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16 U.S.C. § 539m–4 — Limitations on Pueblo rights and interests in the Area
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**(a) Limitations** The rights and interests of the Pueblo recognized in sections 539m to 539m–12 of this title do not include—
(1) any right to sell, grant, lease, convey, encumber, or exchange land or any interest in land in the Area (and any such conveyance shall not have validity in law or equity);
(2) any exemption from applicable Federal wildlife protection laws;
(3) any right to engage in a use prohibited by [section 539m–2(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section539m–2/e&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(4) any right to exclude persons or governmental entities from the Area.
**(b) Exception** No person who exercises traditional or cultural use rights as authorized by [section 539m–3(a)(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section539m–3/a/4&num=0&edition=prelim) may be prosecuted for a Federal wildlife offense requiring proof of a violation of a State law (including regulations).
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**(a) Limitations** The rights and interests of the Pueblo recognized in sections 539m to 539m–12 of this title do not include—
(1) any right to sell, grant, lease, convey, encumber, or exchange land or any interest in land in the Area (and any such conveyance shall not have validity in law or equity);
(2) any exemption from applicable Federal wildlife protection laws;
(3) any right to engage in a use prohibited by [section 539m–2(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section539m–2/e&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(4) any right to exclude persons or governmental entities from the Area.
**(b) Exception** No person who exercises traditional or cultural use rights as authorized by [section 539m–3(a)(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section539m–3/a/4&num=0&edition=prelim) may be prosecuted for a Federal wildlife offense requiring proof of a violation of a State law (including regulations).
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**(a) Findings** Congress finds that—
(1) in 1748, the Pueblo of Sandia received a grant from a representative of the King of Spain, which grant was recognized and confirmed by Congress in 1858 (11 Stat. 374); and
(2) in 1994, the Pueblo filed a civil action against the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Civil No. 1:94CV02624), asserting that Federal surveys of the grant boundaries erroneously excluded certain land within the Cibola National Forest, including a portion of the Sandia Mountain Wilderness.
**(b) Purposes** The purposes of sections 539m to 539m–12 of this title are—
(1) to establish the T’uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area in the Cibola National Forest;
(2) to confirm the status of national forest land and wilderness land in the Area while resolving issues associated with the civil action referred to in subsection (a)(2) and the opinions of the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior dated December 9, 1988 (M–36963; 96 I.D. 331) and January 19, 2001 (M–37002); and
(3) to provide the Pueblo, the parties to the civil action, and the public with a fair and just settlement of the Pueblo’s claim.
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