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Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Replacement Act

Public Law 99-503 · H.R. 4216 · 99th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Oct 20, 1986 · Native Americans

Sponsor: Rep. Morris Udall (D-AZ-2)

Cosponsors (1): Rep. John McCain

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 258 yea, 127 nay258–127
SenateVoice vote

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

(Measure passed House, amended, roll call #402 (258-127))

Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Replacement Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to pay $30,000,000 ($10,000,000 for each of FY 1988 through 1990) plus interest to the authorized governing body of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona (the Tribe), if such Tribe assigns to the United States all right, title, and interest in 9,880 acres of land within the Gila Bend Indian Reservation to be used for the benefit of the San Lucy District. Reserves hunting, fishing, and gathering rights in such land to the Tribe. Permits the Tribe to withdraw ground water from Reservation lands not assigned to the United States. Authorizes appropriations.

Requires the Tribe to invest such sums in interest-bearing deposits and securities. Allows the governing body of the Tribe to spend the principal, interest, and dividends for land and water acquisition and economic development in the San Lucy District. Provides that the Secretary shall not be responsible for the review, approval, or audit of the use and expenditure of such sums, nor shall he be liable for claims that arise from such use and expenditure by such Tribe. Authorizes the Tribe to acquire a specified amount of private lands. Requires the Secretary, upon the request of the Tribe, to hold in trust for the benefit of the Tribe private lands acquired by the Tribe. Deems such trust lands to be a Federal Indian Reservation. Requires the Secretary to establish a water management plan with respect to such acquired lands.

Requires the Secretary to make payments in lieu of real property taxes to the State of Arizona with respect to such acquired lands. Authorizes the Secretary to satisfy such taxes by transferring public lands (including lands within the Gila Bend Indian Reservation) to the State of Arizona.

Requires the Secretary, upon the request of the Tribe, to deliver water (at no cost to the United States) through the main project works of the Central Arizona Project to such acquired lands.

Requires the Secretary to carry out the obligations under this Act if, within a specified time, the Tribe executes a waiver of all claims for injuries to land or water rights (including both surface and ground water rights) with respect to the lands of the Gila Bend Indian Reservation.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 99th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 261 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

261 yea128 nay43 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(199)

Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
Rep. Mervyn DymallyD-CA-31
Rep. Gus SavageD-IL-2
Rep. Charles HayesD-IL-1
Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-10
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-11
Rep. Major OwensD-NY-12
Rep. George CrockettD-MI-13
Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-17
Rep. Robert GarciaD-NY-18
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-16
Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9
Rep. William LehmanD-FL-17
Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
Rep. David BoniorD-MI-12
Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
Rep. Alan WheatD-MO-5
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-4
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-7
Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
Rep. William GrayD-PA-2
Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-10
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4
Rep. Alton WaldonD-NY-6
Rep. Daniel AkakaD-HI-2
Rep. Michael LowryD-WA-7
Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7
Rep. William FordD-MI-15
Rep. Neil AbercrombieD-HI-1
Rep. Esteban TorresD-CA-34
Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24
Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-4
Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
Rep. John WilliamsD-MT-1
Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-3
Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-8
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
Rep. John SeiberlingD-OH-14
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-26
Rep. Meldon LevineD-CA-27
Rep. Bruce MorrisonD-CT-3
Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
Rep. Michael BarnesD-MD-8
Rep. Jim MoodyD-WI-5
Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-18
Rep. James WeaverD-OR-4
Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
Rep. Thomas FoleyD-WA-5
Rep. Thomas MantonD-NY-9
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Albert BustamanteD-TX-23
Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-28
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-17
Rep. Bernard DwyerD-NJ-6
Rep. Richard LehmanD-CA-18
Rep. Chester AtkinsD-MA-5
Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
Rep. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-19
Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-21
Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27
Rep. Robert YoungD-MO-2
Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-33
Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
Rep. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-1
Rep. Kenneth GrayD-IL-22
Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
Rep. Catherine LongD-LA-8
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1
Rep. Stanley LundineD-NY-34
Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-11
Rep. James FlorioD-NJ-1
Rep. Don BonkerD-WA-3
Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
Rep. Berkley BedellD-IA-6
Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
Rep. Jerry KleczkaD-WI-4
Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
Rep. Robert MrazekD-NY-3
Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
Rep. Barbara KennellyD-CT-1
Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
Rep. Ronald ColemanD-TX-16
Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
Rep. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. Edward FeighanD-OH-19
Rep. Douglas BoscoD-CA-1
Rep. Douglas WalgrenD-PA-18
Rep. Robert TorricelliD-NJ-9
Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-3
Rep. James TraficantD-OH-17
Rep. Dennis HertelD-MI-14
Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
Rep. Lawrence SmithD-FL-16
Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
Rep. Jim BatesD-CA-44
Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
Rep. Francis McCloskeyD-IN-8
Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-8
Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
Rep. Terry BruceD-IL-19
Rep. Charles WhitleyD-NC-3
Rep. Daniel MicaD-FL-14
Rep. Tom DaschleD-SD
Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-5
Rep. Charles DowdyD-MS-4
Rep. Harry ReidD-NV-1
Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6
Rep. Dennis EckartD-OH-11
Rep. Richard DurbinD-IL-20
Rep. William BonerD-TN-5
Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-32
Rep. Ron WydenD-OR-3
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4
Rep. Byron DorganD-ND
Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
Rep. Timothy WirthD-CO-2
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5
Rep. Thomas LukenD-OH-1
Rep. Gerald SikorskiD-MN-6
Rep. William ChappellD-FL-4
Rep. Ronnie FlippoD-AL-5
Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
Rep. Austin MurphyD-PA-22
Rep. Wes WatkinsD-OK-3
Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-2
Rep. James RowlandD-GA-8
Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. Buddy MacKayD-FL-6
Rep. Robert ThomasD-GA-1
Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
Rep. Tim ValentineD-NC-2
Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
Rep. David McCurdyD-OK-4
Rep. Thomas CarperD-DE
Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
Rep. Ed JenkinsD-GA-9
Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
Rep. Ben ErdreichD-AL-6
Rep. James OlinD-VA-6
Rep. James SlatteryD-KS-2
Rep. Richard StallingsD-ID-2
Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-10
Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
Rep. Bill NelsonD-FL-11
Rep. James JonesD-OK-1
Rep. Timothy PennyD-MN-1
Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5
Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
Rep. Richard RayD-GA-3

