Sec. 3. DEFINITIONS
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## SEC. 3 DEFINITIONS In this Act: ####
(1)Allottee The term “**allottee**” means a person who holds a beneficial real property interest in an Indian allotment that is— #####
(A)located within the exterior boundaries of the Reservation; and #####
(B)held in trust by the United States. ####
(2)Community The term “**Community**” means the Gila River Indian Community, a government composed of members of the Pima Tribe and the Maricopa Tribe and organized under section 16 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5123). ####
(3)Disputed area The term “**Disputed Area**” means the land north of the Harrington Survey line and south of the middle of the Salt River (as it currently flows). ####
(4)Executive order The term “**Executive Order**” means the Executive order executed by President R.B. Hayes on June 14, 1879. ####
(5)Federal and tribal facilities The term “**Federal and Tribal Facilities**” means any and all structures, improvements, and appurtenances associated with roadways, canals, power lines, and other projects constructed for the benefit of the Community and its members. Thus, “Federal and Tribal Facilities” refers to— #####
(A)Indian Reservation Road
(IRR)transportation facilities, including public roads, bridges, drainage structures, culverts, ferry routes, marine terminals, transit facilities, boardwalks, pedestrian paths, trails, and their appurtenances, and other transportation facilities, as designated by the Community and the Secretary and defined in section 170.5 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations; #####
(B)Federal irrigation facilities included in the San Carlos Irrigation Project, the irrigation project authorized under the Act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 475), including all structures and appurtenant works within the San Carlos Irrigation Project for the delivery, diversion, and storage of irrigation water, as defined in section 171.100 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations; and #####
(C)Federal electric distribution facilities included in the San Carlos Irrigation Project—Electric Services, including all structures and appurtenant works for the delivery of electric power on the Reservation that are part of that project. ####
(6)Lower sonoran lands The term “**Lower Sonoran Lands**” means the approximately 3,400 acres of land— #####
(A)owned by the United States and administered by the Secretary through the Bureau of Land Management that have been identified and designated for disposal by the Bureau of Land Management under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) in the Lower Sonoran Resource Management Plan (September 2012); #####
(B)located in Sections 1, 2, 3, 11, and 12, Township 2 South, Range 1 West, contiguous to the northwest boundary of the Community’s existing Reservation; and portions of Sections 16 and 17, Township 5 South, Range 5 East, contiguous to the southern boundary of the Community’s existing Reservation; and #####
(C)that the Community shall acquire pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). ####
(7)Harrington survey The term “**Harrington Survey**” means the Dependent Resurvey of a Portion of Township 1 North, Range 1 East, Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona, Gila River Indian Reservation, conducted by Guy P. Harrington, as shown on the plat and described in the field notes at Book 3384, approved September 2, 1920, and officially filed on November 3, 1920, on file with the Bureau of Land Management. ####
(8)Reservation The term “**Reservation**” means the land located within the exterior boundaries of the reservation created under sections 3 and 4 of the Act of February 28, 1859 (11 Stat. 401, chapter LXVI), and Executive orders of August 31, 1876, June 14, 1879, May 5, 1882, November 15, 1883, July 31, 1911, June 2, 1913, August 27, 1914, and July 19, 1915, and any other lands placed in trust for the benefit of the Community. ####
(9)Row, easements, and federal and tribal facilities map The term “**ROW, Easements, and Federal and Tribal Facilities Map**” means the map depicting the Federal rights-of-way, easements, and Federal and Tribal facilities that exist within the exterior boundaries of the Reservation on the date of enactment of this Act, which map is submitted to Congress as part of the Congressional record accompanying this Act. ####
(10)Secretary The term “**Secretary**” means the Secretary of the Interior.
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