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INFORMATION .
Calendar No. 31
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 118-2
PALA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS LAND TRANSFER ACT
OF 2023
MARCH 21, 2023.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. SCHATZ, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 277]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(S. 277), 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
The purpose of S. 277 is to authorize the Secretary of the Interior
to take 721.12 acres in San Diego County, California, into trust for
the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission Indians.
BACKGROUND
Originally established through Executive Order,1 the reservation
for the Pala Band of Mission Indians 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 in Northern San Diego
County. It is currently home to more than 900 enrolled Pala Band
members belonging to the Cupefno and Luisefio Tribes.
In 2016, the Pala Band acquired the 721.12 acres of property
that was originally purchased by developers to create a landfill.
This property is adjacent, but not currently located within the
1Exec. Order of December 27, 1875.
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