Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2020

IB Union Calendar No. 550 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 1031 [Report No. 116–666] To take certain land located in San Diego County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 6, 2019 Mr. VARGAS (for himself and Mr. COOK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources DECEMBER 18, 2020 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 6, 2019] VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:29 Dec 18, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H1031.RH H1031 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1031 RH A BILL To take certain land located in San Diego County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:29 Dec 18, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H1031.RH H1031 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1031 RH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pala Band of Mission 4 Indians Land Transfer Act of 2020’’. 5 SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LAND IN TRUST FOR THE PALA BAND 6 OF MISSION INDIANS. 7 (a) TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION.— 8 (1) TRANSFER OF LANDS INTO TRUST.—If, not 9 later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 10 of this Act, the Tribe transfers title to the land de- 11 scribed in subsection (b) to the United States, the Sec- 12 retary, not later than 180 days after such transfer, 13 shall take that land into trust for the benefit of the 14 Tribe. 15 (2) ADMINISTRATION.—The land transferred 16 under paragraph (1) shall be part of the Pala Indian 17 Reservation and administered in accordance with the 18 laws and regulations generally applicable to land held 19 in trust by the United States for an Indian Tribe. 20 (b) LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LANDS TRANSFERRED.— 21 The land referred to in subsection (a)(1) is the approxi- 22 mately 700 acres of land located in San Diego County, 23 California, described as follows: 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:29 Dec 18, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1031.RH H1031 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 1031 RH THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS 1 SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, STATE 2 OF CALIFORNIA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: 3 PARCEL 28 (APN 128-020-24): THE SOUTHEAST 4 QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER, SEC- 5 TION 4 TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, SAN 6 BERNARDINO MERIDIAN, IN THE COUNTY OF SAN 7 DIEGO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING TO 8 THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF. 9 PARCEL 29 (APN 128-020-21, 128-020-40): THE 10 SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST 11 QUARTER AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF 12 SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 13 10 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, SAN BERNARDINO ME- 14 RIDIAN, IN THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, STATE OF 15 CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT 16 THEREOF. EXCEPTING FROM SAID NORTHWEST 17 QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER THE 18 SOUTHWEST QUARTER THEREOF. 19 PARCEL 30 (APN 128-020-22 AND 41): THE 20 SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST 21 QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER, AND 22 THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER 23 OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 2 24 WEST, SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN, IN THE 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:29 Dec 18, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1031.RH H1031 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 1031 RH COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 1 ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF. 2 PARCEL 31(APN 110-160-05 AND 09; AND 128-020- 3 30): THE SOUTH HALF OF THE NORTHWEST 4 QUARTER AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF 5 SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, 6 SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN, IN THE COUNTY OF 7 SAN DIEGO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, TOGETHER 8 WITH LOTS 3 AND 4 IN SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 10 9 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, SAN BERNARDINO MERID- 10 IAN, IN THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, STATE OF 11 CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT 12 THEREOF. EXCEPTING THE NORTHWEST QUAR- 13 TER OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE NORTHWEST 14 QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 33. ALSO EXCEPTING 15 ALL THAT PORTION OF THE ABOVE, DESCRIBED 16 AS A WHOLE AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE 17 SECTION CORNER COMMON TO SECTIONS 4 AND 5, 18 TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, SAN 19 BERNARDINO MERIDIAN, AND SECTIONS 32 AND 20 33, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, SAN 21 BERNARDINO MERIDIAN; THENCE NORTH 10° 29’ 22 35’’ EAST ALONG THE COMMON BOUNDARY LINE 23 BETWEEN SAID SECTIONS 32 AND 33, A DISTANCE 24 OF 1,333.43 FEET; THENCE LEAVING SAID COMMON 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:29 Dec 18, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1031.RH H1031 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 1031 RH BOUNDARY LINE, SOUTH 04° 51’ 07’’ EAST A DIS- 1 TANCE OF 465.32 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 01° 12’ 27’’ 2 EAST, A DISTANCE OF 2,095.22 FEET TO THE 3 SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF LOT 4 (THE 4 NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST 5 QUARTER) OF SAID SECTION 4; THENCE ALONG 6 SAID SOUTHERLY LINE, SOUTH 88° 10’ 29’’ WEST, 7 A DISTANCE OF 300.01 FEET TO THE COMMON 8 BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN SAID SECTIONS 4 AND 9 5; THENCE NORTH 01° 12’ 27’’ WEST ALONG SAID 10 COMMON BOUNDARY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 1,257.00 11 FEET TO SAID SECTION CORNER COMMON SEC- 12 TIONS 4, 5, 32 AND 33, AND THE POINT OF BEGIN- 13 NING. 14 PARCEL 32 (APN: 128-340-31): THAT PORTION 15 OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTH- 16 WEST QUARTER OF SECTION 4 AND THE NORTH- 17 WEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER 18 OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 9, 19 ALL IN TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, SAN 20 BERNARDINO MERIDIAN, IN THE COUNTY OF SAN 21 DIEGO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING TO 22 THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF, DESCRIBED AS A 23 WHOLE AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTH- 24 EAST CORNER OF THE WEST HALF OF THE 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:29 Dec 18, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1031.RH H1031 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 1031 RH NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 9, 1 BEING THE SOUTHEASTERLY CORNER OF LAND 2 DESCRIBED IN PARCEL 1 IN DEED TO 3 GEORGIETTE M. PFAU, RECORDED MARCH 3, 1960 4 AS FILE/PAGE NO. 44210 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS; 5 THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY OF 6 SAID LAND NORTH 79° 17’ 00’’ WEST, 199.34 FEET; 7 AND NORTH 85° 10’ 00’’ WEST, 421.35 FEET TO THE 8 BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE 9 SOUTHEASTERLY HAVING A RADIUS OF 75.00 10 FEET, SAID BEGINNING OF CURVE BEING A POINT 11 ON THE CENTER LINE OF THAT CERTAIN 60.00 12 FOOT STRIP OF LAND DESCRIBED AS PARCEL 2 13 IN SAID DEED TO GEORGIETTE M. PFAU ABOVE 14 REFERRED TO; THENCE ALONG THE CENTER 15 LINE OF SAID STRIP THE FOLLOWING COURSES 16 AND DISTANCES: SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE 17 ARC OF SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL 18 ANGLE OF 36° 49’ 00’’ A DISTANCE OF 48.19 FEET; 19 TANGENT TO SAID CURVE SOUTH 58° 01’ 00’’ WEST 20 142.89 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT 21 CURVE CONCAVE NORTHWESTERLY, HAVING A 22 RADIUS OF 60.00 FEET; SOUTHWESTERLY AND 23 WESTERLY ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE 24 THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 35° 43’ 00’’ A DIS- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:29 Dec 18, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1031.RH H1031 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 1031 RH TANCE OF 37.41 FEET; TANGENT TO SAID CURVE 1 NORTH 86° 15’ 30’’ WEST, 126.49 FEET TO THE BE- 2 GINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE SOUTH- 3 EASTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 50.00 FEET; 4 SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE ARC OF SAID 5 CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 41° 35’ 6 30’’ A DISTANCE OF 36.30 FEET; TANGENT TO SAID 7 CURVE SOUTH 52° 09’ 00’’ WEST, 114.53 FEET TO 8 THE BEGINNING OF A TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE 9 NORTHERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 50.00 FEET; 10 WESTERLY ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE 11 THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 52° 12’ 40’’ A DIS- 12 TANCE OF 45.56 FEET; AND TANGENT TO SAID 13 CURVE NORTH 75° 38’ 20’’ WEST, 46.66 FEET TO AN 14 ANGLE POINT IN THE BOUNDARY OF SAID PAR- 15 CEL 1 OF SAID LAND OF GEORGIETTE M. PFAU; 16 THENCE ALONG A PORTION OF THE BOUNDARY 17 OF SAID LAND, NORTH 25° 05’ 30’’ WEST, 500.00 18 FEET TO AN ANGLE POINT IN SAID BOUNDARY; 19 THENCE LEAVING SAID BOUNDARY NORTH 78° 14’ 20 56’’ EAST, 533.65 FEET; THENCE NORTH 06° 01’ 28’’ 21 WEST, 213.81 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 76° 40’ 01’’ 22 EAST 851.88 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EAST LINE 23 OF SAID SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTH- 24 WEST QUARTER; THENCE ALONG SAID EAST LINE 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:29 Dec 18, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1031.RH H1031 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 1031 RH SOUTH 4° 47’ 28’’ EAST, 486.32 FEET TO THE TRUE 1 POINT OF BEGINNING; EXCEPTING THEREFROM 2 THAT PORTION GRANTED TO SAN DIEGO GAS AND 3 ELECTRIC COMPANY BY DEED RECORDED OCTO- 4 BER 13, 1970 AS FILE/PAGE NO. 185466 OF OFFI- 5 CIAL RECORDS. ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM 6 ONE-HALF OF ANY OIL, MINERAL, AND/OR ORE 7 RIGHTS RESERVED BY AGNES M. COUSER BY 8 DEEDS RECORDED MARCH 3, 1960 AS FILE/PAGE 9 NO. 44210 AND 44212 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS. 10 PARCEL 33: AN EASEMENT FOR ROAD AND 11 PUBLIC UTILITY PURPOSES OVER, UNDER, UPON 12 AND ACROSS A STRIP OF LAND 30.00 FEET IN 13 WIDTH LYING WITHIN THE SOUTHWEST QUAR- 14 TER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 15 4, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, SAN 16 BERNARDINO MERIDIAN, IN THE COUNTY OF SAN 17 DIEGO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE NORTHEAST- 18 ERLY LINE OF SAID STRIP BEING THAT COURSE 19 FORMING THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF PAR- 20 CEL 32 HEREINABOVE BEING DESCRIBED THERE- 21 IN AS ‘‘NORTH 25° 05’ 30’’ WEST, 500.00 FEET’’. EX- 22 CEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION LYING 23 WITHIN THE 60.00 FOOT STRIP DESCRIBED AS 24 PARCEL 11 HEREINABOVE. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:29 Dec 18, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1031.RH H1031 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 1031 RH PARCEL 34: AN EASEMENT FOR ROAD AND 1 PUBLIC UTILITY PURPOSES OVER THAT PORTION 2 OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 4, 3 TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, SAN 4 BERNARDINO MERIDIAN, MORE PARTICULARLY 5 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE 6 MOST SOUTHERLY CORNER OF LAND DESCRIBED 7 IN THE DEED TO SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELECTRIC 8 COMPANY BY INSTRUMENT RECORDED OCTOBER 9 13, 1970 AS FILE/PAGE NO. 185466 OF OFFICIAL 10 RECORDS; THENCE NORTH 24° 33’ 26’’ WEST, 375.07 11 FEET; THENCE NORTH 11°10’ 14’’ EAST 498.52 12 FEET; THENCE NORTH 72° 57’ 24’’ EAST, 43.36 13 FEET TO THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID WEST- 14 ERLY 300.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 01° 12’ 27’’ 15 EAST PARALLEL WITH THE WESTERLY LINE OF 16 SAID SECTION 4, A DISTANCE OF 20.79 FEET; 17 THENCE SOUTH 72° 57’ 24’’ WEST, 25.82 FEET; 18 THENCE SOUTH 11° 10’ 14’’ WEST, 472.17 FEET; 19 THENCE NORTH 65° 26’ 24’’ EAST, 5.36 FEET; 20 THENCE SOUTH 24° 33’ 36 EAST, 305.59 FEET TO 21 SAID EASTERLY LINE OF THE WESTERLY 300.00 22 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 01° 12’ 22’’ EAST ALONG 23 SAID EASTERLY LINE 75.59 FEET TO THE POINT 24 OF BEGINNING. