16 U.S.C. § 539m–2 — T’uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area

(a) Establishment
This section creates the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area inside the Cibola National Forest and Sandia Mountain Wilderness, shown on the map, in order to (1) permanently recognize and protect the Pueblo's rights and interests in the Area, as specified in section 539m–3(a) of this title, (2) permanently preserve the Area's national forest and wilderness character, and (3) permanently recognize and protect the public's longstanding use and enjoyment of the Area.

(b) Administration and applicable law

1. In general. The Secretary keeps managing the Area as part of the National Forest System, consistent with sections 539m to 539m–12.
2. Traditional or cultural uses. Traditional or cultural uses by Pueblo members, and by members of other federally-recognized tribes the Pueblo authorizes under section 539m–3(a)(4), can only be restricted by (A) the Wilderness Act (as it stood on February 20, 2003), and (B) applicable federal wildlife protection laws, as section 539m–4(a)(2) describes.
3. Later enactments. If a law passed or amended after February 20, 2003, conflicts with sections 539m to 539m–12, that law does not apply to the Area unless Congress expressly says it does.
4. Trust. Calling the Area a "Trust" Area (A) recognizes the Pueblo's specific rights and interests in it, but (B) does not give the Pueblo the kind of ownership interest that exists when the Secretary of the Interior takes formal title to land in trust for a tribe.

(c) Map

1. Filing. As soon as practical after February 20, 2003, the Secretary had to file the map and a legal description of the Area with the House Committee on Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
2. Public availability. The map and legal description are kept on file and available for public inspection at the Forest Service Chief's office in Washington, D.C.
3. Effect. The filed map and description carry the same legal force as if written into sections 539m to 539m–12 directly, except that (A) clerical and typo errors get corrected, (B) necessary changes under certain other subsections get made, and (C) if the map and the text of sections 539m to 539m–12 conflict, the text controls.

(d) No conveyance of title
No U.S. title or interest in the Area can be transferred or exchanged to anyone — including the Pueblo — without specific authorization from Congress.

(e) Prohibited uses

1. In general. No matter what other law says: (A) no use the Wilderness Act banned as of February 20, 2003, is allowed in the Area's wilderness portion, and (B) none of these uses are allowed anywhere in the Area: (i) gaming or gambling, (ii) mineral production, (iii) timber production, or (iv) any new use the Pueblo objects to under section 539m–3(a)(3).
2. Mining claims. The Area is closed to new mining claims under the Mining Law of 1872.

(f) No modification of boundaries
Creating the Area does not (1) affect the boundaries of, or repeal or disestablish, the Sandia Mountain Wilderness or the Cibola National Forest, or (2) change the existing boundary of the Pueblo's land grant.