Hoopa Valley Reservation South Boundary Adjustment Act
PL 105-79 (H.R.79), enacted 11/13/1997

PUBLIC LAW 105-79—NOV. 13, 1997 
111 STAT. 1527 
Public Law 105-79 
105th Congress 
An Act 
To provide for the conveyance of certain land in the Six Rivers National Forest 
in the State of California for the benefit of the Hoopa Valley Tribe. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the "Hoopa Valley Reservation South 
Boundary Adjustment Act". 
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LANDS WITHIN SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST 
FOR HOOPA VALLEY TRIBE. 
(a) TRANSFER.—All right, title, and interest in and to the lands 
described in subsection (b) shall hereafter be administered by the 
Secretary of the Interior and be held in trust by the United States 
for the Hoopa Valley Tribe. The lands are hereby declared part 
of the Hoopa Valley Reservation. Upon the inclusion of such lands 
in the Hoopa Valley Reservation, Forest Service system roads num-
bered 8N03 and 7N51 and the Trinity River access road which 
is a spur off road numbered 7N51, shall be Indian reservation 
roads, as defined in section 101(a) of title 23 of the United States 
Code. 
(b) LANDS DESCRIBED.—The lands referred to in subsection 
(a) are those portions of Townships 7 North and 8 North, Ranges 
5 East and 6 East, Humboldt Meridian, California, within a bound-
ary beginning at a point on the current south boundary of the 
Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation, marked and identified as "Post 
H.V.R. No. 8" on the Plat of the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation 
prepared from a field survey conducted by C.T. Bissel, Augustus 
T. Smith, and C.A. Robinson, Deputy Surveyors, approved by the 
Surveyor General, H. Pratt, March 18, 1892, and extending from 
said point on a bearing of north 72 degrees 30 minutes east, 
until intersecting with a line beginning at a point marked as 
"Post H.V.R. No. 3" on such survey and extending on a bearing 
of south 15 degrees 59 minutes east, comprising 2,641 acres more 
or less. 
(c) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundary of the Six Rivers 
National Forest in the State of California is hereby adjusted to 
exclude the lands to be held in trust for the benefit of the Hoopa 
Valley Tribe pursuant to this section. 
(d) SURVEY.—The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Bureau of Land Management, shall survey and monument that 
portion of the boundary of the Hoopa Valley Reservation established 
by the addition of the lands described in subsection (b). 
Nov. 13, 1997 
[H.R. 79] 
Hoopa Valley 
Reservation 
South Boundary 
Adjustment Act. 
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PUBLIC LAW 105-79—NOV. 13, 1997 
(e) SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.—^The transfer of lands to trust 
status under this section extinguishes the following claims by the 
Hoopa Valley Tribe: 
(1) All claims on land now administered as part of the 
Six Rivers National Forest based on the allegation of error 
in establishing the boundaries of the Hoopa Valley Reservation, 
as those boundaries were configured before the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(2) All claims of failure to pay just compensation for a 
taking under the fifth amendment to the United States Con-
stitution, if such claims are based on activities, occurring before 
the date of the enactment of this Act, related to the lands 
transferred to trust status under this section. 
Approved November 13, 1997. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 79: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 105-110 (Comm. on Resources). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 105-117 (Comm. on Indian Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 143 (1997): 
June 3, considered and passed House. 
Nov. 4, considered and passed Senate.