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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3160 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3160

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                                 AN ACT

 
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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Blackwater Trading Post Land 
Transfer Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Blackwater trading post land.--The term ``Blackwater 
        Trading Post Land'' means the approximately 55.3 acres of land 
        as depicted on the map that--
                    (A) is located in Pinal County, Arizona, and 
                bordered by Community land to the east, west, and north 
                and State Highway 87 to the south; and
                    (B) is owned by the Community.
            (2) Community.--The term ``Community'' means the Gila River 
        Indian Community of the Reservation.
            (3) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Results 
        of Survey, Ellis Property, A Portion of the West \1/2\ of 
        Section 12, Township 5 South, Range 7 East, Gila and Salt River 
        Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona'' and dated October 15, 2012.
            (4) Reservation.--The term ``Reservation'' means the land 
        located within the exterior boundaries of the reservation 
        created under sections 3 and 4 of the Act of February 28, 1859 
        (11 Stat. 401, chapter LXVI), and Executive orders of August 
        31, 1876, June 14, 1879, May 5, 1882, November 15, 1883, July 
        31, 1911, June 2, 1913, August 27, 1914, and July 19, 1915, and 
        any other lands placed in trust for the benefit of the 
        Community.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. LAND TAKEN INTO TRUST FOR BENEFIT OF THE GILA RIVER INDIAN 
              COMMUNITY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall take the Blackwater Trading 
Post land into trust for the benefit of the Community, after the 
Community--
            (1) conveys to the Secretary all right, title, and interest 
        of the Community in and to the Blackwater Trading Post Land;
            (2) submits to the Secretary a request to take the 
        Blackwater Trading Post Land into trust for the benefit of the 
        Community;
            (3) conducts a survey (to the satisfaction of the 
        Secretary) to determine the exact acreage and legal description 
        of the Blackwater Trading Post Land, if the Secretary 
        determines a survey is necessary; and
            (4) pays all costs of any survey conducted under paragraph 
        (3).
    (b) Availability of Map.--Not later than 180 days after the 
Blackwater Trading Post Land is taken into trust under subsection (a), 
the map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
appropriate offices of the Secretary.
    (c) Lands Taken Into Trust Part of Reservation.--After the date on 
which the Blackwater Trading Post Land is taken into trust under 
subsection (a), the land shall be treated as part of the Reservation.
    (d) Gaming.--Class II and class III gaming under the Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) shall not be allowed at any 
time on the land taken into trust under subsection (a).
    (e) Description.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall cause the full metes-and-
bounds description of the Blackwater Trading Post Land to be published 
in the Federal Register. The description shall, on publication, 
constitute the official description of the Blackwater Trading Post 
Land.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 21, 2020.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3160

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

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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