A bill to declare that the United States holds certain lands in trust for the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe.
PL 98-203 (H.R.3765), enacted 12/02/1983

PUBLIC LAW 98-203—DEC. 2, 1983 
97 STAT. 1383 
Public Law 98-203 
98th Congress 
An Act 
To declare that the United States holds certain lands in trust for the Las Vegas 
Dec. 2, 1983 
Paiute Tribe. 
[H.R. 3765] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That (a) subject to Paiute Tribe of 
the provisions of subsection (b), all right, title, and interest of the ^^ Vegas, Nev. 
United States in the following lands (including all improvements 
Lands m trust. 
thereon and appurtenances thereto) located in Las Vegas, Clark 
County, Nevada, are hereby declared to be held by the United States 
in trust for the benefit and use of the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe and 
are hereby declared to be part of the Leis Vegas Paiute Reservation: 
Township 18 south, range 59 east. Mount Diablo base line and 
meridian, section 36, 640 acres more or less, excepting there-
from that certain strip of land 400 feet in width bearing north-
westerly through said section for the purposes of right-of-way 
for United States Highway numbered 95. Reservations, restric-
tions, and conditions, if any; rights-of-way and assessors either 
of record or actually existing on said premises. 
Township 18 south, range 59 east. Mount Diablo base line and 
meridian, section 35, 640 acres more or less, excepting there-
from that certain strip of land 400 feet in width bearing north-
westerly through said section for the purposes of right-of-way 
for United States Highway numbered 95. Reservations, restric-
tions, and conditions, if any; rights-of-way and assessors either 
of record or actually existing on said premises. 
Township 18 south, range 59 east, Mount Diablo base line and 
meridian, section 26, 640 acres more or less, excepting there-
from that certain strip of land 400 feet in width bearing north-
westerly through said section for the purposes of right-of-way 
for United States Highway numbered 95. Reservations, restric-
tions, and conditions, if any; rights-of-way and assessors either 
of record or actually existing on said premises. 
Township 18 south, range 59 east. Mount Diablo base line and 
meridian, section 27, 640 acres more or less, excepting there-
from that certain strip of land 400 feet in width bearing north-
westerly through said section for the purposes of right-of-way 
for United States Highway numbered 95. Reservations, restric-
tions, and conditions, if any; rights-of-way and assessors either 
of record or actually existing on said premises. 
Township 18 south, range 59 east. Mount Diablo base line and 
meridian, section 25, 640 acres more or less, reservations, re-
strictions, and conditions, if any; rights-of-way and assessors 
either of record or actually existing on said premises. 
Township 18 south, range 59 east. Mount Diablo base line and 
meridian, section 34, 640 acres more or less, reservations, re-
strictions, and conditions, if any; rights-of-way and assessors 
either of record or actually existing on said premises. 
97 STAT. 1384 
PUBLIC LAW 98-203—DEC. 2, 1983 
Township 20 south, range 61 east, Mount Diablo base line and 
meridian, 10 acres of land within section 27 as acquired by the 
United States for the use of Paiute Indians by deed dated 
December 30,1911, said deed being of record in book 2, page 246 
in Clark County, Nevada. 
Right or interest. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall deprive any person of any right-of-
way, mining claim, grazing permit, water right, or other right or 
interest which such person may have in land described in subsection 
(a) on the date preceding the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) Section 1 of the Act of August 9,1955 (69 Stat. 539), as amended 
(25 U.S.C. 415), is further amended by inserting ", and lands held in 
trust for the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe of Indians," immediately after 
"Chelan County, Washington,". 
(d) Section 164 of the Act of July 14, 1955 (69 Stat. 322, 42 U.S.C. 
7474), as amended, shall be applied without regard to the provisions 
of subsection (a). 
Approved December 2, 1983. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3765: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 98-530 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): 
Nov. 18, considered and passed House and Senate.