S. 3857 – Reading Mode

One Hundred Eighteenth Congress of the United States of America

2d Session

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty four

S. 3857

AN ACT

To take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Jamul Indian Village of California, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Jamul Indian Village Land Transfer Act.

Trust land for the Jamul Indian Village of California

(a)

In general

The approximately 172.10 acres of land described in subsection (b) is held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Jamul Indian Village of California.

(b)

Land descriptions

The land referred to in subsection (a) is the following:

(1)

Parcel 1

The parcels of land totaling approximately 161.23 acres, located in San Diego County, California, that are held in fee by the Jamul Indian Village of California, as legally described in Document No. 2022–0010260 in the Official Records of the Office of the Recorder, San Diego County, California, and recorded January 7, 2022.

(2)

Parcel 2

The parcel of land totaling approximately 6 acres, located in San Diego County, California, that is held in fee by the Jamul Indian Village of California, as legally described in Document No. 2021–0540770 in the Official Records of the Office of the Recorder, San Diego County, California, and recorded July 29, 2021.

(3)

Parcel 3

The parcel of land totaling approximately 4.03 acres, located in San Diego County, California, as legally described in Document No. 1998–0020339 in the Official Records of the Office of the Recorder, San Diego County, California, and recorded January 15, 1998.

(4)

Parcel 4

The parcel of land comprised of approximately 0.84 acres, located in San Diego County, California, as legally described in Document No. 2017–0410384 in the Official Records of the Office of the Recorder, San Diego County, California, and recorded September 7, 2017.

(c)

Additional trust acquisition

The Secretary of the Interior shall accept title in and to, and place into trust by the United States for the benefit of the Jamul Indian Village of California, the land depicted as Proposed 1.1. acres on the map of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife entitled Amended Acres Proposal and dated May 2023 if that land is conveyed or otherwise transferred to the United States by, or on behalf of, the Jamul Indian Village of California.

(d)

Administration

Land taken into trust under subsections (a) and (c) shall be—

(1)

part of the reservation of the Jamul Indian Village of California; and

(2)

administered in accordance with the laws and regulations generally applicable to property held in trust by the United States for the benefit of an Indian Tribe.

(e)

Gaming prohibited

Land described in subsections (b) and (c) shall not be used for any class II gaming or class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) (as those terms are defined in section 4 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)).

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate