S 2856 · 98th Congress · Native Americans

Gila Bend Land Exchange and Settlement Act

Introduced 1984-07-23· Sponsored by Sen. Goldwater, Barry [R-AZ]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.(1984-07-23)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Gila Bend Land Exchange and Settlement Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to exchange a certain acreage of arable land for an equivalent acreage of arable land if the Papago Tribe consents. Requires such exchange within a five-year period. Directs the Secretary to give priority under such exchange to lands with State- recognized surface water rights which are practicably irrigable. Declares that the exchanged lands shall be held in trust for the Papago Tribe as part of the Gila Bend Indian Reservation (the Reservation). Provides that surface and ground water rights which belonged to the Reservation prior to the exchange shall be severed and transferred to the exchanged lands. Entitles the Tribe to a certain amount of water for specified uses. Requires the Secretary to acquire and deliver water from enumerated sources in order to meet such tribal entitlement. Requires the Secretary to undertake, upon tribal request, certain irrigation projects on the Reservation for the distribution of specified acre-feet of water. Requires the Secretary to: (1) execute an additional land exchange for use as a village site; and (2) establish a water management plan for the Reservation. Emp…

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