(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.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Chick-
ahominy Indian Tribe. 
SEC. 103. 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 appli-
cability 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 inconsistent 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 
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by the Federal Government to federally recognized In-
dian tribes without regard to the existence of a res-
ervation for the Tribe. 
(2) SERVICE AREA.—For the purpose of the de-
livery of Federal services to tribal members, the serv-
ice area of the Tribe shall be considered to be the area 
comprised of New Kent County, James City County, 
Charles City County, and Henrico County, Virginia. 
SEC. 104. 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. 105. 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 ac-
cordance with the election procedures specified in the 
governing documents of the Tribe. 
SEC. 106. RESERVATION OF THE TRIBE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon the request of the Tribe, the 
Secretary of the Interior— 
(1) shall take into trust for the benefit of the 
Tribe any land held in fee by the Tribe that was ac-
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quired by the Tribe on or before January 1, 2007, if 
such lands are located within the boundaries of New 
Kent County, James City County, Charles City Coun-
ty, or Henrico County, Virginia; and 
(2) may take into trust for the benefit of the 
Tribe any land held in fee by the Tribe, if such lands 
are located within the boundaries of New Kent Coun-
ty, James City County, Charles City County, or 
Henrico County, Virginia. 
(b) DEADLINE FOR DETERMINATION.—The Secretary 
shall make a final written determination not later than 
three years of the date which the Tribe submits a request 
for land to be taken into trust under subsection (a)(2) and 
shall immediately make that determination available to the 
Tribe. 
(c) RESERVATION STATUS.—Any land taken into trust 
for the benefit of the Tribe pursuant to this paragraph shall, 
upon request of the Tribe, be considered part of the reserva-
tion of the Tribe. 
(d) GAMING.—The Tribe may not conduct gaming ac-
tivities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or under 
the authority of any Federal law, including the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) or under 
any regulations thereunder promulgated by the Secretary 
or the National Indian Gaming Commission. 
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SEC. 107. 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. 
SEC. 108. JURISDICTION OF COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commonwealth of Virginia 
shall exercise jurisdiction over— 
(1) all criminal offenses that are committed on; 
and 
(2) all civil actions that arise on, 
lands located within the Commonwealth of Virginia that 
are owned by, or held in trust by the United States for, 
the Tribe. 
(b) ACCEPTANCE OF STATE JURISDICTION BY SEC-
RETARY.—The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to ac-
cept on behalf of the United States, after consulting with 
the Attorney General of the United States, all or any por-
tion of the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Virginia 
described in subsection (a) upon verification by the Sec-
retary of a certification by a tribe that it possesses the ca-
pacity to reassume such jurisdiction. 
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TITLE 
II—CHICKAHOMINY 
IN-
DIAN TRIBE—EASTERN DIVI-
SION 
SEC. 201. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) in 1607, when the English settlers set shore 
along the Virginia coastline, the Chickahominy In-
dian Tribe was 1 of about 30 tribes that received 
them; 
(2) in 1614, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe en-
tered into a treaty with Sir Thomas Dale, Governor 
of the Jamestown Colony, under which— 
(A) the Chickahominy Indian Tribe agreed 
to provide 2 bushels of corn per man and send 
warriors to protect the English; and 
(B) Sir Thomas Dale agreed in return to 
allow the Tribe to continue to practice its own 
tribal governance; 
(3) in 1646, a treaty was signed which forced the 
Chickahominy from their homeland to the area 
around the York River in present-day King William 
County, leading to the formation of a reservation; 
(4) in 1677, following Bacon’s Rebellion, the 
Queen of Pamunkey signed the Treaty of Middle 
Plantation on behalf of the Chickahominy; 
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(5) in 1702, the Chickahominy were forced from 
their reservation, which caused the loss of a land base; 
(6) in 1711, the College of William and Mary in 
Williamsburg established a grammar school for Indi-
ans called Brafferton College; 
(7) a Chickahominy child was 1 of the first Indi-
ans to attend Brafferton College; 
(8) in 1750, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe 
began to migrate from King William County back to 
the area around the Chickahominy River in New 
Kent and Charles City Counties; 
(9) in 1793, a Baptist missionary named 
Bradby took refuge with the Chickahominy and took 
a Chickahominy woman as his wife; 
(10) in 1831, the names of the ancestors of the 
modern-day Chickahominy Indian Tribe began to ap-
pear in the Charles City County census records; 
(11) in 1870, a census revealed an enclave of In-
dians in New Kent County that is believed to be the 
