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Version 80 · Reported to Senate without amendment · Jul 29, 2005
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Pascua Yaqui Mineral Rights Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in coordination with the Attorney General and with the consent of the state of Arizona, to acquire all subsurface rights, title, and interests (including subsurface mineral interests) held by the state in specified tribally-owned parcels and in specified parcels held in trust for the benefit of the Tribe. Requires the Secretary to pay the state, as consideration for the acquisition of subsurface mineral interests, an amount equal to their market value.
Directs the Secretary to take into trust for the benefit of the Tribe the subsurface rights, title, and interests, formerly reserved to the United States, to other specified parcels. Requires the Tribe to pay to the Secretary only the transaction costs relating to the assessment, review, and transfer of the subsurface rights, title, and interests taken into trust.
People & committees
Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] · R–AZ
Legislative record
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 186.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator McCain without amendment. With written report No. 109-116.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator McCain without amendment. With written report No. 109-116.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7296-7297)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7296)
Introduced in Senate
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