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Calendar No. 22 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 371 

[Report No. 117–6] 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 23, 2021 

Mr. KELLY (for himself and Ms. SINEMA) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs 

MARCH 24, 2021 

Reported by Mr. SCHATZ, without amendment 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Blackwater Trading 

3 Post Land Transfer Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) BLACKWATER TRADING POST LAND.—The 

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

8 approximately 55.3 acres of land as depicted on the 

9 map that— 

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

11 and bordered by Community land to the east, 

12 west, and north and State Highway 87 to the 

13 south; and 

14 (B) is owned by the Community. 

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

16 means the Gila River Indian Community of the Res17 ervation. 

18 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en19 titled ‘‘Results of Survey, Ellis Property, A Portion 

of the West 1 20 ⁄2 of Section 12, Township 5 South, 

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

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

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

24 means the land located within the exterior bound25 aries of the reservation created under sections 3 and 

26 4 of the Act of February 28, 1859 (11 Stat. 401, 


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

2 1876, June 14, 1879, May 5, 1882, November 15, 

3 1883, July 31, 1911, June 2, 1913, August 27, 

4 1914, and July 19, 1915, and any other lands 

5 placed in trust for the benefit of the Community. 

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

7 the Secretary of the Interior. 

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

9 GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY. 

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

11 Blackwater Trading Post Land into trust for the benefit 

12 of the Community, after the Community— 

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

14 interest of the Community in and to the Blackwater 

15 Trading Post Land; 

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

17 the Blackwater Trading Post Land into trust for the 

18 benefit of the Community; 

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

20 Secretary) to determine the exact acreage and legal 

21 description of the Blackwater Trading Post Land, if 

22 the Secretary determines a survey is necessary; and 

23 (4) pays all costs of any survey conducted 

24 under paragraph (3). 


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

2 after the Blackwater Trading Post Land is taken into 

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

4 available for public inspection in the appropriate offices 

5 of the Secretary. 

6 (c) LANDS TAKEN INTO TRUST PART OF RESERVA7 TION.—After the date on which the Blackwater Trading 

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

9 land shall be treated as part of the Reservation. 

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

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

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

13 into trust under subsection (a). 

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

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

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

17 Trading Post Land to be published in the Federal Reg18 ister. The description shall, on publication, constitute the 

19 official description of the Blackwater Trading Post Land. 


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Calendar No. 22 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 371 

[Report No. 117–6] 

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 

MARCH 24, 2021 

Reported without amendment 


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