Eastern United States’’, which included and de-
scribed the Rappahannock Tribe; 
(66) in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the 
Rappahannocks operated a school at Indian Neck; 
(67) the State agreed to pay a tribal teacher to 
teach 10 students bused by King and Queen County 
to Sharon Indian School in King William County, 
Virginia; 
(68) in 1965, Rappahannock students entered 
Marriott High School (a white public school) by ex-
ecutive order of the Governor of Virginia; 
(69) in 1972, the Rappahannocks worked with 
the Coalition of Eastern Native Americans to fight 
for Federal recognition; 
(70) in 1979, the Coalition established a pot-
tery and artisans company, operating with other Vir-
ginia tribes; 
(71) in 1980, the Rappahannocks received 
funding through the Administration for Native 
Americans of the Department of Health and Human 
Services to develop an economic program for the 
Tribe; and 
(72) in 1983, the Rappahannocks received 
State recognition as an Indian tribe. 
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SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) TRIBAL MEMBER.—The term ‘‘tribal mem-
ber’’ means— 
(A) an individual who is an enrolled mem-
ber of the Tribe as of the date of enactment of 
this Act; and 
(B) an individual who has been placed on 
the membership rolls of the Tribe in accordance 
with this title. 
(3) TRIBE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ 
means the organization possessing the legal 
name Rappahannock Tribe, Inc. 
(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ does 
not include any other Indian tribe, subtribe, 
band, or splinter group the members of which 
represent themselves as Rappahannock Indians. 
SEC. 403. FEDERAL RECOGNITION. 
(a) FEDERAL RECOGNITION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Federal recognition is ex-
tended to the Tribe. 
(2) APPLICABILITY OF LAWS.—All laws (includ-
ing regulations) of the United States of general ap-
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plicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes, or 
bands of Indians (including the Act of June 18, 
1934 (25 U.S.C. 461 et seq.)) that are not incon-
sistent with this title shall be applicable to the Tribe 
and tribal members. 
(b) FEDERAL SERVICES AND BENEFITS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Tribe and tribal members 
shall be eligible for all services and benefits provided 
by the Federal Government to federally recognized 
Indian tribes without regard to— 
(A) the existence of a reservation for the 
Tribe; or 
(B) the location of the residence of any 
tribal member on or near any Indian reserva-
tion. 
(2) SERVICE AREA.—For the purpose of the de-
livery of Federal services to tribal members, the 
service area of the Tribe shall be considered to be 
the area comprised of King and Queen County, 
Caroline County, Essex County, Spotsylvania Coun-
ty, Stafford County, and Richmond County, Vir-
ginia. 
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SEC. 404. MEMBERSHIP; GOVERNING DOCUMENTS. 
The membership roll and governing documents of the 
Tribe shall be the most recent membership roll and gov-
erning documents, respectively, submitted by the Tribe to 
the Secretary before the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 405. GOVERNING BODY. 
The governing body of the Tribe shall be— 
(1) the governing body of the Tribe in place as 
of the date of enactment of this Act; or 
(2) any subsequent governing body elected in 
accordance with the election procedures specified in 
the governing documents of the Tribe. 
SEC. 406. RESERVATION OF THE TRIBE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, if, not later than 25 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Tribe transfers to the Secretary 
land within the boundaries of King and Queen County, 
Stafford County, Spotsylvania County, Richmond County, 
Essex County, and Caroline County, Virginia, the Sec-
retary shall take the land into trust for the benefit of the 
Tribe. 
(b) GAMING.— 
(1) GAMING.—No reservation or tribal land or 
land taken into trust for the benefit of the Tribe or 
a member of the Tribe shall be eligible to satisfy the 
terms for an exception under section 20(b)(1)(B) of 
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the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 
2719(b)(1)(B)) to the prohibition on gaming on land 
acquired by the Secretary in trust for the benefit of 
an Indian tribe after October 17, 1988, under sec-
tion 20(a) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 2719(a)). 
(2) APPROVAL OF COMPACTS.—No compact for 
class III gaming shall be valid unless approved or 
ratified by the Virginia General Assembly. 
SEC. 407. HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, GATHERING, AND 
WATER RIGHTS. 
Nothing in this title expands, reduces, or affects in 
any manner any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or 
water rights of the Tribe and members of the Tribe. 
TITLE V—MONACAN INDIAN 
NATION 
SEC. 501. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) In 1677, the Monacan Tribe signed the 
Treaty of Middle Plantation between Charles II of 
England and 12 Indian ‘‘Kings and Chief Men’’; 
(2) in 1722, in the Treaty of Albany, Governor 
Spotswood negotiated to save the Virginia Indians 
from extinction at the hands of the Iroquois; 
(3) specifically mentioned in the negotiations 
were the Monacan tribes of the Totero (Tutelo), 
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Saponi, Ocheneeches (Occaneechi), Stengenocks, and 
Meipontskys; 
(4) in 1790, the first national census recorded 
Benjamin Evans and Robert Johns, both ancestors 
of the present Monacan community, listed as 
‘‘white’’ with mulatto children; 
(5) in 1782, tax records also began for those 
families; 
(6) in 1850, the United States census recorded 
29 families, mostly large, with Monacan surnames, 
the members of which are genealogically related to 
the present community; 
(7) in 1870, a log structure was built at the 
Bear Mountain Indian Mission; 
(8) in 1908, the structure became an Episcopal 
Mission and, as of the date of enactment of this Act, 
the structure is listed as a landmark on the National 
Register of Historic Places; 
(9) in 1920, 304 Amherst Indians were identi-
fied in the United States census; 
(10) from 1930 through 1931, numerous letters 
from Monacans to the Bureau of the Census re-
sulted from the decision of Dr. Walter Plecker, 
former head of the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the 
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State of Virginia, not to allow Indians to register as 
Indians for the 1930 census; 
(11) the Monacans eventually succeeded in 
being allowed to claim their race, albeit with an as-
terisk attached to a note from Dr. Plecker stating 
that there were no Indians in Virginia; 
(12) in 1947, D’Arcy McNickle, a Salish In-
dian, saw some of the children at the Amherst Mis-
sion and requested that the Cherokee Agency visit 
them because they appeared to be Indian; 
(13) that letter was forwarded to the Depart-
ment of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Chi-
cago, Illinois; 
(14) Chief Jarrett Blythe of the Eastern Band 
of Cherokee did visit the Mission and wrote that he 
‘‘would be willing to accept these children in the 
Cherokee school’’; 
(15) in 1979, a Federal Coalition of Eastern 
Native Americans established the entity known as 
‘‘Monacan Co-operative Pottery’’ at the Amherst 
Mission; 
(16) some important pieces were produced at 
Monacan Co-operative Pottery, including a piece 
that was sold to the Smithsonian Institution; 
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