A bill to authorize certain transfers affecting the Pueblo of Santa Ana in New Mexico, and for other purposes.
PL 99-575 (H.R.4873), enacted 10/28/1986

PUBLIC LAW 99-575—OCT. 28, 1986 
100 STAT. 3243 
Public Law 99-575 
99th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize certain transfers affecting the Pueblo of Santa Ana in New Mexico, and 
Oct. 28, 1986 
for other purposes. 
[H.R. 4873] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
Real property. 
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MINERAL RIGHTS HELD IN TRUST 
SECTION 1. (a) All rights, title, and interests of the United States in 
the mineral estate of Section 19, Township 13 North, Range 4 East, 
New Mexico Principal Meridian, are hereby declared to be held by 
the United States in trust for the benefit of the Pueblo of Santa Ana. 
(b) The United States hereby waives any claims or charges the 
Claims. 
United States may have or have assessed against the Pueblo of 
Santa Ana, including any claims for trespass, arising out of, or 
related to, the removal or exploitation by the Pueblo of Santa Ana of 
any minerals underlying Section 19, Township 13 North, Range 4 
East, New Mexico Principal Meridian. 
(c) The Pueblo of Santa Ana and anyone acting on behalf of, or 
under the authority of, the Pueblo of Santa Ana may enter upon any 
lands within Section 19, Township 13 North, Range 4 East, New 
Mexico Principal Meridian, for the purposes of mining or otherwise 
removing or exploiting any minerals in such lands only i
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(1) the Pueblo of Santa Ana holds legal title to the surface 
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estate of such lands, 
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(2) legal title to the surface estate of such lands is held by any 
person for the benefit of the Pueblo of Santa Ana, or 
(3) the person holding legal title to the surface estate of such 
lands provides written consent for such entry. 
ADDITIONAL LANDS HELD IN TRUST; TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 2. (a) Public Law 95-498 is amended by striking out "That all 
92 Stat. 1672. 
right" after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof "That 
(a) all right". 
(b) Subsection (a) of the first section of Public Law 95-498 is 
amended— 
(1) by striking out the comma after "northwest quarter" in 
the nineteenth line of the paragraph relating to Section 23, 
Township 13 North, Range 3 East, New Mexico Principal Merid-
ian (92 Stat. 1673), 
(2) by striking out "Rec. PP CL 10/10/62 and" in the para-
graph relating to such Section 23, 
(3) by striking out "northeast quarter, northeast quarter" in 
the fourth line of the paragraph relating to Section 25, Town-
ship 13 North, Range 3 East, New Mexico Principal Meridian 
• i (92 Stat. 1673) and inserting in lieu thereof "northeast quarter, 
southeast quarter". 
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(4) by striking out "7, 8 and bed" in the paragraph relating to 
Section 9, Township 13 North, Range 4 East, New Mexico 
Principal Meridian (92 Stat. 1674) and inserting in lieu thereof 
"7 and bed", 
(5) by inserting the following new paragraph after the para-
graph relating to Section 6, Township 14 North, Range 3 East, 
New Mexico Principal Meridian (92 Stat. 1674): 
"Section 36: 
Lotsl, 4, 8, 9, 
Northeast quarter northeast quarter,", and 
(6) by inserting the following new paragraph after the para-
graph relating to section 31 of Township 14 North, Range 4 East 
(92 Stat. 1675)": 
"Section 32: 
Southwest quarter, southwest quarter southeast quarter,". 
92 Stat. 1676. 
(c) Section 4 of Public Law 95-498 is amended— 
(1) by striking out "Nothing in this" in subsection (a) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "(1) Nothing in this", and 
(2) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following new 
paragraph: 
"(2) The United States retains an easement of access for the 
purpose of operating and maintaining the Jemez Canyon Dam upon 
existing rights-of-way over the lands that are declared to be held in 
trust of the benefit of the Pueblo of Santa Ana under this Act. The 
Pueblo of Santa Ana shall enjoy full use of such rights-of-way to the 
extent such use does not interfere with the reasonable operation and 
maintenance of the Jemez Canyon Dam.". 
92 Stat. 1677. 
(d) Subsection (a) of section 7 of Public Law 95-498 is amended by 
striking out "2004.05 acres" and inserting in lieu thereof "1678.05". 
(e) Lots 7 and 8, section 5, Township 14 North, Range 3 East, 
N.M.P.M. containing 18.04 acres more or less, are hereby declared to 
be held in trust by the United States for the exclusive benefit of the 
Pueblo of Zia. 
EXCHANGE OF LANDS 
SEC. 3. (a)(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Act of August 
19, 1935 (49 Stat. 659, chapter 559), or of the patent issued there-
under (Patent No. 1079219), the Regents of the University of New 
Mexico are hereby authorized to convey to the United States, and 
the United States shall accept in trust for the benefit of the Pueblo 
of Santa Ana, all or any part of the following tracts of land, which 
were patented to such Regents under authority of the Act of August 
19, 1935 (49 Stat. 659, chapter 559): Lots 7, 8, and 9 and the 
Northwest quarter of Section 30, Township 13 North, Range 4 East, 
New Mexico Principal Meridian, New Mexico, containing 218.3 
acres, more or less. 
(2) Upon the conveyance of any portion of the lands described in 
paragraph (1) to the United States in trust for the benefit of the 
Pueblo of Santa Ana, the restriction that the lands,described in 
paragraph (1) be used for archeological purposes only, which is 
contained in the patent conveying the lands described in paragraph 
(1) to the Regents of the University of New Mexico pursuant to the 
Act of August 19, 1935 (49 Stat. 659, chapter 559), shall cease to be 
applicable to the portion of the lands described in paragraph (1) that 
is conveyed to the United States in trust for the benefit of the 
Pueblo of Santa Ana. 
