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H.R. 631: Pascua Yaqui Mineral Rights Act of 2006

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H.R. 631: Pascua Yaqui Mineral Rights Act of 2006

109th Congress · introduced 2005-02-08 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 608.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2005-02-08 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 608. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Pascua Yaqui Mineral Rights Act of 2006

Plain summary

Pascua Yaqui Mineral Rights Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in coordination with the U.S. Attorney General and with the consent of the state of Arizona, to acquire through eminent domain all subsurface rights, title, and interests (including subsurface mineral interests) held by the state in certain parcels of land in Pima County, Arizona, owned by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, as well as such interests held by the state in certain land held in trust for the Tribe. Conditions such acquisition on the Tribe's agreement to reimburse the Secretary fully for all related costs. Requires the Secretary also to take into trust for the Tribe's benefit the subsurface rights, title, and interests, formerly reserved to the United States, to certain other parcels. Requires the Tribe to pay only the transaction costs relating to the assessment, review, and transfer of such subsurface rights, title, and interests.

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Official text

Pascua Yaqui Mineral Rights Act of 2006

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 631, A bill to provide for acquisition of subsurface mineral rights to land owned by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and land held in trust for the tribe, and for other purposes (2006-08-02); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 631, A bill to provide for acquisition of subsurface mineral rights to land owned by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and land held in trust for the tribe, and for other purposes (2006-08-02)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr631 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109