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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 400
116TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
2d Session J SENATE 116-191
TO REAFFIRM THE ACTION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO
TAKE LAND INTO TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SANTA YNEZ BAND
OF CHUMASH MISSION INDIANS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
JANUARY 6, 2020.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. HOEVEN, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 317]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(H.R. 317) to reaffirm the action of the Secretary of the Interior to
take land into trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez Band of
Chumash Mission Indians, and for other purposes, having consid-
ered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment (in
the nature of a substitute) and recommends that the bill (as
amended) do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of the bill, H.R. 317, is to provide congressional au-
thorization for the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to take
land owned in fee by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
(Chumash Tribe or Tribe) into trust for the benefit of the Tribe.
BACKGROUND
The Chumash Tribe, a federally recognized Indian Tribe, is lo-
cated in the County of Santa Barbara (County), California. In 1901,
99-acres of land was used to establish the Santa Ynez reservation
for the Chumash Tribe. Over time, the Chumash Tribe secured
funding to build a limited number of homes on their reservation.
In 2010, the Chumash Tribe purchased 1,427.28 acres of land,
known as Camp 4, to address their housing shortage. With the in-
tent of filing an application to take Camp 4 into trust, the
Chumash Tribe delivered a cooperative agreement to the County.
After two years of negotiation with the County, in 2013, the
Chumash Tribe filed a fee to trust application with the Bureau of
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