To direct the Secretary of Interior to convey certain land held in trust for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah to the City of Richfield, Utah, and for other purposes.
PL 109-126 (H.R.680), enacted 12/07/2005

119 STAT. 2546
PUBLIC LAW 109–126—DEC. 7, 2005
Public Law 109–126
109th Congress
An Act
To direct the Secretary of Interior to convey certain land held in trust for the
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah to the City of Richfield, Utah, 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. LAND CONVEYANCE TO CITY.
(a) AUTHORIZATION FOR CONVEYANCE.—Not later than 90 days
after the Secretary receives a request from the Tribe and the
City to convey all right, title, and interest of the United States
and the Tribe in and to the Property to the City, the Secretary
shall take the Property out of trust status and convey the Property
to the City.
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The conveyance under subsection
(a) shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1) TRIBAL RESOLUTION.—Prior to conveying the Property
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the terms
of the sale have been approved by a tribal resolution of the
Tribe.
(2) CONSIDERATION.—Consideration given by the City for
the Property shall be not less than the appraised fair market
value of the Property.
(3) NO FEDERAL COST.—The City shall pay all costs related
to the conveyance authorized under this section.
(c) PROCEEDS
OF SALE.—The proceeds from the conveyance
of the Property under this section shall be given immediately to
the Tribe.
(d) FAILURE
TO MAKE CONVEYANCE.—If after the Secretary
takes the Property out of trust status pursuant to subsection (a)
the City or the Tribe elect not to carry out the conveyance under
that subsection, the Secretary shall take the Property back into
trust for the benefit of the Tribe.
SEC. 2. TRIBAL RESERVATION.
Land acquired by the United States in trust for the Tribe
after February 17, 1984, shall be part of the Tribe’s reservation.
SEC. 3. TRUST LAND FOR SHIVWITS OR KANOSH BANDS.
If requested to do so by a tribal resolution of the Tribe, the
Secretary shall take land held in trust by the United States for
the benefit of the Tribe out of such trust status and take that
land into trust for the Shivwits or Kanosh Bands of the Paiute
Indian Tribe of Utah, as so requested by the Tribe.
25 USC 766 note.
25 USC 766 note.
Deadline.
25 USC 766 note.
Dec. 7, 2005
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119 STAT. 2547
PUBLIC LAW 109–126—DEC. 7, 2005
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 680:
SENATE REPORTS: No. 109–175 (Comm. on Indian Affairs).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 151 (2005):
Mar. 14, considered and passed House.
Nov. 18, considered and passed Senate.
SEC. 4. CEDAR BAND OF PAIUTES TECHNICAL CORRECTION.
The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Restoration Act (25 U.S.C.
761) is amended by striking ‘‘Cedar City’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘Cedar’’. Any reference in a law, map, regulation,
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the ‘‘Cedar
City Band of Paiute Indians’’ shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘Cedar Band of Paiute Indians’’.
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this Act:
(1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the City of Richfield,
Utah.
(2) PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘Property’’ means the parcel of
land held by the United States in trust for the Paiute Indian
Tribe of Utah located in Section 2, Township 24 South, Range
3 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, Sevier County, Utah
and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a
point on the East line of the Highway which is West 0.50
chains, more or less, and South 8° 21° West, 491.6 feet from
the Northeast Corner of the Southwest Quarter of Section
2, Township 24 South, Range 3 West, Salt Lake Base and
Meridian, and running thence South 81° 39° East, perpen-
dicular to the highway, 528.0 feet; thence South 26° 31° West,
354.6 feet; thence North 63° 29° West, 439.3 feet to said high-
way; thence North 8° 21° East, along Easterly line of said
highway 200.0 feet to the point of beginning, containing 3.0
acres more or less.
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(4) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Paiute Indian
Tribe of Utah.
Approved December 7, 2005.
25 USC 766 note.
25 USC 761–763,
766 and note.
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