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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 478 
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 
JANUARY 25, 2021 
Mr. O’HALLERAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain land 
located in Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the ben-
efit of the Gila River Indian Community, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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: 
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(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 Res-
ervation. 
(3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘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 bound-
aries 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, 
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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 
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available for public inspection in the appropriate offices 
of the Secretary. 
(c) LANDS TAKEN INTO TRUST PART OF RESERVA-
TION.—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 Reg-
ister. The description shall, on publication, constitute the 
official description of the Blackwater Trading Post Land. 
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