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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2040 

To authorize a process by which the Secretary of the Interior shall process 

acquisitions of certain real property of the Samish Indian Nation into 

trust, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 22, 2009 

Mr. LARSEN of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize a process by which the Secretary of the Interior 

shall process acquisitions of certain real property of the 

Samish Indian Nation into trust, 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. ADMINISTRATIVE LAND INTO TRUST PROCESS. 

4 (a) PROCESS.—For the purpose of processing acqui5 sitions of real property of the Samish Indian Nation into 

6 trust under part 151 of title 25, Code of Federal Regula7 tions, at the request of the Samish Indian Nation, the Sec8 retary of the Interior shall process as on-reservation acqui9 sitions any property in the areas described in subsection 


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1 (b) that the Samish Indian Nation both acquires and re2 quests to deed to the Secretary. 

3 (b) LAND DESCRIBED.—The property referred to in 

4 subsection (a) are the following islands located within 

5 Skagit County, Washington: Guemes Island; Cypress Is6 land; Burrows Island; Allan Island; the western part of 

7 Fidalgo Island, to the following described line on the 

8 isthmus separating the western part of Fidalgo Island 

9 from the peninsula comprising the eastern part of Fidalgo 

10 Island: from the northwest side of Similk Bay in township 

11 34N, range 2E follow the north south section line, dividing 

12 section 08 from section 09, north across the Fidalgo Is13 land isthmus into Fidalgo Bay; Samish Island, to the fol14 lowing described boundary line on the eastern edge of the 

15 island: from the northeast side of Padilla Bay, cross the 

16 south east portion of Samish Island along the east west 

17 line dividing section 01, range 2E, township 35N from sec18 tion 36, range 2E, township 36N, into Samish Bay and 

19 Siwash Slough; Cone Islands; Dot Island; Huckleberry Is20 land; Jack Island; Northwest Island; Saddlebag Island; 

21 Strawberry Island; Towhead Island; Williamson Rocks; 

22 and Young Island. 

23 SEC. 2. USE OF LAND. 

24 Real property taken into trust under section 1 shall 

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1 latory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). The proclamation of 

2 a reservation for the Samish Indian Nation pursuant to 

3 the Indian Reorganization Act or the establishment of an 

4 initial reservation for the Samish Indian Nation shall not 

5 alter the prohibition of this section with regard to lands 

6 taken into trust pursuant to this Act. 

7 SEC. 3. HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, AND GATHERING. 

8 This Act shall not grant, restore, or diminish any 

9 hunting, fishing, trapping, or gathering treaty right of the 

10 Samish Indian Nation. 

11 SEC. 4. CLARIFICATION OF EFFECT OF LAND TAKEN INTO 

12 TRUST. 

13 This Act shall not affect or diminish any right to 

14 which any other Indian tribe is entitled under law to apply 

15 to have land taken into trust with the area described in 

16 section 1. The designation of a geographic area in this 

17 Act for purposes of processing fee-to-trust applications 

18 under part 151 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations, 

19 shall not be construed as creating a reservation for the 

20 Samish Indian Nation in such area. Any reservation for 

21 the Samish Indian Nation shall be established or created 

22 pursuant to Federal law. 

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