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Union Calendar No. 394 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3160 

[Report No. 116–492] 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain land located in Pinal 

County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian 

Community, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 6, 2019 

Mr. O’HALLERAN (for himself, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. GALLEGO, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. STANTON, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. GOSAR, and Mr. BIGGS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 

Resources 

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 

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 direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain land 

located in Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian Community, 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 ‘‘Blackwater Trading 

5 Post Land Transfer Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) BLACKWATER TRADING POST LAND.—The 

9 term ‘‘Blackwater Trading Post Land’’ means the 

10 approximately 55.3 acres of land as depicted on the 

11 map that— 

12 (A) is located in Pinal County, Arizona, 

13 and bordered by Community land to the east, 

14 west, and north and State Highway 87 to the 

15 south; and 

16 (B) is owned by the Community. 

17 (2) COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘Community’’ 

18 means the Gila River Indian Community of the Res19 ervation. 

20 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en21 titled ‘‘Results of Survey, Ellis Property, A Portion 

of the West 1 22 ⁄2 of Section 12, Township 5 South, 

23 Range 7 East, Gila and Salt River Meridian, Pinal 

24 County, Arizona’’ and dated October 15, 2012. 


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1 (4) RESERVATION.—The term ‘‘Reservation’’ 

2 means the land located within the exterior bound3 aries of the reservation created under sections 3 and 

4 4 of the Act of February 28, 1859 (11 Stat. 401, 

5 chapter LXVI), and Executive orders of August 31, 

6 1876, June 14, 1879, May 5, 1882, November 15, 

7 1883, July 31, 1911, June 2, 1913, August 27, 

8 1914, and July 19, 1915, and any other lands 

9 placed in trust for the benefit of the Community. 

10 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

11 the Secretary of the Interior. 

12 SEC. 3. LAND TAKEN INTO TRUST FOR BENEFIT OF THE 

13 GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall take the 

15 Blackwater Trading Post land into trust for the benefit 

16 of the Community, after the Community— 

17 (1) conveys to the Secretary all right, title, and 

18 interest of the Community in and to the Blackwater 

19 Trading Post Land; 

20 (2) submits to the Secretary a request to take 

21 the Blackwater Trading Post Land into trust for the 

22 benefit of the Community; 

23 (3) conducts a survey (to the satisfaction of the 

24 Secretary) to determine the exact acreage and legal 


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1 description of the Blackwater Trading Post Land, if 

2 the Secretary determines a survey is necessary; and 

3 (4) pays all costs of any survey conducted 

4 under paragraph (3). 

5 (b) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—Not later than 180 days 

6 after the Blackwater Trading Post Land is taken into 

7 trust under subsection (a), the map shall be on file and 

8 available for public inspection in the appropriate offices 

9 of the Secretary. 

10 (c) LANDS TAKEN INTO TRUST PART OF RESERVA11 TION.—After the date on which the Blackwater Trading 

12 Post Land is taken into trust under subsection (a), the 

13 land shall be treated as part of the Reservation. 

14 (d) GAMING.—Class II and class III gaming under 

15 the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et 

16 seq.) shall not be allowed at any time on the land taken 

17 into trust under subsection (a). 

18 (e) DESCRIPTION.—Not later than 180 days after the 

19 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall cause 

20 the full metes-and-bounds description of the Blackwater 

21 Trading Post Land to be published in the Federal Reg22 ister. The description shall, on publication, constitute the 

23 official description of the Blackwater Trading Post Land. 


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Union Calendar No. 394 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3160 

[Report No. 116–492] 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take cerCommunity, and for other purposes. trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian tain land located in Pinal County, Arizona, into 

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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