4 and the southwest V4. 
Section 28: The southwest V
4 of the northwest VA. 
Section 29: The southeast V
4 of the northeast V4. 
Section 27: The southeast V
4 of the northwest V4, the northeast y\ 
of the southwest V4, the southwest VA of the southwest *A. 
Section 28: The east VT. of the southeast V4. 
Section 27: The northwest V
* of the northwest V4. 
Section 35: The northwest V
4 of the southwest V4. 
Section 27: The southeast V^ of the southwest Vi. 
Section 33: The northeast V
4 of the northeast V4. 
Section 34: The northwest Vi of the northwest V4. 
Section 28: The west Vz of the northeast Vi, the northeast V
4 of the 
southwest y^y the southwest % of the southeast Vi. 
Section 28: The west ¥2 of the southwest V4, the northwest V
4 of 
the southeast V4. 
(h) CERTAIN FEDERAL LANDS ADJACENT TO THE GOSHUTE INDIAN 
RESERVATION.—The lands referred to in section 6, comprising 
approximately 640.00 acres, are described as follows: 
Township 9 South, Range 19 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, 
Tooele County, Utah 
Section 21: The southeast ^
A of the southeast V4. 
Section 27: The west Vz of the west Vz. 
Section 28: The east VT. of the east ¥2. 
Section 33: The northeast Vi of the northeast V*. 
Section 34: The southeast V
4 of the southwest y4. 
Township 10 South, Range 19 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, 
Tooele County, Utah 
Section 9: The south ¥2 of the northeast V*, the north Vz of the 
southeast Vi, the southeast Vi of the southeast ¥4, the east y% of the 
southwest V
4 of the southeast V*, east Vz of the northwest V*. of the 
southwest ^
A of the southeast Vi. 
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SEC. 10. 
Elxcept for the conveyance of lands pursuant to subsections 3(e) or 
3(f)» the conveyance of interests of the United States under sections 
3 and 4 of this Act in lands located in Tooele County, Utah shall be 
subject to the payment by the Tribe of fair market value for those 
interests as determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 11. LANDS HELD IN TRUST FOR THE UTE MOUNTAIN UTE INDIAN 
TRIBE. 
(a) LAND HELD IN TRUST.—^The land described in subsection (b) is 
declared— 
(1) to be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of 
the Ute Mountain Ute Inchan Tribe, and 
(2) to be part of the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation. 
(b) LAND DESCRIPTIONS.—^The land referred to in subsection (a) is 
the parcel of land withdrawn from the public domain and reserved 
for use as a site for a school for the Ute Indians under the Act 
approved May 31, 1924 (43 Stat. 246) and more particularly de-
scribed as follows: 
The 40-ace parcel which is approximately the northeast quar-
ter of the southwest quarter of section 7, township 36 south, 
range 21 east. Salt Lake meridian, San Juan County, Utah, and 
is bordered by Indian alottment number 15 on the east, by 
Indian alottment number 55 on the north, and by pubUc domain 
land on the south and west. 
(c) The Act approved May 31, 1924 (43 Stat. 246) is repealed. 
Approved November 23, 1988. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2839: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-402 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 100-549 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 133 (1987): Nov. 16, considered and passed House. 
Vol. 134 (1988): Oct. 21, considered and passed Senate, amended. House con-
curred in Senate amendments.