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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
Calendar No. 430
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 117-125
TO TAKE CERTAIN LAND IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA INTO TRUST FOR
THE BENEFIT OF THE AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
JUNE 23, 2022.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. SCHATZ, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 3273]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(S. 3273) to take certain land in the State of California into trust
for the benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, and
for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
S. 3273 would authorize trust status of approximately 2,560
acres of land transfered to the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla In-
dians in a land exchange with the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) that helped establish the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto
Mountains National Monument in 2000. Providing trust status on
the exchanged lands would help consolidate the checker-boarded
reservation and simplify the management of longstanding cultural
sites and natural resources that are important to the Tribe.
BACKGROUND & NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (ACBCI) has been
rebuilding its Tribal homelands and reclaiming certain culturally
significant areas through a series of land transfers with the federal
government since the 1870s.1 Currently, the ACBCI reservation
consists of more than 31,000 checker-boarded acres in and around
Palm Springs, CA. Within the boundaries of the reservation, the
United States holds in trust approximately 4,000 acres for the
ISee Exec. Order of May 15, 1876; Exec. Order Sept. 29, 1877.
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