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S. Rept. 117-242 1 (2022-12-12)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxafdf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.GOVERNMENT INFORMATION . Calendar No. 619 117TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session SENATE 117-242 LAND GRANT-MERCEDES TRADITIONAL USE RECOGNITION AND CONSULTATION ACT DECEMBER 12, 2022.-Ordered to be printed Mr. MANCHIN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany S. 2708] The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was referred the bill (S. 2708), to provide for greater consultation be- tween the Federal Government and the governing bodies and com- munity users of land grant-mercedes in New Mexico, to provide for a process for recognition of the historic-traditional uses of land grant-mercedes, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec- ommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE The purpose of S. 2708 is to provide for greater consultation be- tween the Federal Government and the governing bodies and com- munity users of land grant-mercedes in New Mexico, to provide for a process for recognition of the historic-traditional uses of the land grant-mercedes (land grants made by the Governments of Spain or Mexico). BACKGROUND AND NEED From the late 1600s through 1846, Spain and the Republic of Mexico granted more than 150 land grants to communities and in- dividuals throughout the area that would become the Southwestern United States to promote settlement on frontier lands. In New Mexico, these grants included private tracts that were made in the name of the grants' settlers, as well as large tracts of communal lands that were set aside for use by all residents to provide the necessary resources to sustain the entire community. 39-010