[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5265 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5265

  To take certain land into trust for the benefit of the Tonto Apache 
                     Tribe, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 25, 2024

 Ms. Sinema (for herself and Mr. Kelly) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To take certain land into trust for the benefit of the Tonto Apache 
                     Tribe, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tonto Apache Land Transfer Act''.

SEC. 2. TONTO APACHE TRIBE LAND TRANSFER.

    (a) In General.--As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall transfer administrative 
jurisdiction over the National Forest System land described in 
subsection (b) to the Secretary of the Interior, who is authorized and 
directed to take and hold that land in trust for the benefit of the 
Tonto Apache Tribe.
    (b) National Forest System Land Described.--The land referred to in 
subsections (a) and (d) is, in T. 10 N., R. 10 E., Gila and Salt River 
Meridian, Gila County, Arizona--
            (1) 20 acres in the S\1/2\ SW\1/4\ SW\1/4\ of sec. 9;
            (2) 10 acres in the SW\1/4\ SE\1/4\ SW\1/4\ of sec. 9;
            (3) 40 acres in the NE\1/4\ SE\1/4\ of sec. 10;
            (4) 40 acres in the SE\1/4\ SE\1/4\ of sec. 10;
            (5) 640 acres in sec. 15;
            (6) 640 acres in sec. 16;
            (7) 640 acres in sec. 17;
            (8) 320 acres in the N\1/2\ of sec. 20;
            (9) 20 acres in the N\1/2\ NW\1/4\ SW\1/4\ of sec. 20;
            (10) 20 acres in the N\1/2\ NE\1/4\ SW\1/4\ of sec. 20;
            (11) 40 acres in the NW\1/4\ SE\1/4\ of sec. 20;
            (12) 40 acres in the NE\1/4\ SE\1/4\ of sec. 20;
            (13) 40 acres in the SE\1/4\ SE\1/4\ of sec 20;
            (14) 20 acres in the N\1/2\ SW\1/4\ SE\1/4\ of sec. 20;
            (15) 320 acres in the N\1/2\ of sec. 21;
            (16) 160 acres in the SW\1/4\ of sec. 21;
            (17) 40 acres in the NW\1/4\ SE\1/4\ of sec. 21; and
            (18) 10 acres in the NW\1/4\ SW\1/4\ SE\1/4\ of sec. 21.
    (c) Reservation Status.--The land taken into trust under subsection 
(a) shall be--
            (1) part of the Reservation of the Tonto Apache Tribe; and
            (2) administered in accordance with the laws and 
        regulations generally applicable to land held in trust by the 
        United States for an Indian Tribe.
    (d) Withdrawal.--Subject to all valid existing rights, including 
easements, rights-of-way, contracts, and management agreements, the 
land described in subsection (b) is withdrawn from all forms of--
            (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land 
        laws;
            (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
            (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and 
        geothermal leasing or mineral materials.
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