119th Congress Native Americans
S. 4053: To take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pechanga Band of Indians, and for other purposes
A bill to take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pechanga Band of Indians, and for other purposes.
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Summary
This bill takes approximately 860 acres of land in Riverside County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Pechanga Band of Indians. The land is currently administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
The land taken into trust shall be (1) part of the tribe's reservation; (2) maintained as an open space; and (3) used only for purposes consistent with the maintenance of the land as open space and for the protection, preservation, and maintenance of the archaeological, cultural, and wildlife resources on the land. Further, the bill prohibits gaming on the land.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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Amendments
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Cosponsors
- Adam Schiff D-CAOriginal
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Alejandro Padilla.
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- Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1011)