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:29 Dec 18, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1031.RH H1031 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 1031 RH PARCEL 35 (APN 128-340-32): THAT PORTION 1 OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTH- 2 WEST QUARTER OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 10 3 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, SAN BERNARDINO MERID- 4 IAN, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THERE- 5 OF DESCRIBED A FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A 6 POINT IN THE EAST LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST 7 QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER, DISTANT 8 THEREON, NORTH 4° 47’ 28’’ WEST, 486.34 FEET 9 FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER THEREOF; 10 THENCE NORTH 76° 40’ 01’’ WEST, 851.88 FEET; 11 THENCE SOUTH 6° 01’ 28’’ EAST 213.81 FEET; 12 THENCE SOUTH 78° 14’ 56’’ WEST 533.65 FEET TO 13 THE MOST WESTERLY CORNER OF THE LAND DE- 14 SCRIBED IN PARCEL 1 OF DEED TO GERALD F. 15 LAMP, ET AL. RECORDED SEPTEMBER 5, 1962 AS 16 FILE/PAGE NO. 153042 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS OF 17 SAN DIEGO COUNTY; THENCE ALONG THE BOUND- 18 ARY OF SAID LAND, NORTH 10° 38’ 20’’ EAST 498.48 19 FEET, NORTH 72° 25’ 30’’ EAST, 198.04 FEET, 20 NORTH 81° 04’ 00’’ EAST 539.56 FEET, AND NORTH 21 3° 52’ 50’’ WEST 261.33 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE 22 OF SAID SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST 23 QUARTER; THENCE ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, 24 NORTH 86° 14’ 50’’ EAST 466.75 FEET TO THE 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:29 Dec 18, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1031.RH H1031 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 12 •HR 1031 RH NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SOUTHWEST 1 QUARTER OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER; THENCE 2 SOUTH 4° 47’ 28’’ EAST 802.72 FEET TO THE POINT 3 OF BEGINNING. EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT 4 PORTION GRANTED TO SAN DIEGO GAS AND 5 ELECTRIC COMPANY, BY DEED RECORDED OCTO- 6 BER 13, 1970 AS FILE/PAGE NO. 185466 OF OFFI- 7 CIAL RECORDS. ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM 8 ONE-HALF OF ANY OIL, MINERAL, AND/OR ORE 9 RIGHTS RESERVED BY AGNES M. COUSER, IN 10 DEEDS RECORDED MARCH 3, 1960 AS FILE/PAGE 11 NO. 44210 AND 44212 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS. 12 PARCEL 36: AN EASEMENT FOR ROAD AND 13 PUBLIC UNTILITY PURPOSES OVER, UNDER, 14 ALONG AND ACROSS THAT PORTION OF THE 15 SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 16 10 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, SAN BERNARDINO ME- 17 RIDIAN, IN THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, STATE OF 18 CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THERE- 19 OF, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE 20 MOST WESTERLY CORNER OF LAND DESCRIBED 21 IN THAT CERTAIN DEED TO THE SAN DIEGO GAS 22 AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, RECORDED OCTOBER 23 13, 1970 AS FILE/PAGENO. 185466 OF OFFICIAL 24 RECORDS; THENCE NORTH 78° 14’ 56’’ EAST, 64.89 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:29 Dec 18, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1031.RH H1031 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 13 •HR 1031 RH FEET; THENCE SOUTH 10° 38’ 20’’ WEST TO THE 1 SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID SAN DIEGO GAS 2 AND ELECTRIC COMPANY’S LAND; THENCE ALONG 3 SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE NORTH 25° 05’ 30’’ 4 WEST (RECORD NORTH 24° 33’ 36’’ WEST PER 5 DEED) TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. EXCEPTING 6 THEREFROM THAT PORTION LYING WITHIN PAR- 7 CEL 34 HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED. 8 PARCEL A (APN 110-370-09, PORTIONS 128-020- 9 03, 128-020-04 AND 110-150-25): PARCEL A OF CER- 10 TIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE RECORDED FEBRUARY 11 2, 2017, AS INSTRUMENT NO. 20170056637 OF OFFI- 12 CIAL RECORDS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALI- 13 FORNIA, FURTHER DESCRIBED AS: 14 GOVERNMENT LOT 3 IN SECTION 5, AND THAT 15 PORTION OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE NORTH- 16 EAST QUARTER OF SECTION 5, LYING EASTERLY 17 OF THE SOUTHERLY PROLONGATION OF THE 18 WESTERLY LINE OF GOVERNMENT LOT 3, ALL IN 19 SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, 20 SAN BERNA [Text truncated for display. Full text available on Congress.gov.]