(Sec. 4) Directs the Office of Cadastral Survey to conduct a survey of the boundary lines between the properties.
(Sec. 5) Declares the lands held in trust to be part of the Santa Clara Indian Reservation and the San Ildefonso Indian Reservation and directs that they be administered in accordance with any law (including regulations) or court order generally applicable to property held by the U.S. Government in trust for Indian tribes. Subjects the trust lands and other lands in the Santa Clara Pueblo Grant and the San Ildefonso Pueblo Grant that are held by the respective tribes or subsequently acquired by them to the Pueblo Lands Act of 1924.
Requires trust lands to be used only for traditional or customary uses or stewardship conservation. Prohibits trust lands from being used for any new commercial developments beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(Sec. 6) Prohibits this Act from being construed to: (1) affect any person's (other than the United States') existing right-of-way, lease, permit, mining claim, grazing permit, water right, or other right or interest in or to the trust lands; (2) affect any existing right or claim of either Pueblo to any lands or interest in lands based upon Aboriginal or Indian title; or (3) constitute the reservation of water or water rights in the trust lands or any change in status of water rights of either Pueblo.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7958-7959)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7959-7960)
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 665.
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