Nevada Native Nations Land Act
PL 114-232 (H.R.2733), enacted 10/07/2016

130 STAT. 958 
PUBLIC LAW 114–232—OCT. 7, 2016 
Public Law 114–232 
114th Congress 
An Act 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for certain Indian 
tribes, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nevada Native Nations Land 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the 
Interior. 
SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR CERTAIN 
INDIAN TRIBES. 
(a) CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR THE 
FORT MCDERMITT PAIUTE AND SHOSHONE TRIBE.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF MAP.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘map’’ 
means the map entitled ‘‘Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation 
Expansion Act’’, dated February 21, 2013, and on file and 
available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of 
the Bureau of Land Management. 
(2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
the land described in paragraph (3)— 
(A) is held in trust by the United States for the benefit 
of the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe; and 
(B) shall be part of the reservation of the Fort 
McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe. 
(3) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred to in para-
graph (2) is the approximately 19,094 acres of land adminis-
tered by the Bureau of Land Management as generally depicted 
on the map as ‘‘Reservation Expansion Lands’’. 
(b) CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR THE 
SHOSHONE PAIUTE TRIBES.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF MAP.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘map’’ 
means the map entitled ‘‘Mountain City Administrative Site 
Proposed Acquisition’’, dated July 29, 2013, and on file and 
available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of 
the Forest Service. 
(2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid existing rights 
and paragraph (4), all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to the land described in paragraph (3)— 
Nevada Native 
Nations Land 
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130 STAT. 959 
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(A) is held in trust by the United States for the benefit 
of the Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian 
Reservation; and 
(B) shall be part of the reservation of the Shoshone 
Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation. 
(3) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred to in para-
graph (2) is the approximately 82 acres of land administered 
by the Forest Service as generally depicted on the map as 
‘‘Proposed Acquisition Site’’. 
(4) CONDITION
ON
CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance under 
paragraph (2) shall be subject to the reservation of an easement 
on the conveyed land for a road to provide access to adjacent 
National Forest System land for use by the Forest Service 
for administrative purposes. 
(5) FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture (acting through the Chief of the Forest Service) shall 
convey to the Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian 
Reservation any existing facilities or improvements to the land 
described in paragraph (3). 
(c) CONVEYANCE
OF LAND TO BE HELD
IN TRUST
FOR
THE 
SUMMIT LAKE PAIUTE TRIBE.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF MAP.—In this section, the term ‘‘map’’ 
means the map entitled ‘‘Summit Lake Indian Reservation 
Conveyance’’, dated February 28, 2013, and on file and available 
for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau 
of Land Management. 
(2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
the land described in paragraph (3)— 
(A) is held in trust by the United States for the benefit 
of the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe; and 
(B) shall be part of the reservation of the Summit 
Lake Paiute Tribe. 
(3) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred to in para-
graph (2) is the approximately 941 acres of land administered 
by the Bureau of Land Management as generally depicted 
on the map as ‘‘Reservation Conveyance Lands’’. 
(d) CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR THE 
RENO-SPARKS INDIAN COLONY.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF MAP.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘map’’ 
means the map entitled ‘‘Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Expan-
sion’’, dated June 11, 2014, and on file and available for public 
inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 
Management. 
(2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
the land described in paragraph (3)— 
(A) is held in trust by the United States for the benefit 
of the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony; and 
(B) shall be part of the reservation of the Reno-Sparks 
Indian Colony. 
(3) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred to in para-
graph (2) is the approximately 13,434 acres of land adminis-
tered by the Bureau of Land Management as generally depicted 
on the map as ‘‘RSIC Amended Boundary’’. 
(e) CONVEYANCE
OF LAND TO BE HELD
IN TRUST
FOR
THE 
PYRAMID LAKE PAIUTE TRIBE.— 
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(1) MAP.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘map’’ means the 
map entitled ‘‘Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation Expansion’’, 
dated April 13, 2015, and on file and available for public 
inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 
Management. 
(2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
the land described in paragraph (3)— 
(A) is held in trust by the United States for the benefit 
of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe; and 
(B) shall be part of the reservation of the Pyramid 
Lake Paiute Tribe. 
(3) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred to in para-
graph (2) is the approximately 6,357 acres of land administered 
by the Bureau of Land Management as generally depicted 
on the map as ‘‘Reservation Expansion Lands’’. 
(f) CONVEYANCE
OF LAND TO BE HELD
IN TRUST
FOR
THE 
DUCKWATER SHOSHONE TRIBE.— 
(1) MAP.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘map’’ means the 
map entitled ‘‘Duckwater Reservation Expansion’’, dated 
October 15, 2015, and on file and available for public inspection 
in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(2) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
the land described in paragraph (3)— 
(A) is held in trust by the United States for the benefit 
of the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe; and 
(B) shall be part of the reservation of the Duckwater 
Shoshone Tribe. 
(3) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred to in para-
graph (2) is the approximately 31,229 acres of land adminis-
tered by the Bureau of Land Management as generally depicted 
on the map as ‘‘Reservation Expansion Lands’’. 
(g) REVOCATION OF PUBLIC LAND ORDERS.—Any public land 
order that withdraws any portion of land conveyed to an Indian 
tribe under this section shall be revoked to the extent necessary 
to permit the conveyance of the land. 
SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) SURVEY.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a survey of the 
boundary lines to establish the boundaries of the land taken into 
trust for each Indian tribe under section 3. 
(b) USE OF TRUST LAND.— 
(1) GAMING.—Land taken into trust under section 3 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)). 
(2) THINNING; LANDSCAPE RESTORATION.—With respect to 
the land taken into trust under section 3, the Secretary, in 
consultation and coordination with the applicable Indian tribe, 
may carry out any fuel reduction and other landscape restora-
tion activities, including restoration of sage grouse habitat, 
Deadline. 
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