Sec. 3607. Morongo Band of Mission Indians
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For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: The term Banning means the City of Banning, which is located in Riverside County, California adjacent to the Morongo Indian Reservation. The term Fields means Lloyd L. Fields, the owner of record of Parcel A. The term map means the map entitled ‘Morongo Indian Reservation, County of Riverside, State of California Land Exchange Map’, and dated May 22, 2014, which is on file in the Bureau of Land Management State Office in Sacramento, California.
The term Parcel A means the approximately 41.15 acres designated on the map as Fields lands . The term Parcel B means the approximately 41.15 acres designated on the map as Morongo lands . The term Parcel C means the approximately 1.21 acres designated on the map as Banning land . The term Parcel D means the approximately 1.76 acres designated on the map as Easement to Banning . The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. The term Tribe means the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, a federally recognized Indian tribe.
Subject to any valid existing rights of any third parties and to legal review and approval of the form and content of any and all instruments of conveyance and policies of title insurance, upon receipt by the Secretary of confirmation that Fields has duly executed and deposited with a mutually acceptable and jointly instructed escrow holder in California a deed conveying clear and unencumbered title to Parcel A to the United States in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the Tribe, and upon receipt by Fields of confirmation that the Secretary has duly executed and deposited into escrow with the same mutually acceptable and jointly instructed escrow holder a patent conveying clear and unencumbered title in fee simple to Parcel B to Fields and has duly executed and deposited into escrow with the same mutually acceptable and jointly instructed escrow holder an easement to the City for a public right-of-way over Parcel D, the Secretary shall instruct the escrow holder to simultaneously cause— the patent to Parcel B to be recorded and issued to Fields; the easement over Parcel D to be recorded and issued to the City; and the deed to Parcel A to be delivered to the Secretary, who shall immediately cause said deed to be recorded and held in trust for the Tribe.
After the simultaneous transfer of parcels A, B, and D under paragraph (1), upon receipt by the Secretary of confirmation that the City has vacated its interest in Parcel C pursuant to all applicable State and local laws, the Secretary shall immediately cause Parcel C to be held in trust for the Tribe subject to— any valid existing rights of any third parties; and legal review and approval of the form and content of any and all instruments of conveyance.