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Union Calendar No. 82 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1619 

[Report No. 117–114] 

To clarify the status of gaming conducted by the Catawba Indian Nation, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 8, 2021 

Mr. CLYBURN (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. PRICE of 

North Carolina, Mr. TIMMONS, and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

AUGUST 13, 2021 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 

printed 


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A BILL 

To clarify the status of gaming conducted by the Catawba 

Indian Nation, 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 ‘‘Catawba Indian Nation 

5 Lands Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF CURRENT LAW. 

7 (a) LANDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.—Section 14 of the 

8 Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Claims Settle9 ment Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–116) shall only apply 

10 to gaming conducted by the Catawba Indian Nation on 

11 lands located in South Carolina. 

12 (b) LANDS IN STATES OTHER THAN SOUTH CARO13 LINA.—Gaming conducted by the Catawba Indian Nation 

14 on lands located in States other than South Carolina shall 

15 be subject to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 

16 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) and sections 1166 through 1168 of 

17 title 18, United States Code. 

18 SEC. 3. REAFFIRMATION OF STATUS AND ACTIONS. 

19 (a) RATIFICATION OF TRUST STATUS.—The action 

20 taken by the Secretary on July 10, 2020, to place approxi21 mately 17 acres of land located in Cleveland County, 

22 North Carolina, into trust for the benefit of the Catawba 

23 Indian Nation is hereby ratified and confirmed as if that 

24 action had been taken under a Federal law specifically au25 thorizing or directing that action. 


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1 (b) ADMINISTRATION.—The land placed into trust for 

2 the benefit of the Catawba Indian Nation by the Secretary 

3 on July 10, 2020, shall— 

4 (1) be a part of the Catawba Reservation and 

5 administered in accordance with the laws and regu6 lations generally applicable to land held in trust by 

7 the United States for an Indian Tribe; and 

8 (2) be deemed to have been acquired and taken 

9 into trust as part of the restoration of lands for an 

10 Indian tribe that is restored to Federal recognition 

11 pursuant to section 20(b)(1)(B)(iii) of the Indian 

12 Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 

13 2719(b)(1)(B)(iii)). 

14 (c) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 

15 shall— 

16 (1) enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect any 

17 right or claim of the Catawba Indian Nation to any 

18 land or interest in land in existence before the date 

19 of the enactment of this Act; 

20 (2) affect any water right of the Catawba In21 dian Nation in existence before the date of the en22 actment of this Act; 

23 (3) terminate or limit any access in any way to 

24 any right-of-way or right-of-use issued, granted, or 


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1 permitted before the date of the enactment of this 

2 Act; or 

3 (4) alter or diminish the right of the Catawba 

4 Indian Nation to seek to have additional land taken 

5 into trust by the United States for the benefit of the 

6 Catawba Indian Nation. 


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Union Calendar No. 82 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1619 

[Report No. 117–114] 

A BILL 

Catawba Indian Nation, and for other purposes. 

To clarify the status of gaming conducted by the 

AUGUST 13, 2021 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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