beginning of the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—East-
ern Division; 
(12) other records were destroyed when the New 
Kent County courthouse was burned, leaving a State 
census as the only record covering that period; 
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(13) in 1901, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe 
formed Samaria Baptist Church; 
(14) from 1901 to 1935, Chickahominy men were 
assessed a tribal tax so that their children could re-
ceive an education; 
(15) the Tribe used the proceeds from the tax to 
build the first Samaria Indian School, buy supplies, 
and pay a teacher’s salary; 
(16) in 1910, a 1-room school covering grades 1 
through 8 was established in New Kent County for the 
Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division; 
(17) during the period of 1920 through 1921, the 
Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division began 
forming a tribal government; 
(18) E.P. Bradby, the founder of the Tribe, was 
elected to be Chief; 
(19) in 1922, Tsena Commocko Baptist Church 
was organized; 
(20) in 1925, a certificate of incorporation was 
issued to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern 
Division; 
(21) in 1950, the 1-room Indian school in New 
Kent County was closed and students were bused to 
Samaria Indian School in Charles City County; 
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(22) in 1967, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe 
and the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Divi-
sion lost their schools as a result of the required inte-
gration of students; 
(23) during the period of 1982 through 1984, 
Tsena Commocko Baptist Church built a new sanc-
tuary to accommodate church growth; 
(24) in 1983 the Chickahominy Indian Tribe— 
Eastern Division was granted State recognition along 
with 5 other Virginia Indian tribes; 
(25) in 1985— 
(A) the Virginia Council on Indians was 
organized as a State agency; and 
(B) the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—East-
ern Division was granted a seat on the Council; 
(26) in 1988, a nonprofit organization known as 
the ‘‘United Indians of Virginia’’ was formed; and 
(27) Chief Marvin ‘‘Strongoak’’ Bradby of the 
Eastern Band of the Chickahominy presently chairs 
the organization. 
SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
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(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.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Chick-
ahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division. 
SEC. 203. 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 appli-
cability 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 inconsistent 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 future services and benefits 
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provided by the Federal Government to federally rec-
ognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence 
of a reservation for the Tribe. 
(2) SERVICE AREA.—For the purpose of the de-
livery of Federal services to tribal members, the serv-
ice area of the Tribe shall be considered to be the area 
comprised of New Kent County, James City County, 
Charles City County, and Henrico County, Virginia. 
SEC. 204. 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. 205. 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 ac-
cordance with the election procedures specified in the 
governing documents of the Tribe. 
SEC. 206. RESERVATION OF THE TRIBE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon the request of the Tribe, the 
Secretary of the Interior— 
(1) shall take into trust for the benefit of the 
Tribe any land held in fee by the Tribe that was ac-
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quired by the Tribe on or before January 1, 2007, if 
such lands are located within the boundaries of New 
Kent County, James City County, Charles City Coun-
ty, or Henrico County, Virginia; and 
(2) may take into trust for the benefit of the 
Tribe any land held in fee by the Tribe, if such lands 
are located within the boundaries of New Kent Coun-
ty, James City County, Charles City County, or 
Henrico County, Virginia. 
(b) DEADLINE FOR DETERMINATION.—The Secretary 
shall make a final written determination not later than 
three years of the date which the Tribe submits a request 
for land to be taken into trust under subsection (a)(2) and 
shall immediately make that determination available to the 
Tribe. 
(c) RESERVATION STATUS.—Any land taken into trust 
for the benefit of the Tribe pursuant to this paragraph shall, 
upon request of the Tribe, be considered part of the reserva-
tion of the Tribe. 
(d) GAMING.—The Tribe may not conduct gaming ac-
tivities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or under 
the authority of any Federal law, including the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) or under 
any regulations thereunder promulgated by the Secretary 
or the National Indian Gaming Commission. 
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SEC. 207. 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. 
SEC. 208. JURISDICTION OF COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commonwealth of Virginia 
shall exercise jurisdiction over— 
(1) all criminal offenses that are committed on; 
and 
(2) all civil actions that arise on, 
lands located within the Commonwealth of Virginia that 
are owned by, or held in trust by the United States for, 
the Tribe. 
