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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 790 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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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.

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                   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

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. GAMING FACILITY AUTHORIZED.

    (a) Gaming Facility Authorized.--The Catawba Indian Nation 
(formerly the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina) is authorized to 
own and operate a gaming facility on the land described in section 2 of 
this Act, in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
    (b) Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.--The facility described in 
subsection (a) shall operate in accordance with the Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), except that section 20 of the 
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2719) shall not apply to the 
land described in section 2.
    (c) Land in Trust.--The Secretary of the Interior is hereby 
authorized to take the land described in section 2 into trust for the 
purpose of conducting gaming, on behalf of the Catawba Indian Nation.
    (d) Rights Preserved.--Except as otherwise expressly provided in 
this Act, nothing in this Act shall prevent any party from enforcing 
all rights, privileges, or prohibitions as contained within the Catawba 
Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993 
(Public Law 103-116).

SEC. 2. LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LAND.

    The land subject to this Act is described as follows: Real property 
in Cleveland County, North Carolina, beginning on a concrete right of 
way monument having NAD83 NC State Plane Grid Coordinates N: 536550.60 
USFT and E: 1292093.25 USFT and being located N 11-18-59 W 637.68' 
(Horizontal Ground Distance) from NCGS ``Dixon'' having NAD83 NC State 
Plane Grid Coordinates N: 535925.42 USFT and E: 1292218.36 USFT; 
running thence S 35-20-37 W 83.44' to a concrete right of way monument; 
thence along an arc of curve to the left having a radius of 906.51', an 
arc length of 357.87', a chord bearing S 68-52-34 W and a chord length 
of 355.55' to a 5/8'' Rebar Set; thence S 57-19-29 W 498.70' to a 5/8'' 
Rebar Set; thence along an arc of curve to the right having a radius of 
1344.39', an arc length of 113.61', a chord bearing S 59-44-45 W and a 
chord length of 113.58' to a 5/8'' Rebar Set; thence a new line N 23-
34-25 W 751.26' to a 5/8'' Rebar Set; thence a new line N 66-25-35 E 
1026.64' to a 5/8'' Rebar Set in the Western Right of Way Line of State 
Project 8.2800802; thence with the western right of way line N 66-25-35 
E 43.71' to a 5/8'' Rebar Set; thence S 23-18-33 E 151.15' to a \1/2\'' 
Rebar Found; thence S 23-18-33 E 93.85' to a 5/8'' Rebar Set; thence S 
67-29-04 W 19.83' to a 5/8'' Rebar Set; thence S 23-18-56 E 237.04' to 
a 5/8'' Rebar Set; thence S 17-18-46 E 150.51' to the point and place 
of beginning and containing 16.573 Acres +/- and shown as Lot 1 
according to a survey by TGS Engineers dated September 17, 2018. The 
above described lot contains a portion of the land described in DB 1210 
PG 167 Tract II, DB 1210 PG 174 Tract II and DB 1210 PG 174 Tract III 
as owned by Roadside Truck Plaza, Inc.
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