Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation Land Exchange Act

This Act may be cited as the “Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation Land Exchange Act”.

(a) Definitions.— In this Act:

(1) Federal Land.— The term Federal Land means the approximately 1,475 acres of National Forest System land (including any and all privileges, easements, subsurface rights, hereditaments, improvements and appurtenances thereon and thereto) depicted as F–1 and F–2 on the Federal Land Maps.

(2) Federal Land Maps.— The term Federal Land Maps means the maps entitled—

(A) “San Manuel Ancestral Land Exchange, San Bernardino National Forest, San Bernardino County, California, Federal Lands Proposed for Exchange (map 1 of 2)”, created July 8, 2022, revised January 10, 2023; and

(B) “San Manuel Ancestral Land Exchange, San Bernardino National Forest, San Bernardino County, California, Federal Lands Proposed for Exchange (map 2 of 2)”, created July 8, 2022, revised January 10, 2023.

(3) Nation.— The term Nation means the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation, a federally recognized tribe, also recognized as the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.

(4) Non-Federal Land.— The term Non-Federal Land means the approximately 1,460 acres of land (including any and all privileges, easements, subsurface rights, hereditaments, improvements and appurtenances thereon and thereto) owned by the Nation and depicted on the Non-Federal Land Maps as NF–1, NF–2, NF–3, NF–4a, and NF–5.

(5) Non-Federal Land Maps.— The term Non-Federal Land Maps means the maps entitled—

(A) “San Manuel Ancestral Land Exchange San Bernardino National Forest, San Bernardino County, California, Non-Federal Lands Proposed for Exchange (map 1 of 4)”, created March 8, 2022, revised January 9, 2023;

(B) “San Manuel Ancestral Land Exchange San Bernardino National Forest, San Bernardino County, California, Non-Federal Lands Proposed for Exchange (map 2 of 4)”, created March 8, 2022, revised January 9, 2023;

(C) “San Manuel Ancestral Land Exchange San Bernardino National Forest, San Bernardino County, California, Non-Federal Lands Proposed for Exchange (map 3 of 4)”, created March 8, 2022, revised January 9, 2023; and

(D) “San Manuel Ancestral Land Exchange San Bernardino National Forest, San Bernardino County, California, Non-Federal Lands Proposed for Exchange (map 4 of 4)”, created July 8, 2022, revised January 9, 2023.

(6) Secretary.— The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.

(b) Land exchange.— Subject to the provisions of this section, if the Nation offers to convey to the United States all right, title, and interest of the Nation in and to the Non-Federal Land, the Secretary shall, as soon as practicable within the 1-year period beginning on the date on which the Secretary receives such offer—

(1) accept the offer; and

(2) convey to the Nation all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Federal Land, excepting and reserving an easement for access and use by the Forest Service any portion of Forest Service roads 1N22, 1N24, and 1N25 located on the Federal Land.

(c) Survey.—

(1) Federal land.— The exact acreage and legal description of the Federal Land to be conveyed under subsection (b) shall be determined by a survey approved by the Secretary and the Nation.

(2) Non-Federal land.—

(A) In general.— The exact acreage and legal description of the Non-Federal Land to be conveyed under subsection (b) shall be determined by a survey approved by the Secretary and the Nation.

(B) Cost.— The cost of the survey in subparagraph (A) shall be borne by the Nation.

(d) Maps, estimates, and descriptions.—

(1) Minor error.— The Secretary and the Nation may, by mutual agreement—

(A) make minor boundary adjustments to the lands to be exchanged under subsection (b); and

(B) correct any minor errors in any map, acreage estimate, or description of the land to be exchanged under subsection (b).

(2) Conflict.— If there is a conflict between a map, acreage estimate, or description of any land to be exchanged under subsection (b), the map shall control unless the Secretary and the Nation mutually agree otherwise.

(3) Availability of maps.— The Federal Land Map and the Non-Federal Land Map shall be kept on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Regional Forester, Pacific Southwest Region, United States Forest Service, or any other appropriate office of the Forest Service, as determined by the Secretary.

(e) Arrowhead Landmark preservation.—

(1) Agreement.— As a condition of the conveyance under subsection (b), not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Nation shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary under which the Nation agrees to preserve, to an extent mutually agreed upon, the historical and cultural integrity of the Arrowhead landmark site denoted on the Federal Land Maps as “Arrowhead Landmark GA”.

(2) Records.— The agreement entered into under paragraph (1) shall be recorded in the official records of the County of San Bernardino, California, and an in an appropriate records system of the Forest Service, as determined by the Secretary.

(f) Management of land.— Land acquired by the Secretary under this section shall become part of the San Bernardino National Forest and be managed in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to such National Forest.

(g) Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976.— The land exchange under subsection (b) is not subject to section 206 of the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716).