Sec. 13. Trust land

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The Yavapai-Apache Reservation includes— the land located within the exterior boundaries of the Yavapai-Apache Reservation, as described and depicted in Exhibits 2.96A through 2.96E and 2.102 to the Agreement, as documented by the Land Titles and Records Office of the Department of the Interior; the land added to the Reservation pursuant to subsection (b); the trust lands identified in Exhibit 2.98A to the Agreement as— Montezuma Parcel A (NF1); Montezuma Parcel B (NF2); Montezuma Parcel C (NF3);

Montezuma Parcel D (NF4); Lower Verde 260 Parcel (NF5); Upper 260 (NF6); Middle Verde Parcel A (NF7); Middle Verde Parcel B (NF8); and Middle Verde Parcel C (NF9); and land that, as of the Enforceability Date, has been added to the Reservation pursuant to Federal law. By the date that is not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary is authorized and directed to accept the transfer of title to the land shown on the maps in Exhibits 2.98A and 2.98B to the Agreement, as identified in subparagraphs

(A)through

(G)of paragraph (2), and to hold that land in trust for the benefit of the Yavapai-Apache Nation. The land referred to in paragraph

(1)includes the following: A tract of land located in Section 33, Township 15 North, Range 4 East, Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, as described in instrument number 2023-0005245 recorded on February 3, 2023 in the records of the Yavapai County Recorder. A tract of land located in the East half of the Northeast quarter of Section 11, Township 14 North, Range 4 East, Gila and Salt River Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, as described in instrument number 2023-0025892 recorded on June 15, 2023 in the records of the Yavapai County Recorder. A tract of land located in the Southwest quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 2, Township 14 North, Range 4 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, as described in instrument number 2021-0087445 recorded on December 9, 2021 in the records of the Yavapai County Recorder. A tract of land located in the Southwest quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 2 and the Northwest quarter of the Northwest quarter of Section 11, Township 14 North, Range 4 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, as described in instrument number 2021-0087445 recorded on December 9, 2021 in the records of the Yavapai County Recorder. A tract of land as recorded in Book 3627, Page 782, Records of Yavapai County, located in a portion of Government Lots 10 and 11 of Section 7 and Government Lots 13 and 14 of Section 18, Township 14 North, Range 5 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, as described in Book 4332, Page 281 recorded on November 7, 2005 in the records of the Yavapai County Recorder. A tract of land located in a portion of Government Lot 12 of Section 7, Township 14 North, Range 5 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, as described in Book 4332, Page 281 recorded on November 7, 2005 in the records of the Yavapai County Recorder. A tract of land located in Section 7, Township 14 North, Range 5 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, as described in Book 4332, Page 281 recorded on November 7, 2005 in the records of the Yavapai County Recorder. A tract of land located in that part of Lot 13, Section 18, Township 14, North, Range 5 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, being a portion of that parcel of land described in Book 3068, Page 519 in the Office of the Yavapai County Recorder, as described in Book 4115, Page 876 recorded on February 2, 2004 in the records of the Yavapai County Recorder. A tract of land located in that part of Lot 13, Section 18, Township 14 North, Range 5 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, being a portion of that parcel of land described in Book 3068, Page 519 in the Office of the Yavapai County Recorder, as described in Book 4115, Page 876 recorded on February 2, 2004 in the records of the Yavapai County Recorder. A tract of land located in that part of Lot 13, Section 18, Township 14 North, Range 5 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, being a portion of that parcel of land described in Book 3068, Page 519 in the office of the Yavapai County Recorder, as described in Book 4115, Page 888 recorded on February 2, 2004 in the records of the Yavapai County Recorder. A tract of land located in Section 19, Township 14 North, Range 5 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, as described in instrument number 2020-0044727 recorded on August 7, 2020 in the records of the Yavapai County Recorder. A tract of land located in Section 19, Township 14 North, Range 5 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, lying within South Middle Verde Road (Arena Del Loma Road) as abandoned by Town of Camp Verde, as shown on plat of record in Book 198 of Maps, Page 51, records of Yavapai County, Arizona, as described in instrument number 2020–0044727 recorded on August 7, 2020, in the records of the Yavapai County Recorder. A tract of land located in the Northeast quarter of Section 19, Township 14 North, Range 5 East, of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, being a portion of that parcel described in Book 4227, page 525 Record Source #1 (R1), records of the Yavapai County Recorder’s Office, as described in instrument number 2022-0059695 recorded on October 6, 2022 in the records of the Yavapai County Recorder. A tract of land located in the Northeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 19, Township 16 North, Range 3 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, as described in Book 3319, Page 620, instrument number 9667800 recorded on November 27, 1996 in the records of the Yavapai County Recorder. A tract of land located in the South half of the South half of Section 19 and in the Northeast quarter of the Northwest quarter of Section 30, Township 16 North, Range 3 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, as described in Book 3319, Page 620, instrument number 9667800 recorded on November 27, 1996 in the records of the Yavapai County Recorder. A tract of land 20 feet in width and more or less 178 feet in length located in the South ½ of Section 19, Township 16 North, Range 3 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, being a portion of that certain parcel of land described in Book 3568, Page 18, Official Records recorded in the Yavapai County Recorder’s Office, Yavapai County, Arizona, as described in instrument number 2022-0036985 recorded on June 15, 2022 in the records of the Yavapai County Recorder. The land taken into trust under paragraph

(1)shall be subject to valid existing rights, including easements, rights-of-way, contracts, and managements agreements. Nothing in this subsection affects any right or claim of the Yavapai-Apache Nation to any land or interest in land in existence before the date of enactment of this Act. The Secretary may correct, by mutual agreement with the Yavapai-Apache Nation, any errors in the land descriptions of the land conveyed to the Secretary pursuant to this subsection. In the case of a conflict between a map and a description of land in this Act, the map shall control unless the Secretary and the Yavapai-Apache Nation mutually agree otherwise.