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113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5608
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 18, 2014
Mr. Horsford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To take certain land in the State of Nevada into trust for the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe, and for
other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Duckwater Shoshone Land Conveyance Act.
2.
Definitions
In this Act:
(1)
Map
The term map means the map entitled Duckwater Reservation Expansion, dated September 9, 2014, and on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate
offices of the Bureau of Land Management.
(2)
Secretary
The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
(3)
Tribe
The term Tribe means the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe.
3.
Transfer of land to be held in trust for the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe
(a)
In general
Subject to valid existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the
land described in subsection (b) shall be—
(1) held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe; and
(2) part of the reservation of the Tribe.
(b)
Description of land
The land referred to in subsection (a) is the approximately 25,977 acres of land administered by
the Bureau of Land Management as generally depicted on the map as Reservation Expansion Lands.
(c)
Survey
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a
survey of the boundary lines to establish the boundaries of the land taken
into trust under subsection (a).
(d)
Use of trust land
Land taken into trust under subsection (a) shall not be eligible for, or considered to have been
taken into trust for the purpose of, class II gaming or class III gaming
(as defined in section 270 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C.
2703)).