Republicans who voted yea(62)

Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-15
Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-29
Rep. Claudine SchneiderR-RI-2
Rep. Jim JeffordsR-VT
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4
Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-22
Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-21
Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2
Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-25
Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
Rep. Carl PursellR-MI-2
Rep. Thomas RidgeR-PA-21
Rep. John McKernanR-ME-1
Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
Rep. John MillerR-WA-1
Rep. Sidney MorrisonR-WA-4
Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
Rep. Don YoungR-AK
Rep. David MartinR-NY-26
Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
Rep. Elwood HillisR-IN-5
Rep. Steven GundersonR-WI-3
Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
Rep. Helen BentleyR-MD-2
Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
Rep. Charles PashayanR-CA-17
Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
Rep. Jack KempR-NY-31
Rep. Stanford ParrisR-VA-8
Rep. Manuel LujánR-NM-1
Rep. Thomas TaukeR-IA-2
Rep. John McCainR-AZ-1
Rep. William FranklinR-MS-2
Rep. William HendonR-NC-11
Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
Rep. Daniel CoatsR-IN-4
Rep. William LoweryR-CA-41
Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
Rep. Thomas LewisR-FL-12
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-35
Rep. Toby RothR-WI-8
Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
Rep. Jim KolbeR-AZ-5
Rep. Mike DeWineR-OH-7
Rep. Eldon RuddR-AZ-4
Rep. Ron PackardR-CA-43
Rep. Kenneth KramerR-CO-5
Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-19
Rep. Thomas LoefflerR-TX-21
Rep. John HilerR-IN-3
Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-45
Rep. Michael StrangR-CO-3
Rep. Ronald MarleneeR-MT-2
Rep. Alfred McCandlessR-CA-37
Rep. Richard CheneyR-WY
Rep. Phil CraneR-IL-12

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 808 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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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

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 11 actions.

Oct 20, 1986Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 99-503.
Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
Oct 8, 1986PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
Oct 1, 1986FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Sep 24, 1986FloorFloor · Received in the Senate and read twice and held at the desk by unanimous consent. Pending further disposition.
Sep 23, 1986FloorFloor · Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 258 - 127 (Record Vote No: 402).House roll call 402
Sep 19, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Natural Resources Committee
Aug 13, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Natural Resources Committee
Jun 16, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by House Natural Resources Committee
Feb 24, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Natural Resources Committee
IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House

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Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.

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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.