A bill to provide for the United States to hold in trust for the Tule River Indian Tribe certain public domain lands formerly removed from the Tule River Indian Reservation.
PL 96-338 (S.1998), enacted 09/04/1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-338—SEPT. 4, 1980 
94 STAT. 1067 
Public Law 96-338 
96th Congress 
An Act 
To provide for the United States to hold in trust for the Tule River Indian Tribe 
Sept. 4, 1980 
certain public domain lands formerly removed from the Tule River Indian Reser- 
[S. 1998] 
vation. 
Indians. 
Tule River Tribe. 
Lands in trust. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That all right, title, 
and interest in lands owned by the United States and administered by 
the United States Forest Service, as described in section 2, which 
were removed from the Tule River Indian Reservation pursuant to 
the Act of May 17, 1928 (45 Stat. 600-601) are declared to be held in 
trust by the United States for the Tule River Indian Tribe and to be 
part of the Tule River Indian Reservation. 
SEC. 2. The lands referred to in section 1 are the following: Description. 
MOUNT DIABLO MERIDIAN, CALIFORNIA 
TOWNSHIP 21 SOUTH, RANGE 31 EAST 
Section 16: 
That portion lying south of the hydrographic divide between 
the South Fork of the Middle Fork of the Tule River and the 
South Fork of the Tule River and westerly of a northerly 
prolongation of the eastern boundary of the Tule River Indian 
Reservation. 
Section 17: 
That portion lying south of the hydrographic divide between 
the South Fork of the Middle Fork of the Tule River and the 
South Fork of the Tule River. 
Section 18: 
That portion of the northeast quarter northeast quarter lying 
south of the hydrographic divide between the South Fork of the 
Middle Fork of the Tule River and the South Fork of the Tule 
River. 
South half northeast quarter. 
Southeast quarter northwest quarter. 
Section 20: 
East half northeast quarter. 
Southwest quarter northeast quarter. 
South half northeast quarter. 
Section 21: 
Northwest quarter northwest quarter. 
Section 28: 
Tract 48. 
SEC. 3. (a) Nothing in this Act shall deprive any person of any valid Right-of-way. 
existing right-of-way, lease, permit, or other right or interest which 
such person may have in any of the lands described in section 2. 
(b) The transfer under the first section of this Act shall be subject to 
such right-of-way through lands in section 16 as the Secretary of 
Agriculture considers necessary to provide access to United States 
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Forest Service lands located east of section 16. Such right-of-way shall 
be located and used in such manner as the Secretary of Agriculture 
determines to be appropriate. 
Publication in 
SEC. 4, The Secretary of the Interior shall promptly cause to be 
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published in the Federal Register a description of the lands trans-
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ferred pursuant to this Act and a description of the boundaries of the 
Tule River Indian Reservation, as modified by the transfer made 
pursuant to this Act. 
Approved September 4, 1980. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 96-1160 accompanying H.R. 4124 (Comm. on Interior and 
Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 96-627 (Comm. on Indian Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 126 (1980): 
Mar. 18, considered and passed Senate. 
Aug. 18, H.R. 4124 considered and passed House; passage vacated and S. 1998, 
amended, passed in lieu. 
Aug. 20, Senate concurred in House amendment.