(b) ACCEPTANCE OF STATE JURISDICTION BY SEC-
RETARY.—The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to ac-
cept on behalf of the United States, after consulting with 
the Attorney General of the United States, all or any por-
tion of the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Virginia 
described in subsection (a) upon verification by the Sec-
retary of a certification by a tribe that it possesses the ca-
pacity to reassume such jurisdiction. 
TITLE III—UPPER MATTAPONI 
TRIBE 
SEC. 301. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
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(13) in 1787, Thomas Jefferson, in Notes on the 
Commonwealth of Virginia, mentioned the Mattaponi 
Indians on a reservation in King William County 
and said that Chickahominy Indians were ‘‘blended’’ 
with the Mattaponi Indians and nearby Pamunkey 
Indians; 
(14) in 1850, the census of the United States re-
vealed a nucleus of approximately 10 families, all an-
cestral to modern Upper Mattaponi Indians, living in 
central King William County, Virginia, approxi-
mately 10 miles from the reservation; 
(15) during the period of 1853 through 1884, 
King William County marriage records listed Upper 
Mattaponis as ‘‘Indians’’ in marrying people residing 
on the reservation; 
(16) during the period of 1884 through the 
present, county marriage records usually refer to 
Upper Mattaponis as ‘‘Indians’’; 
(17) in 1901, Smithsonian anthropologist James 
Mooney heard about the Upper Mattaponi Indians 
but did not visit them; 
(18) in 1928, University of Pennsylvania an-
thropologist Frank Speck published a book on modern 
Virginia Indians with a section on the Upper 
Mattaponis; 
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(19) from 1929 until 1930, the leadership of the 
Upper Mattaponi Indians opposed the use of a ‘‘col-
ored’’ designation in the 1930 United States census 
and won a compromise in which the Indian ancestry 
of the Upper Mattaponis was recorded but questioned; 
(20) during the period of 1942 through 1945— 
(A) the leadership of the Upper Mattaponi 
Indians, with the help of Frank Speck and oth-
ers, fought against the induction of young men 
of the Tribe into ‘‘colored’’ units in the Armed 
Forces of the United States; and 
(B) a tribal roll for the Upper Mattaponi 
Indians was compiled; 
(21) from 1945 to 1946, negotiations took place 
to admit some of the young people of the Upper 
Mattaponi to high schools for Federal Indians (espe-
cially at Cherokee) because no high school coursework 
was available for Indians in Virginia schools; and 
(22) in 1983, the Upper Mattaponi Indians ap-
plied for and won State recognition as an Indian 
tribe. 
SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
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(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.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Upper 
Mattaponi Tribe. 
SEC. 303. 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 appli-
cability 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 inconsistent 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 
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by the Federal Government to federally recognized In-
dian tribes without regard to the existence of a res-
ervation for the Tribe. 
(2) SERVICE AREA.—For the purpose of the de-
livery of Federal services to tribal members, the serv-
ice area of the Tribe shall be considered to be the area 
within 25 miles of the Sharon Indian School at 
13383 King William Road, King William County, 
Virginia. 
SEC. 304. 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. 305. 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 ac-
cordance with the election procedures specified in the 
governing documents of the Tribe. 
SEC. 306. RESERVATION OF THE TRIBE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon the request of the Tribe, the 
Secretary of the Interior— 
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(1) shall take into trust for the benefit of the 
Tribe any land held in fee by the Tribe that was ac-
quired by the Tribe on or before January 1, 2007, if 
such lands are located within the boundaries of King 
William County, Caroline County, Hanover County, 
King and Queen County, and New Kent County, Vir-
ginia; and 
(2) may take into trust for the benefit of the 
Tribe any land held in fee by the Tribe, if such lands 
are located within the boundaries of King William 
County, Caroline County, Hanover County, King and 
Queen County, and New Kent County, Virginia. 
(b) DEADLINE FOR DETERMINATION.—The Secretary 
shall make a final written determination not later than 
three years of the date which the Tribe submits a request 
for land to be taken into trust under subsection (a)(2) and 
shall immediately make that determination available to the 
Tribe. 
(c) RESERVATION STATUS.—Any land taken into trust 
for the benefit of the Tribe pursuant to this paragraph shall, 
upon request of the Tribe, be considered part of the reserva-
tion of the Tribe. 
