H.R. 1404: Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-07 · Native Americans · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 370.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-07 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 370. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance Act

Plain summary

Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance Act This bill declares that 39.65 acres of land are to be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, effective the day after the Tucson Unified School District No. 1 relinquishes its interest in the land. The United States must convey to the school district 13.24 acres of federal land in exchange for payment of the fair market value of the land and the cost of conveyance. The school district may acquire the federal reversionary interest in 27.5 acres of district land by paying the appraised value, plus the costs of appraisal and conveyance, to the Department of the Interior. Gaming is prohibited on the land taken into trust pursuant to this bill. There are no federal reserved water rights for the land taken into trust. The tribe retains state water rights for this land. Water rights for this land may not be forfeited or abandoned.

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Official text

Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] · 8 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1404, Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance Act (2017-07-06); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1404, Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance Act (2018-03-22)

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Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Andy Biggs (R-AZ)

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Words on this page, explained (2)

Appraisal: An estimate of what property is worth. In Texas, county appraisal districts set the value that property taxes are based on.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr1404.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1404 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115