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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
Calendar No. 431
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 117-126
PALA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS LAND TRANSFER ACT
OF 2021
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 H.R. 1975]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(H.R. 1975), to take certain land located in San Diego County, Cali-
fornia, into trust for the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission Indi-
ans, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports
favorably thereon, without amendment, and recommends that the
bill do pass.
PURPOSE
H.R. 1975 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to take 721.21
acres of land in San Diego County, California, into trust for the
benefit of the Pala Band of Mission Indians.
BACKGROUND & NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The reservation for the Pala Band of Mission Indians is located
in Northern San Diego County and was originally established
through Executive Order.1 The reservation is currently home to
more than 900 enrolled members, and encompasses over 12,000
acres including 4,000 acres of forests, six acres of wetlands, eight
acres of lake, and over 38 miles of streams. Members of the Pala
Band belong to the Cupeno and Luiseno Tribes.
The 721.21 acres be taken into trust are adjacent to the Tribes'
reservation and were originally purchased by developers for the
IExec. Order of December 27, 1875.
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