A bill to convey certain lands to the Zuni Indian Tribe for religious purposes.
PL 98-408 (S.2201), enacted 08/28/1984

PUBLIC LAW 98-408—AUG. 28, 1984 
98 STAT. 1533 
Public Law 98-408 
98th Congress 
A n Act 
To convey certain lands to the Zuni Indian Tribe for religious purposes. 
Aug. 28, 1984 
[S. 2201] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That for the pur- 
Arizona. 
pose of securing the following described lands located in the State of 
Arizona, upon which the Zuni Indians depend and which the Zuni 
Indians have used since time immemorigd for sustenance and the 
performance of certain religious ceremonies, the following are 
hereby declared to be part of the Zuni Indian Reservation: 
Beginning at the northeast comer of section 26, township 15 
north, range 26 east, Gila and Salt River meridian; thence west 
to the northwest comer of section 28, township 15 north, range 
26 east; thence south to the southwest comer of section 16, 
township 14 north, range 26 east; thence east to the southeast 
comer of section 14, township 14 north, range 26 east; thence 
north to the point of beginning. 
Also all of sections 26 and 27, township 14 north, range 26 
east, Gila and Salt River meridian. 
SEC. 2. All lands described in the first section of this Act which are 
presently owned by the United States are hereby declared to be held 
in trust for the Zuni Indian Tribe subject to any existing leasehold 
interests. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to 
acquire through exchange those lands described in such section 
which are owned by the State of Arizona, and shall exchange lands 
under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management within 
the State of Arizona for said State lands. Such lands will be trans-
ferred without cost to the Zuni Indian Tribe and title thereto shall 
be taken by the United States in trust for the benefit of said tribe. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior or the Zuni Indian Tribe is 
authorized to acquire through purchase or exchange the remaining 
private lands and leasehold interests described within the first 
section of this Act which are not presently owned by the United 
States or the State of Arizona, and when acquired, title to such lands 
shall be held by the United States in trust for the Zuni Indian Tribe. 
SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Interior is directed to immediately 
acquire by voluntary agreement the permanent right of ingress and 
e^ess to all lands described in the first section of this Act for the 
limited purpose of allowing the Zuni Indians to continue to use said 
lands for traditional religious pilgrimages and ceremonials. 
SEC. 5. (a) The Secretary of the Interior shall make available for 
sale to Apache County, Arizona, land which— 
(1) is under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment on the date of enactment of this Act, 
(2) is located within the boundaries of Apache County, 
Arizona, and 
(3) consists of a number of acres equal to the number of acres 
of land that— 
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(A) are acquired in fee under section 3 by the Secretary of 
the Interior or the Zuni Indian Tribe, and 
(B) are subject to taxation by Apache County, Arizona, on 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
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(b)(1) The Secretary of the Interior shall designate the land which 
is available for sale under subsection (a) by no later than the date 
Federal 
which is two years after the date of enactment of this Act. The 
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Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the Federal Register a 
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description of any land so designated. 
(2) The designation of land under paragraph (1) shall be subject to 
any land transfer which is required in order to carry out any 
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relocation pursuant to Public Law 93-531. 
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(3) Land which is designated by the Secretary of the Interior 
under paragraph (1) shall be available for sale under subsection (a) 
during the period which begins on the date which such designation 
is made and ends on the date which is four years after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(c)(1) If Apache County, Arizona, agrees to use any portion of the 
land purchased under subsection (a) only for public purposes, the 
price at which such portion of the land shall be sold to Apache 
County under subsection (a) shall be equal to the lesser of— 
(A) the price at which Apache County could acquire such land 
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under the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976, or 
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(B) the price at which Apache County could acquire such land 
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under the Act of June 14, 1926 (44 Stat. 741; chapter 578). 
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(2) If Apache County, Arizona, does not agree to use a portion of 
the land purchase by such county under subsection (a) only for 
public purposes, the price at which such portion of land shall be sold 
under subsection (a) shall be fair market value of such portion of 
land determined with regard to the current use of such portion of 
land on the day preceding the date of such sale. 
(d) The provisions of this section shall not delay the transfer of 
any land under this Act for the benefit of the Zuni Indian Tribe. 
SEC. 6. The value of the interest in land conveyed or any funds 
expended pursuant to this Act or any other sums expended or 
services rendered gratuitously or otherwise by the United States for 
the benefit of the Zuni Indian Tribe or its members from 1846 to the 
present shall not be offset against any award of judgment against 
the United States which may be rendered in favor of the Zuni 
Indian Tribe in Docket Numbers 161-79L and 327-81L presently 
pending before the United States Court of Claims. The Zuni Indian 
Tribe may encumber its interest in said dockets in order to acquire 
the lands described in section 3. 
SEC. 7. For the purpose of subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code 
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of 1954, any transfer of private lands or leasehold interests to which 
section 3 applies shall be deemed to be an involuntary conversion 
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within the meaning of section 1033 of such Code. 
SEC. 8. Payment being made to any State or local government 
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pursuant to the provisions of section 1601 of title 31, United States 
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Code, on any lands transferred pursuant to section 2 hereof shall 
continue to be paid as if such transfer had not occurred. 
Approved August 28, 1984. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 2201: 
SENATE REPORT No. 98-441 (Select Comm. on Indian Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 130 (1984): 
July 31, considered and passed Senate. 
Aug. 8, considered and passed House, amended. 
Aug. 10, Senate concurred in House amendments.