A bill to correct historical and geographical oversights in the establishment and development of the Utah component of the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, to unify the land base of the Goshute Reservation, to simplify the boundaries of the Goshute Reservation, and for other purposes.
Public Law 100-708 · H.R. 2839 · 100th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Nov 23, 1988 · Native Americans
Sponsor: Rep. James Hansen (R-UT-1)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateVoice vote
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Declares specified Indian lands in Utah to be held in trust by the United States for the use and benefit of the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation. Provides the effective date for determining water rights, and priorities related to such rights, in such lands.
Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to deprive a person of any valid existing right or interest in such lands which such person may hold upon enactment of this Act. Transfers all valid Federal rights-of-way, leases, permits, the right to receive compensation for the use of such lands, and other land use rights or authorizations, except mining claims, to the Tribe and the Secretary of the Interior as trustee. Requires the Secretary, not later than two years after enactment of this Act, to determine the validity of all mining claims that exist on such lands upon enactment of this Act.
Declares that all right, title, and interest of the United States in certain additional lands are to be held in trust by the United States for the use and benefit of the Tribe and are to be a part of the Reservation. Prohibits such lands from being developed for commercial purposes as long as they are held in trust by the United States. Requires the Secretary to publish a legal description of such lands in the Federal Register. Requires that a map depicting the lands added to the Reservation by this Act be on file in the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Land Title Record Office having jurisdiction over such lands.
Requires the approval of the Secretary before any transfer of certain Federal lands adjacent to the Reservation.
Extinguishes the right of the United States to construct ditches and canals on specified Indian lands.
Subjects Indian lands added to the Reservation under this Act to Federal laws to the same extent as those laws apply to the Reservation on the date of enactment of this Act.
Subjects the conveyance of interests by the United States in specified lands to the payment by the Tribe of fair market value as determined by the Secretary.
Declares specified Indian lands in Utah to be held in trust for the benefit of the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe and to be part of the Ute Indian Reservation.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Natural Resources Committee · House · hearings by (full committee), markup by, referred to, reported by
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Senate · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: National Parks Subcommittee
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 18 actions.
- Nov 23, 1988Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 100-708.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Nov 14, 1988PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Oct 21, 1988Resolving differencesResolving differences · House Agreed to Senate Amendments by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
- Sep 26, 1988CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Sep 14, 1988CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- May 16, 1988CommitteeCommittee · Referred to National Parks Subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- May 11, 1988CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Senate Indian Affairs Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Nov 17, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Indian Affairs Committee
- Nov 16, 1987FloorFloor · Passed House (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Oct 27, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Natural Resources Committee
- Oct 21, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Natural Resources Committee
- Sep 29, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by House Natural Resources Committee
- Jun 29, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Natural Resources Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
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Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.