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Calendar No. 359
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 507
[Report No. 113–148]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 7, 2013Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
April 10, 2014Reported by Ms. Landrieu, without amendment
AN ACT
To provide for the conveyance of certain land inholdings owned by the United States to the Pascua
Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land
Act.
2.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Act, the following
definitions apply:
(1)
District
The
term District means the Tucson Unified School District, a school
district recognized as such under the laws of the State of Arizona.
(2)
Map
The
term map means the map titled PYT Land Department
and dated January 15, 2013.
(3)
Secretary
The
term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
(4)
Tribe
The
term Tribe means the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, a federally
recognized Indian tribe.
3.
Lands to be held
in trust
(a)
Parcel
A
Subject to subsection (c) and to valid existing rights, all
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the
approximately 10
acres of Federal lands generally depicted on the map as Parcel A are
declared
to be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe.
(b)
Parcel
B
Subject to subsection (c) and valid existing rights, all right,
title, and interest of the United States in and to the approximately 10
acres
of Federal lands generally depicted on the map as Parcel B are declared to
be
held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe.
(c)
Effective
date
Subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on the day after
the date on which—
(1) the District
relinquishes all right, title, and interest of the District in and to the
land
described in subsection (b); and
(2) the Secretary (or
a delegate of the Secretary) approves and records the lease agreement
between
the Tribe and the District for the construction and operation of a
regional
transportation facility located on the restricted Indian land of the Tribe
in
accordance with the requirements of the first section of the Act entitled
An Act to authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for public,
religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, and other
purposes
requiring the grant of long-term leases, approved August 9, 1955
(25 U.S.C.
415), and part 162 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations
(including successor regulations).
4.
Gaming
prohibition
The Tribe may not
conduct gaming activities on the lands held in trust under this Act, as a
matter of claimed inherent authority, or under the authority of any
Federal
law, including the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) or under
any regulations thereunder promulgated by the Secretary or the National
Indian
Gaming Commission.
5.
Water
rights
(a)
In
general
There shall not be Federal reserved rights to surface
water or groundwater for any land taken into trust by the United States
for the
benefit of the Tribe under this Act.
(b)
State water
rights
The Tribe retains any right or claim to water under State
law for any land taken into trust by the United States for the benefit of
the
Tribe under this Act.
(c)
Forfeiture or
abandonment
Any water rights that are appurtenant to land taken
into trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe under this
Act may
not be forfeited or abandoned.
(d)
Administration
Nothing
in this Act affects or modifies any right of the Tribe or any obligation
of the
United States under
Public Law
95–375 (25 U.S.C. 1300f et seq.).
April 10, 2014Reported without amendment