Sec. 2. Findings
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Congress finds as follows: The Community has filed suit against the United States for an accounting of its Tribal trust resources and Tribal trust funds in Gila River Indian Community v. Jewell, No. 06–2249 (D.D.C. filed Dec. 29, 2006). The United States and the Community entered into a settlement for certain of the claims encompassed in this suit. The Bureau of Indian Affairs has indicated its support for this Act providing non-monetary relief regarding certain allegedly undocumented Federal rights-of-way on the Reservation, confirming the northern boundary of the Reservation, providing trust status for certain identified lands, and any other matters that the Community and the United States deem to be appropriate.
Lands to be taken into trust pursuant to this Act are of historic and cultural significance to the Community, its members, and allottees. The uncertainty created by the inability to locate legal documentation to substantiate numerous Federal rights-of-way or easements on the Reservation is creating obstacles to the Community’s ability to fulfill its obligations under the Arizona Water Settlements Act and to plan for and undertake economic development on the Reservation. There is benefit to the Community, its members, and allottees by establishing legal documentation to substantiate numerous Federal rights-of-way on the Reservation.
There is benefit to both the Community and non-Indian owners of land adjacent to the Reservation by providing a fixed boundary for the northern boundary of the Reservation.