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Union Calendar No. 496 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6032 

[Report No. 117–679] 

To take certain Federal lands located in Siskiyou County, California, and 

Humboldt County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Karuk 

Tribe, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 18, 2021 

Mr. HUFFMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

DECEMBER 30, 2022 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on November 18, 2021] 


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A BILL 

To take certain Federal lands located in Siskiyou County, 

California, and Humboldt County, California, into trust 

for the benefit of the Karuk Tribe, 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 ‘‘Katimiıˆn and 

5 Ameekya ́araam Sacred Lands Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LAND HELD IN TRUST FOR THE KARUK TRIBE. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

8 (1) the Katimiıˆn and Ameekya ́araam land is lo9 cated in the ancestral territory of the Karuk Tribe; 

10 and 

11 (2) the Karuk Tribe has historically used, and 

12 has an ongoing relationship with, the Katimiıˆn and 

13 Ameekya ́araam land. 

14 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 (1) KATIMIIˆN AND AMEEKYA ́ARAAM LAND.—The 

16 term ‘‘Katimiıˆn and Ameekya ́araam land’’ means the 

17 approximately 1,031 acres of Federal land, including 

18 improvements and appurtenances to the Federal land, 

19 located in Siskiyou County, California, and Hum20 boldt County, California, and generally depicted as 

21 ‘‘Proposed Area’’ on the map of the Forest Service en22 titled ‘‘Katimiıˆn Area Boundary Proposal’’ and dated 

23 August 9, 2021. 

24 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

25 the Secretary of the Interior. 


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1 (c) ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFER.—Administrative ju2 risdiction of the Katimiıˆn and Ameekya ́araam land is here3 by transferred from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Sec4 retary, subject to the condition that the Chief of the Forest 

5 Service shall continue to manage the component of the Na6 tional Wild and Scenic Rivers System that flows through 

7 the Katimiıˆn and Ameekya ́araam land. 

8 (d) LAND HELD IN TRUST.—The Katimiıˆn and 

9 Ameekya ́araam land is hereby taken into trust by the Sec10 retary for the benefit of the Karuk Tribe, subject to— 

11 (1) valid existing rights, contracts, and manage12 ment agreements relating to easements and rights-of13 way; and 

14 (2) continued access by the Chief of the Forest 

15 Service for the purpose of managing the component of 

16 the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System that 

17 flows through the Katimiıˆn and Ameekya ́araam land. 

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

19 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

20 provide to the Secretary a complete survey of the land taken 

21 into trust under subsection (d). 

22 (f) USE OF LAND.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Land taken into trust under 

24 subsection (d) may be used for traditional and cus25 tomary uses for the benefit of the Karuk Tribe. 


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1 (2) GAMING.—Class II and class III gaming 

2 under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 

3 2701 et seq.) shall not be allowed on the land taken 

4 into trust under subsection (d). 

5 (g) WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS MANAGEMENT.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section affects 

7 the status or administration of any component of the 

8 National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, including 

9 any component that flows through the land taken into 

10 trust under subsection (d). 

11 (2) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The 

12 Secretary of Agriculture shall enter into a memo13 randum of understanding with the Karuk Tribe, con14 sistent with the obligations of the Secretary of Agri15 culture under subsection (c), to establish mutual goals 

16 for the protection and enhancement of the river values 

17 of any component of the National Wild and Scenic 

18 Rivers System that flows through the land taken into 

19 trust under subsection (d). 


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Union Calendar No. 496 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6032 

[Report No. 117–679] 

A BILL 

To take certain Federal lands located in Siskiyou 

Tribe, and for other purposes. fornia, into trust for the benefit of the Karuk County, California, and Humboldt County, CaliDECEMBER 30, 2022 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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