[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4053 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4053

  To take certain land in the State of California into trust for the 
    benefit of the Pechanga Band of Indians, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 11, 2026

Mr. Padilla (for himself and Mr. Schiff) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To take certain land in the State of California into trust for the 
    benefit of the Pechanga Band of Indians, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF LAND INTO TRUST FOR THE PECHANGA BAND OF 
              INDIANS.

    (a) In General.--Subject to valid existing rights and the 
conditions described in subsection (c), the covered land is hereby 
taken into trust for the benefit of the Tribe.
    (b) Administration.--The land taken into trust under subsection (a) 
shall be--
            (1) part of the reservation of the Tribe; 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.
    (c) Conditions.--
            (1) In general.--The land taken into trust under subsection 
        (a) shall be--
                    (A) subject to all valid encumbrances, liens, 
                rights-of-way, reciprocal road rights-of-way 
                agreements, licenses, leases, permits, and easements 
                existing on the date of the enactment of this Act;
                    (B) maintained as open space; and
                    (C) used only for--
                            (i) purposes consistent with the 
                        maintenance of the land as open space; and
                            (ii) the protection, preservation, and 
                        maintenance of the archaeological, cultural, 
                        and wildlife resources on the land.
            (2) Construction and maintenance.--Nothing in this 
        paragraph prohibits the construction or maintenance of 
        utilities or structures that are--
                    (A) consistent with the maintenance of the land 
                taken into trust under subsection (a) as open space; 
                and
                    (B) constructed for the protection, preservation, 
                and maintenance of the archaeological, cultural, and 
                wildlife resources on the land.
            (3) Prohibition on gaming.--The land taken into trust under 
        subsection (a) shall not be used for any class II gaming or 
        class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (as 
        those terms are defined in section 4 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 
        2703)).
    (d) Rights and Agreements.--Nothing in this Act shall alter, or 
require the alteration of, any existing water rights or service 
agreements.
    (e) Map on File.--The Map shall be kept on file and available for 
public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 
Management.
    (f) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Covered land.--The term ``covered land'' means all 
        right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the 
        approximately 860 acres of land in Riverside County, 
        California, administered by the Bureau of Land Management and 
        generally depicted as ``Proposed Pechanga Land Conveyance 
        Parcel'' on the Map.
            (2) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map titled ``BLM Lands 
        into Trust for the Pechanga Band of Indians'', and dated August 
        21, 2025.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (4) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Pechanga Band of 
        Indians.
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