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US. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-440
JAMUL INDIAN VILLAGE LAND TRANSFER ACT
APRIL 5, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 6443]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 6443) to take certain land in the State of California into
trust for the benefit of the Jamul Indian Village of California Tribe,
and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favor-
ably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do
pass.
PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION
The purpose of H.R. 6443 is to take certain land in the State of
California into trust for the benefit of the Jamul Indian Village of
California Tribe, and for other purposes.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Jamul Indian Village of California is part of the Kumeyaay
people of southern California, also known as the Mission Indians.
The tribe traces its history back 12,000 years. However, it achieved
federal recognition in 1981.1 The tribe currently has approximately
75 members.2
Since 1981, the tribe has slowly acquired a land base for itself.
The San Diego Diocesan Office of Apostolic Ministry deeded ap-
proximately 2.34 acres of land to the tribe in 1912. The Daley Cor-
poration deeded approximately 4 acres to the tribe in 1978, cre-
'U.S. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Government Services.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/20-091559/178651/20210511093611330_Jamul%20
Appx2.pdf.
21Meeting between Jamul Indian Village and HNR Staff 11.28.2023.
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