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16 U.S.C. § 539m–10 — Judicial review

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16 U.S.C. § 539m–10 — Judicial review

**(a) Enforcement** A civil action to enforce the provisions of sections 539m to 539m–12 of this title may be brought to the extent permitted under chapter 7 of title 5. Judicial review shall be based on the administrative record and subject to the applicable standard of review set forth in [section 706 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section706&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Waiver** A civil action may be brought against the Pueblo for declaratory judgment or injunctive relief under sections 539m to 539m–12 of this title, but no money damages, including costs or attorney’s fees, may be imposed on the Pueblo as a result of such judicial action. **(c) Venue** Venue for any civil action provided for in this section, as well as any civil action to contest the constitutionality of sections 539m to 539m–12 of this title, shall lie only in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.

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**(a) Enforcement** A civil action to enforce the provisions of sections 539m to 539m–12 of this title may be brought to the extent permitted under chapter 7 of title 5. Judicial review shall be based on the administrative record and subject to the applicable standard of review set forth in [section 706 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section706&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Waiver** A civil action may be brought against the Pueblo for declaratory judgment or injunctive relief under sections 539m to 539m–12 of this title, but no money damages, including costs or attorney’s fees, may be imposed on the Pueblo as a result of such judicial action. **(c) Venue** Venue for any civil action provided for in this section, as well as any civil action to contest the constitutionality of sections 539m to 539m–12 of this title, shall lie only in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.

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16 U.S.C. § 539m — Findings and purposes

**(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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5 U.S.C. § 706 — Scope of review

To the extent necessary to decision and when presented, the reviewing court shall decide all relevant questions of law, interpret constitutional and statutory provisions, and determine the meaning or applicability of the terms of an agency action. The reviewing court shall— (1) compel agency action unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed; and (2) hold unlawful and set aside agency action, findings, and conclusions found to be— (A) arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law; (B) contrary to constitutional right, power, privilege, or immunity; (C) in excess of statutory jurisdiction, authority, or limitations, or short of statutory right; (D) without observance of procedure required by law; (E) unsupported by substantial evidence in a case subject to sections 556 and 557 of this title or otherwise reviewed on the record of an agency hearing provided by statute; or (F) unwarranted by the facts to the extent that the facts are subject to trial de novo by the reviewing court. In making the foregoing determinations, the court shall review the whole record or those parts of it cited by a party, and due account shall be taken of the rule of prejudicial error.

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