H.R. 507: Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land Act

Introduced:
Feb 05, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Rep. Raúl Grijalva [D-AZ3]
Status:
Passed House

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Status

This bill passed in the House on May 6, 2013 and goes to the Senate next for consideration.

Progress
Introduced Feb 05, 2013
Referred to Committee Feb 05, 2013
Reported by Committee Mar 20, 2013
Passed House May 06, 2013
Passed Senate ...
Signed by the President ...
Votes

House Vote on Passage
May 06, 2013 7:12 p.m.
Passed 401/2

Prognosis

15% chance of being enacted.

Only 28% of House bills that made it past committee in 2011–2013 were enacted. [show factors | methodology]

Cosponsors
8 cosponsors (4R, 4D) (show)
Committees

House Natural Resources

↪ Public Lands and Environmental Regulation

Senate Energy and Natural Resources

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Full Title

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.

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Text

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Last updated May 07, 2013.
5 pages

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Library of Congress Summary

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2/5/2013--Introduced.
Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land Act - Holds in trust for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 10 acres of federal land generally depicted as parcel A, and approximately 10 acres of federal land generally depicted as parcel B, on the map titled "PYT Land Department," dated January 15, 2013.
Makes that conveyance effective on the day after the date on which:
(1) the Tucson Unified School District relinquishes all right, title, and interest to the parcel B land; and
(2) the Secretary of the Interior 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 Tribe's restricted land.
Prohibits gaming on the lands held in trust under this Act. Prohibits the forfeiture or abandonment of any water rights that are appurtenant to such lands.

House Republican Conference Summary

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Background

According to the Committee on Natural Resources, both parcels of land would be utilized as part of a golf course that is currently under construction by the Tribe, improving the course and increasing its chances for success.  While neither parcel of land is necessary for the construction of the golf course, if the Tribe doesn’t acquire and use the parcels the land will become useless.

According to the Committee, “the school district no longer needs the land, which it had previously received under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.”[1]  After the School District elects to relinquish their interest in the land, the land will revert back to the Bureau of Land Management.  The Secretary of the Interior will then be required to take the parcels into trust for the Tribe.  In exchange for the School District’s interest in the two parcels of land, H.R. 507 requires the Secretary to approve and record a lease agreement between the Tribe and the School District to build a new school bus facility on Tribe land.

In the 112th Congress, the House passed similar legislation (H.R. 4222) by voice vote on June 6, 2012.


[1] House Natural Resources Committee Report 113-27 at 1

Summary

H.R. 507 directs the Secretary of the Interior to take two 10-acre parcels of land in Arizona into trust for the benefit of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe.  Before the land is taken into trust: (1) the Tucson Unified School District must first relinquish its possessory interest in one of the parcels, and (2) the Secretary must approve and record a lease agreement between the Tribe and the School District for the construction and operation of a regional transportation facility on the Tribe’s land.  The bill also prohibits any gaming from occurring on any of the lands taken into trust.

Cost

CBO estimates that H.R. 507 would “have no significant impact on the federal budget.”

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