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Union Calendar No. 302 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1240 

[Report No. 118–369] 

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 

JANUARY 30, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. BACON, and Mrs. HINSON

JANUARY 30, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 28, 2023] 


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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. 


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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 Trans5 fer Act of 2023’’. 

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

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

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

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

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

11 (1) are declared to be part of the Winnebago Res12 ervation created by the Treaty between the United 

13 States and the Winnebago Tribe in 1865; and 

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

15 the benefit of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska subject 

16 to the same terms and conditions as those lands de17 scribed in the Treaty with the Winnebago Tribe, 1865 

18 (14 Stat. 671). 

19 (b) FEDERAL LANDS DESCRIBED.—The Federal lands 

20 described in this subsection are the following: 

21 (1) That portion of Tract No. 119, the descrip22 tion of which is filed in the United States District 

23 Court for the Northern District of Iowa (Western Di24 vision), Civil Case No. 70–C–3015–W, executed May 

25 11, 1973, said tract being situated in Section 8 and 


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1 the accretion land thereto, the Southwest Quarter of 

2 Section 9, the West Half of Section 16, the East Half 

3 of Section 17, Township 86 North, Range 47 West of 

4 the Fifth Principal Meridian, Woodbury County, 

5 Iowa, lying Easterly of the Nebraska/Iowa State Line 

6 and Southerly of the Easterly extension of the North 

7 line of the Winnebago Reservation. 

8 (2) Tract No. 210, as described in Schedule ‘‘A’’ 

9 of the ‘‘Declaration of Taking, Legal Description of 

10 Tract 210 and Judgment on Stipulation and Order 

11 of Distribution’’, filed in the United States District 

12 Court for the Northern District of Iowa (Western Di13 vision), Civil Case No. 70–C–3015–W. 

14 (3) Tract No. 113, as described in the ‘‘Judgment 

15 on Declaration of Taking and Legal Description of 

16 Tract 113’’, filed in the United States District Court 

17 for the District of Nebraska, Civ. No. 03498. 

18 (c) GAMING PROHIBITION.—Class II and class III 

19 gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 

20 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) shall not be allowed at any time on 

21 the land taken into trust under subsection (a). 


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Union Calendar No. 302 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1240 

[Report No. 118–369] 

A BILL 

To transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain 

braska, and for other purposes. lands into trust for the Winnebago Tribe of Neto the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take such Federal lands from the Army Corps of Engineers 

JANUARY 30, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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