H. R. 478 
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two 
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;
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(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. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.