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(3) If the Pueblo of Santa Ana determines to develop those lands 
conveyed under paragraph (1) that are located within 100 yards of 
the boundary of the Coronado State Monument archeological site, 
the Pueblo of Santa Ana shall— 
(A) meet, and confer in good faith, with representatives of the 
Museum of New Mexico with respect to the potential adverse 
impacts of such proposed development on the Coronado State 
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Monument archeological site, in order to try to insure that any 
development of that portion of such lands is consistent with the 
existing use of such Monument; 
(B) consider all mitigation measures proposed by the Museum 
of New Mexico that lessen the adverse impact of the proposed 
development and preserve the aesthetic and related values 
associated with such Monument's archeological resources; and 
(C) to the maximum extent practicable and consistent with 
the development plan of the Pueblo of Santa Ana, take all 
reasonable measures that will mitigate any adverse impacts of 
the proposed development on that portion of such lands. 
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) The Pueblo of Santa Ana is hereby authorized to convey to the 
Regents of the University of New Mexico, and the Regents of the 
University of New Mexico are hereby authorized to accept from 
the Pueblo of Santa Ana, a parcel of land within the El Ranchito 
Grant owned by the Pueblo of Santa Ana pursuant to Patent No, 
84386, dated October 18,1909, in exchange for the lands conveyed to 
the Pueblo of Santa Ana under subsection (a). 
(c)(1) By no later than the date that is 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish in 
the Federal Register the exact legal descriptions of the parcels to be 
conveyed under subsections (a) and (b), as such parcels are described 
by the terms of the Settlement Agreement agreed to by the Pueblo 
of Santa Ana, the Regents of the University of New Mexico, the 
United States of America, the State of New Mexico, the Museum of 
New Mexico, and the Park and Recreation Division of the New 
Mexico State Natural Resources Division on November 12, 1985. 
(2) The conveyances authorized under subsections (a) and (h)— 
(A) shall be made in accordance with the Settlement Agree-
ment described in paragraph (1), and 
(B) shall be made only after the legal descriptions of all lands 
to be conveyed under such subsections have been published in 
accordance with the requirements of paragraph (1). 
(d) Upon the completion of the conveyances authorized herein, the 
south boundary of the Santa Ana Pueblo Reservation shall be 
extended to the south so as to include the land conveyed to the 
Pueblo of Santa Ana. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 4. (a)(1) Nothing in this Act shall deprive any person (other 
than the United States) o
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(A) any existing right of use, possession, contract right, in-
terest, or title which that person may have in any of the trust 
lands within the purview of this Act, or 
(B) any existing right of access to public domain lands over 
and across such trust lands. 
Federal 
Register, 
publication. 
Public lands. 
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Mines and 
mining. 
Petroleum and 
petroleum 
products. 
Mines and 
mining. 
Petroleum and 
petroleum 
products. 
25 u s e 415. 
Effective date. 
25 u s e 415 note. 
Effective date. 
Federal 
Register, 
publication. 
(2) All existing mineral leases involving lands declared to be held 
in trust by this Act, including oil and gas leases, which may have 
been issued or approved pursuant to any other Federal law prior to 
the date of enactment of this Act shall remain in force and effect in 
accordance with the provisions of such other law. 
(3) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all applications 
for mineral leases involving lands declared to be held in trust by 
this Act, including oil and gas leases, pending on the date of 
enactment of this Act shall be rejected and the advance rental 
payments returned to the applicants. 
(b) Subject to the provisions of subsection (a), any property held in 
trust by reason of this Act for the benefit of the Pueblo of Santa Ana 
shall be administered in accordance with the laws and regulations 
applicable to other property held in trust by the United States for 
the Indian tribe of the Pueblo of Santa Ana. 
SEC. 5. The second sentence of subsection (a) of section 1 of the Act 
approved August 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 539) is amended by inserting the 
term "the Pueblo of Santa Ana (with the exception of the lands 
known as the 'Santa Ana Pueblo Spanish Grant')" after the words 
"the Dania Reservation,". 
SEC. 6. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the 
provisions of this Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall 
take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b)(1) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of section 1 shall 
take effect on the day on which the Secretary of the Interior 
publishes in the Federal Register notice of a determination made by 
the Secretary of the Interior that the Pueblo of Santa Ana has 
consented to private easements of access over lands held by, or on 
behalf of, the Pueblo of Santa Ana, as recommended by the Sec-
retary of the Interior, in accordance with the provisions of part 169 
of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations, to each person— 
(A) who without such an easement has no practical surface 
; ingress or egress to property owned in fee simple by such 
person, and 
(B) who has submitted to the Pueblo of Santa Ana and to the 
Secretary of the Interior an application for such an easement, in 
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, accordance with part 169 of such title, before the date that is 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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(2) The Secretary of the Interior may make a determination under 
paragraph (1) at any time after the date of enactment of this Act, 
but the Secretary of the Interior shall make a determination of 
whether the Pueblo of Santa Ana has consented to easements of 
access to each person described in paragraph (1) by no later than the 
date that is 30 days after the date on which the Pueblo of Santa Ana 
requests the Secretary of the Interior to make such a determination. 
Approved October 28, 1986. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4873: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 99-818 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 132 (1986): 
Sept. 16, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 6, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 15, House concurred in Senate amendment.