To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians, and for other purposes.
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2016
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to take specified lands in Santa Barbara County, California, into trust for the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians, subject to valid existing rights and to the terms in a certain stipulated judgment relating to a specified easement, if the Tribe transfers title to that land to the United States. (Placing that land into trust removes certain restrictions on the property under California law.)The transferred land shall become part of the Santa Ynez Indian Reservation.
No gaming may be conducted on the land.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 29 - 1.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-715.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-715.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 554.
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