[House Report 113-27]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
113th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 113-27
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PASCUA YAQUI TRIBE TRUST LAND ACT
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April 9, 2013.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Hastings of Washington, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 507]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 507) 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, having considered the
same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend
that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 507 is to provide for the conveyance of
certain land inholdings owned by the United States to the
Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 507 directs the Secretary of the Interior to take two
10-acre parcels into trust for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of
Arizona. Before the parcels can be taken into trust, however,
the Tucson Unified School District will first need to
relinquish its possessory interest in one parcel. The school
district no longer needs the land, which it had previously
received under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. The
Secretary of the Interior will also need to approve 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.
Both parcels would be utilized as part of a golf course
that is currently under construction. Neither parcel is
necessary for the construction of the golf course, but if the
Tribe does not acquire and use the parcels, the land will be
orphaned and of relatively no use to either the Tribe or the
United States.
As has become customary when taking land into trust, the
bill includes language that prohibits any gaming on the two
parcels to be taken into trust.
COMMITTEE ACTION
H.R. 507 was introduced on February 5, 2013, by Congressman
Raul Grijalva (D-AZ). The bill was referred to the Committee on
Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the Subcommittee
on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. On March 20,
2013, the Full Natural Resources Committee met to consider the
bill. The Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental
Regulation was discharged by unanimous consent. No amendments
were offered to the bill, and the bill was adopted and ordered
favorably reported to the House of Representatives by unanimous
consent.
COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the
Committee on Natural Resources' oversight findings and
recommendations are reflected in the body of this report.
COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII
1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the
Rules of the House of Representatives requires an estimate and
a comparison by the Committee of the costs which would be
incurred in carrying out this bill. However, clause 3(d)(2)(B)
of that Rule provides that this requirement does not apply when
the Committee has included in its report a timely submitted
cost estimate of the bill prepared by the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Under clause 3(c)(3) of rule
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and section
403 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee has
received the following cost estimate for this bill from the
Director of the Congressional Budget Office:
H.R. 507--Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land Act
H.R. 507 would require the Secretary of the Interior to
place 20 acres of land into trust for the benefit of the Pascua
Yaqui Tribe of Arizona. Based on information provided by the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM), CBO estimates that
implementing the bill would have no significant impact on the
federal budget. Enacting H.R. 507 would not affect direct
spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do
not apply.
Under the bill, BLM would be required to place 10 acres of
land that is currently administered by the agency into trust
for the benefit of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. In addition, if the
Tucson Unified School District elects to relinquish its
interest in 10 acres of land that it acquired from the federal
government under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act,
management of those lands would revert back to BLM, and the
Secretary would be required to place them into trust for the
tribe.
Based on information provided by BLM, CBO estimates that
any administrative costs to carry out the bill, which would be
subject to the availability of appropriated funds, would be
minimal. In addition, the affected lands do not generate any
offsetting receipts for the federal government and are not
expected to generate such receipts over the next 10 years.
H.R. 507 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
Enacting the bill would benefit the tribe.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Jeff LaFave. The
estimate was approved by Theresa Gullo, Deputy Assistant
Director for Budget Analysis.
2. Section 308(a) of Congressional Budget Act. As required
by clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives and section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, this bill does not contain any new budget
authority, spending authority, credit authority, or an increase
or decrease in revenues or tax expenditures. Based on
information provided by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM),
CBO estimates that implementing the bill would have no
significant impact on the federal budget.
3. General Performance Goals and Objectives. As required by
clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII, the general performance goal or
objective of this bill is to provide for the conveyance of
certain land inholdings owned by the United States to the
Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona.
EARMARK STATEMENT
This bill does not contain any Congressional earmarks,
limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined
under clause 9(e), 9(f), and 9(g) of rule XXI of the Rules of
the House of Representatives.
COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104-4
This bill contains no unfunded mandates.
COMPLIANCE WITH H. RES. 5
Directed Rule Making. The Chairman does not believe that
this bill directs any executive branch official to conduct any
specific rule-making proceedings.
Duplication of Existing Programs. This bill does not
establish or reauthorize a program of the federal government
known to be duplicative of another program. Such program was
not included in any report from the Government Accountability
Office to Congress pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111-139
or identified in the most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance published pursuant to the Federal Program
Information Act (Public Law 95-220, as amended by Public Law
98-169) as relating to other programs.
PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW
This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or
tribal law.
CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW
If enacted, this bill would make no changes in existing
law.