legislation: 109-s-1773
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| 109-s-1773 | 109 | s | 1773 | Pueblo de San Ildefonso Claims Settlement Act of 2005 | Native Americans | 2005-09-26 | 2006-09-27 | Became Public Law No: 109-286. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on May 3, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Pueblo de San Ildefonso Claims Settlement Act of 2005 - (Sec. 3) Ratifies: (1) the Settlement Agreement between the United States and the Pueblo de San Ildefonso to Resolve All of the Pueblo's Land Title and Trespass Claims, dated June 7, 2005 (Settlement Agreement); and (2) the Los Alamos Agreement among Los Alamos County, New Mexico, the Pueblo, the Department of Agriculture Forest Service, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, dated January 22, 2004. (Sec. 4) Requires the United States and the Pueblo to execute and file with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in the Pending Litigation a motion for entry or final judgment in accordance with the Settlement Agreement. Provides that, upon entry of the final judgment, a specified sum shall be paid into the Settlement Fund as compensation to the Pueblo in accordance with specified federal law. (Sec. 5) Extinguishes all claims of the Pueblo against the United States in consideration of the Settlement Agreement benefits. Exempts from this Act certain land titles, water rights, and other rights relating to religious or cultural access to, and use of, federal land. (Sec. 6) Establishes in the Treasury the Pueblo de San Ildefonso Land Claims Settlement Fund (Settlement Fund). (Sec. 7) Allows the Secretary of Agriculture to sell, and the Pueblo to buy, the Settlement Area Land, Water System Land, and Los Alamos Townsite Land. Reserves to the United States free and unrestricted rights to specified Forest Development Roads. Requires the United States and the Pueblo to allow the COPAR Pumice Mine to continue to operate. Requires continuing federal jurisdiction over the contract for the sale of mineral materials. (Sec. 12) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, subject to valid existing rights, including reservations in the United States, to sell the Northern Tier Land, with the Pueblo of Santa Clara granted an exclusive option to purchase it within 90 days after enactment of this Act. (Sec. 13) Authorizes the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo de San Ildefonso to demarcate a boundary between their respective tribal land within a specified township. (Sec. 18) Authorizes appropriations. | 2023-01-31T21:41:30Z |