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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1240 

To transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands from the 

Army Corps of Engineers to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take 

such lands into trust for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 28, 2023 

Mr. FEENSTRA (for himself, Mr. FLOOD, Mr. NUNN of Iowa, Ms. DAVIDS of 

Kansas, and Mr. SMITH of Nebraska) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal 

lands from the Army Corps of Engineers to the Bureau 

of Indian Affairs, to take such lands into trust for the 

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Winnebago Land 

5 Transfer Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LAND TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to all valid existing rights, 

3 all right, title, and interest (including improvements and 

4 appurtenances) of the United States in and to the Federal 

5 lands described in subsection (b), those Federal lands— 

6 (1) are declared to be part of the Winnebago 

7 Reservation created by the Treaty between the 

8 United States and the Winnebago Tribe in 1865; 

9 and 

10 (2) shall be held in trust by the United States 

11 for the benefit of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska 

12 subject to the same terms and conditions as those 

13 lands described in the Treaty with the Winnebago 

14 Tribe, 1865 (14 Stat. 671). 

15 (b) FEDERAL LANDS DESCRIBED.—The Federal 

16 lands described in this subsection are the following: 

17 (1) That portion of Tract No. 119, the descrip18 tion of which is filed in the United States District 

19 Court for the Northern District of Iowa (Western 

20 Division), Civil Case No. 70–C–3015–W, executed 

21 May 11, 1973, said tract being situated in Section 

22 8 and the accretion land thereto, the Southwest 

23 Quarter of Section 9, the West Half of Section 16, 

24 the East Half of Section 17, Township 86 North, 

25 Range 47 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, 

26 Woodbury County, Iowa, lying Easterly of the NeVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:37 Mar 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1240.IH H1240

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1 braska/Iowa State Line and Southerly of the Eas2 terly extension of the North line of the Winnebago 

3 Reservation. 

4 (2) Tract No. 210, as described in Schedule 

5 ‘‘A’’ of the ‘‘Declaration of Taking, Legal Descrip6 tion of Tract 210 and Judgment on Stipulation and 

7 Order of Distribution’’, filed in the United States 

8 District Court for the Northern District of Iowa 

9 (Western Division), Civil Case No. 70–C–3015–W. 

10 (3) Tract No. 113, as described in the ‘‘Judg11 ment on Declaration of Taking and Legal Descrip12 tion of Tract 113’’, filed in the United States Dis13 trict Court for the District of Nebraska, Civ. No. 

14 03498. 

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