[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 28 Introduced in House (IH)]
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 28
To transfer certain land in Riverside County, California, and San Diego
County, California, from the Bureau of Land Management to the United
States to be held in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission
Indians, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 4, 2007
Mr. Issa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
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A BILL
To transfer certain land in Riverside County, California, and San Diego
County, California, from the Bureau of Land Management to the United
States to be held in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission
Indians, 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 ``Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission
Indians Land Transfer Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LAND IN TRUST FOR THE PECHANGA BAND OF LUISENO
MISSION INDIANS.
(a) Transfer and Administration.--
(1) Transfer.--Effective on the date of the enactment of
this Act and subject to valid existing rights, all right,
title, and interest of the United States in and to the Federal
lands described in subsection (b) (including all improvements
thereon, appurtenances thereto, and rights to all minerals
thereon or therein, including oil and gas, water, and related
resources) shall be held by the United States in trust for the
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, a federally
recognized Indian tribe. Such transfer shall not include the
12.82 acres of lands more or less, including the facilities,
improvements, and appurtenances associated with the existing
230 kV transmission line in San Diego County and its 300 foot
corridor, which shall be sold by the Bureau of Land Management
for fair market value to the San Diego Gas & Electric Company
not later than 30 days after the completion of the cadastral
survey described in subsection (c).
(2) Administration.--The land transferred under paragraph
(1) shall be part of the Pechanga Indian Reservation and
administered in accordance with--
(A) the laws and regulations generally applicable
to property held in trust by the United States for an
Indian tribe; and
(B) a memorandum of understanding entered into
between the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians
and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
(b) Description of Land.--The lands referred to in subsection (a)
consist of approximately 1190.79 acres in Riverside County, California,
and San Diego County, California, as referenced on the map titled,
``H.R. 3507, Pechanga Land Transfer Act'' and dated April 22, 2006,
which, before the transfer under such subsection, were administered by
the Bureau of Land Management and are more particularly described as
follows:
(1) Sections 24, 29, 31, and 32 of township 8 south, range
2 west, San Bernardino base and meridian.
(2) Section 6 of township 9 south, range 2 west, San
Bernardino base and meridian.
(3) Mineral Survey 3540, section 22 of township 5 south,
range 4 west, San Bernardino base and meridian.
(c) Survey.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Office of Cadastral Survey of the Bureau of
Land Management shall complete a survey of the lands transferred and to
be sold under subsection (a) for the purpose of establishing the
boundaries of the lands.
(d) Map on File.--The map referred to in subsection (b) shall be on
file in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.
(e) Legal Descriptions.--
(1) Publication.--On approval of the survey completed under
subsection (c) by the duly elected tribal council of the
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, the Secretary of the
Interior shall publish in the Federal Register--
(A) a legal description of the boundary lines; and
(B) legal description of the lands transferred
under subsection (a).
(2) Effect.--Beginning on the date on which the legal
descriptions are published under paragraph (1), such legal
descriptions shall be the official legal descriptions of the
boundary lines and the lands transferred under subsection (a).
(f) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall--
(1) enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect any right or claim
of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians to any land or
interest in land that is in existence before the date of the
enactment of this Act; or
(2) affect any water right of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno
Mission Indians in existence before the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(g) Restricted Use of Transferred Lands.--The lands transferred
under subsection (a) may be used only for the protection, preservation,
and maintenance of the archaeological, cultural, and wildlife resources
thereon.
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