Land conveyances to Burns Paiute Tribe and Castle Rock Co-stewardship Area

(a) Jonesboro ranch, road gulch, and black canyon land conveyances (1) Conveyance and taking into trust (A) Title As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall accept title to the land described in paragraph (2), if conveyed or otherwise transferred to the United States by, or on behalf of, the Burns Paiute Tribe. (B) Trust Land to which title is accepted by the Secretary under subparagraph (A) shall— (i) be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Burns Paiute Tribe; and (ii) be part of the reservation of the Burns Paiute Tribe. (2) Description of land The land referred to in paragraph (1)(A) is the following: (A) Jonesboro ranch The parcel commonly known as Jonesboro Ranch, located approximately 6 miles east of Juntura, Oregon, consisting of 21,548 acres of Federal land, 6,686 acres of certain private land owned by the Burns Paiute Tribe and associated with the Jonesboro Ranch containing the pastures referred to as Saddle Horse and Trail Horse, Indian Creek, Sperry Creek, Antelope Swales, Horse Camp, Dinner Creek, Upper Hunter Creek, and Tim’s Peak, generally depicted as Jonesboro Parcels (Transfer) on the map entitled Proposed Wilderness Camp Creek Group and dated December 12, 2023, and more particularly described as follows: (i) T. 20 S., R. 38 E., secs. 25 and 36, Willamette Meridian. (ii) T. 20 S., R. 39 E., secs. 25–36, Willamette Meridian. (iii) T. 20 S., R. 40 E., secs. 30, 31, and 32, Willamette Meridian. (iv) T. 21 S., R. 39 E., secs. 1–18, 20–29, and 32–36, Willamette Meridian. (v) T. 21 S., R. 40 E., secs. 5–8, 17–19, 30, and 31, Willamette Meridian. (vi) T. 22 S., R. 39 E., secs. 1–5, 8, and 9, Willamette Meridian. (B) Road gulch; black canyon The approximately 4,137 acres of State land containing the pastures referred to as Road Gulch and Black Canyon and more particularly described as follows: (i) T. 20 S., R. 39 E., secs. 10, 11, 15, 14, 13, 21–28, and 36, Willamette Meridian. (ii) T 20 S., R. 40 E., secs. 19, 30, 31, and 32, Willamette Meridian. (3) Applicable law Land taken into trust under paragraph (1)(B) shall be administered in accordance with the laws (including regulations) generally applicable to property held in trust by the United States for the benefit of an Indian Tribe. (4) Map of trust land As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare a map depicting the land taken into trust under paragraph (1)(B). (5) Land exchange Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall seek to enter into an agreement with the State under which the Secretary would exchange Federal land for the portions of the area described in paragraph (2)(B) that are owned by the State. (b) Castle rock land To be held in trust and co-Stewardship area (1) Land to be held in trust All right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the approximately 2,500 acres of land in the Castle Rock Wilderness Study Area, as depicted as Lands to be Taken into Trust on the map entitled Land into Trust and Co-Stewardship Castle Rock Group and dated December 12, 2023, shall— (A) be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Burns Paiute Tribe; and (B) be part of the reservation of the Burns Paiute Tribe. (2) Castle rock co-stewardship area (A) Memorandum of understanding (i) In general As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall seek to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Burns Paiute Tribe to provide for the co-stewardship of the area depicted as Tribal Co-Stewardship Area on the map entitled Land into Trust and Co-Stewardship Castle Rock Group and dated December 12, 2023, to be known as the Castle Rock Co-Stewardship Area. (ii) Requirement The memorandum of understanding entered into under clause (i) shall ensure that the Castle Rock Co-Stewardship Area is managed in a manner that— (I) ensures that Tribal interests are adequately considered; (II) provides for maximum protection of cultural and archaeological resources; and (III) provides for the protection of natural resources with cultural significance. (B) Management agreements In accordance with applicable law (including regulations), the Secretary may enter into 1 or more management agreements with the Burns Paiute Tribe to authorize the Burns Paiute Tribe to carry out management activities in the Castle Rock Co-Stewardship Area in accordance with the memorandum of understanding entered into under subparagraph (A)(i). (C) Grazing The grazing of livestock in the Castle Rock Co-Stewardship Area, if established before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be permitted to continue in accordance with applicable law (including regulations). (D) Water rights Nothing in this paragraph— (i) affects any valid and existing water rights; or (ii) provides the Burns Paiute Tribe with any new water right or claim. (3) Withdrawal Subject to valid existing rights, the land taken into trust under paragraph (1) and the land comprising the Castle Rock Co-Stewardship Area are withdrawn from— (A) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (B) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (C) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws and mineral materials laws. (c) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. (d) Effect on tribal rights and certain existing uses Nothing in this section, including any designation or nondesignation of land transferred into trust to be held by the United States for the benefit of the Burns Paiute Tribe under this section— (1) alters, modifies, enlarges, diminishes, or abrogates rights secured by a treaty, statute, Executive order, or other Federal law of any Indian Tribe, including off-reservation reserved rights; or (2) affects— (A) existing rights-of-way; or (B) preexisting grazing uses and existing water rights or mining claims, except as specifically negotiated between any applicable Indian Tribe and the Secretary.