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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 790 

To clarify certain provisions of Public Law 103–116, the Catawba Indian 

Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 13, 2019 

Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. BURR, and Mr. TILLIS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs 

A BILL 

To clarify certain provisions of Public Law 103–116, the 

Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims 

Settlement Act of 1993, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. GAMING FACILITY AUTHORIZED. 

4 (a) GAMING FACILITY AUTHORIZED.—The Catawba 

5 Indian Nation (formerly the Catawba Indian Tribe of 

6 South Carolina) is authorized to own and operate a gam7 ing facility on the land described in section 2 of this Act, 

8 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. 


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1 (b) INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT.—The facility 

2 described in subsection (a) shall operate in accordance 

3 with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 

4 et seq.), except that section 20 of the Indian Gaming Reg5 ulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2719) shall not apply to the land 

6 described in section 2. 

7 (c) LAND IN TRUST.—The Secretary of the Interior 

8 is hereby authorized to take the land described in section 

9 2 into trust for the purpose of conducting gaming, on be10 half of the Catawba Indian Nation. 

11 (d) RIGHTS PRESERVED.—Except as otherwise ex12 pressly provided in this Act, nothing in this Act shall pre13 vent any party from enforcing all rights, privileges, or pro14 hibitions as contained within the Catawba Indian Tribe 

15 of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993 

16 (Public Law 103–116). 

17 SEC. 2. LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LAND. 

18 The land subject to this Act is described as follows: 

19 Real property in Cleveland County, North Carolina, begin20 ning on a concrete right of way monument having NAD83 

21 NC State Plane Grid Coordinates N: 536550.60 USFT 

22 and E: 1292093.25 USFT and being located N 11–18– 

23 59 W 637.68’ (Horizontal Ground Distance) from NCGS 

24 ‘‘Dixon’’ having NAD83 NC State Plane Grid Coordinates 

25 N: 535925.42 USFT and E: 1292218.36 USFT; running 


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1 thence S 35–20–37 W 83.44’ to a concrete right of way 

2 monument; thence along an arc of curve to the left having 

3 a radius of 906.51’, an arc length of 357.87’, a chord 

4 bearing S 68–52–34 W and a chord length of 355.55’ to 

5 a 5/8’’ Rebar Set; thence S 57–19–29 W 498.70’ to a 5/ 

6 8’’ Rebar Set; thence along an arc of curve to the right 

7 having a radius of 1344.39’, an arc length of 113.61’, a 

8 chord bearing S 59–44–45 W and a chord length of 

9 113.58’ to a 5/8’’ Rebar Set; thence a new line N 23– 

10 34–25 W 751.26’ to a 5/8’’ Rebar Set; thence a new line 

11 N 66–25–35 E 1026.64’ to a 5/8’’ Rebar Set in the West12 ern Right of Way Line of State Project 8.2800802; thence 

13 with the western right of way line N 66–25–35 E 43.71’ 

14 to a 5/8’’ Rebar Set; thence S 23–18–33 E 151.15’ to 

a 1 15 ⁄2’’ Rebar Found; thence S 23–18–33 E 93.85’ to a 

16 5/8’’ Rebar Set; thence S 67–29–04 W 19.83’ to a 5/8’’ 

17 Rebar Set; thence S 23–18–56 E 237.04’ to a 5/8’’ Rebar 

18 Set; thence S 17–18–46 E 150.51’ to the point and place 

19 of beginning and containing 16.573 Acres +/- and shown 

20 as Lot 1 according to a survey by TGS Engineers dated 

21 September 17, 2018. The above described lot contains a 

22 portion of the land described in DB 1210 PG 167 Tract 

23 II, DB 1210 PG 174 Tract II and DB 1210 PG 174 

24 Tract III as owned by Roadside Truck Plaza, Inc. 

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