(d) GAMING.—The Tribe may not conduct gaming ac-
tivities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or under 
the authority of any Federal law, including the Indian 
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Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) or under 
any regulations thereunder promulgated by the Secretary 
or the National Indian Gaming Commission. 
SEC. 307. 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. 
SEC. 308. JURISDICTION OF COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commonwealth of Virginia 
shall exercise jurisdiction over— 
(1) all criminal offenses that are committed on; 
and 
(2) all civil actions that arise on, 
lands located within the Commonwealth of Virginia that 
are owned by, or held in trust by the United States for, 
the Tribe. 
(b) ACCEPTANCE OF STATE JURISDICTION BY SEC-
RETARY.—The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to ac-
cept on behalf of the United States, after consulting with 
the Attorney General of the United States, all or any por-
tion of the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Virginia 
described in subsection (a) upon verification by the Sec-
retary of a certification by a tribe that it possesses the ca-
pacity to reassume such jurisdiction. 
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TITLE IV—RAPPAHANNOCK 
TRIBE, INC. 
SEC. 401. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) during the initial months after Virginia was 
settled, the Rappahannock Indians had 3 encounters 
with Captain John Smith; 
(2) the first encounter occurred when the Rappa-
hannock weroance (headman)— 
(A) traveled to Quiyocohannock (a prin-
cipal town across the James River from James-
town), where he met with Smith to determine 
whether Smith had been the ‘‘great man’’ who 
had previously sailed into the Rappahannock 
River, killed a Rappahannock weroance, and 
kidnapped Rappahannock people; and 
(B) determined that Smith was too short to 
be that ‘‘great man’’; 
(3) on a second meeting, during John Smith’s 
captivity (December 16, 1607 to January 8, 1608), 
Smith was taken to the Rappahannock principal vil-
lage to show the people that Smith was not the ‘‘great 
man’’; 
(4) a third meeting took place during Smith’s 
exploration of the Chesapeake Bay (July to September 
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1608), when, after the Moraughtacund Indians had 
stolen 3 women from the Rappahannock King, Smith 
was prevailed upon to facilitate a peaceful truce be-
tween the Rappahannock and the Moraughtacund In-
dians; 
(5) in the settlement, Smith had the 2 Indian 
tribes meet on the spot of their first fight; 
(6) when it was established that both groups 
wanted peace, Smith told the Rappahannock King to 
select which of the 3 stolen women he wanted; 
(7) the Moraughtacund King was given second 
choice among the 2 remaining women, and Mosco, a 
Wighcocomoco (on the Potomac River) guide, was 
given the third woman; 
(8) in 1645, Captain William Claiborne tried 
unsuccessfully to establish treaty relations with the 
Rappahannocks, as the Rappahannocks had not par-
ticipated in the Pamunkey-led uprising in 1644, and 
the English wanted to ‘‘treat with the Rappahannocks 
or 
any 
other 
Indians 
not 
in 
amity 
with 
Opechancanough, concerning serving the county 
against the Pamunkeys’’; 
(9) in April 1651, the Rappahannocks conveyed 
a tract of land to an English settler, Colonel Morre 
Fauntleroy; 
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(10) the deed for the conveyance was signed by 
Accopatough, weroance of the Rappahannock Indians; 
(11) in September 1653, Lancaster County 
signed a treaty with Rappahannock Indians, the 
terms of which treaty— 
(A) gave Rappahannocks the rights of Eng-
lishmen in the county court; and 
(B) attempted to make the Rappahannocks 
more accountable under English law; 
(12) in September 1653, Lancaster County de-
fined and marked the bounds of its Indian settle-
ments; 
(13) according to the Lancaster clerk of court, 
‘‘the tribe called the great Rappahannocks lived on 
the Rappahannock Creek just across the river above 
Tappahannock’’; 
(14) in September 1656, (Old) Rappahannock 
County (which, as of the date of enactment of this 
Act, is comprised of Richmond and Essex Counties, 
Virginia) signed a treaty with Rappahannock Indi-
ans that— 
(A) mirrored the Lancaster County treaty 
from 1653; and 
(B) stated that— 
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(i) Rappahannocks were to be re-
warded, in Roanoke, for returning English 
fugitives; and 
(ii) 
the 
English 
encouraged 
the 
Rappahannocks to send their children to 
live among the English as servants, who the 
English promised would be well-treated; 
(15) in 1658, the Virginia Assembly revised a 
1652 Act stating that ‘‘there be no grants of land to 
any Englishman whatsoever de futuro until the Indi-
ans be first served with the proportion of 50 acres of 
land for each bowman’’; 
(16) in 1669, the colony conducted a census of 
Virginia Indians; 
(17) as of the date of that census— 
(A) the majority of the Rappahannocks 
were residing at their hunting village on the 
north side of the Mattaponi River; and 
(B) at the time of the visit, census-takers 
were counting only the Indian tribes along the 
rivers, which explains why only 30 Rappahan-
nock bowmen were counted on that river; 
(18) the Rappahannocks used the hunting village 
on the north side of the Mattaponi River as their pri-
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mary residence until the Rappahannocks were re-
moved in 1684; 
(19) in May 1677, the Treaty of Middle Planta-
tion was signed with England; 
(20) the Pamunkey Queen Cockacoeske signed on 
behalf of the Rappahannocks, ‘‘who were supposed to 
be her tributaries’’, but before the treaty could be rati-
fied, the Queen of Pamunkey complained to the Vir-
ginia Colonial Council ‘‘that she was having trouble 
with Rappahannocks and Chickahominies, supposedly 
tributaries of hers’’; 
(21) in November 1682, the Virginia Colonial 
Council established a reservation for the Rappahan-
nock Indians of 3,474 acres ‘‘about the town where 
they dwelt’’; 
(22) the Rappahannock ‘‘town’’ was the hunting 
village on the north side of the Mattaponi River, 
where the Rappahannocks had lived throughout the 
1670s; 
(23) the acreage allotment of the reservation was 
based on the 1658 Indian land act, which translates 
into a bowman population of 70, or an approximate 
total Rappahannock population of 350; 
(24) in 1683, following raids by Iroquoian war-
riors on both Indian and English settlements, the Vir-
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ginia Colonial Council ordered the Rappahannocks to 
leave their reservation and unite with the Nanzatico 
Indians at Nanzatico Indian Town, which was lo-
cated across and up the Rappahannock River some 30 
miles; 
(25) between 1687 and 1699, the Rappahannocks 
migrated out of Nanzatico, returning to the south side 
of the Rappahannock River at Portobacco Indian 
Town; 
(26) in 1706, by order of Essex County, Lieuten-
ant Richard Covington ‘‘escorted’’ the Portobaccos 
and Rappahannocks out of Portobacco Indian Town, 
out of Essex County, and into King and Queen Coun-
ty where they settled along the ridgeline between the 
Rappahannock and Mattaponi Rivers, the site of 
their ancient hunting village and 1682 reservation; 
(27) during the 1760s, 3 Rappahannock girls 
were raised on Thomas Nelson’s Bleak Hill Planta-
tion in King William County; 
(28) of those girls— 
(A) 1 married a Saunders man; 
(B) 1 married a Johnson man; and 
(C) 1 had 2 children, Edmund and Carter 
Nelson, fathered by Thomas Cary Nelson; 
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(29) in the 19th century, those Saunders, John-
son, and Nelson families are among the core Rappa-
hannock families from which the modern Tribe traces 
its descent; 
(30) in 1819 and 1820, Edward Bird, John Bird 
(and his wife), Carter Nelson, Edmund Nelson, and 
Carter Spurlock (all Rappahannock ancestors) were 
listed on the tax roles of King and Queen County and 
taxed at the county poor rate; 
(31) Edmund Bird was added to the tax roles in 
1821; 
(32) those tax records are significant documenta-
tion because the great majority of pre-1864 records for 
King and Queen County were destroyed by fire; 
(33) beginning in 1819, and continuing through 
the 1880s, there was a solid Rappahannock presence 
in the membership at Upper Essex Baptist Church; 
(34) that was the first instance of conversion to 
Christianity by at least some Rappahannock Indians; 
(35) while 26 identifiable and traceable Rappa-
hannock surnames appear on the pre-1863 member-
ship list, and 28 were listed on the 1863 membership 
roster, the number of surnames listed had declined to 
12 in 1878 and had risen only slightly to 14 by 1888; 
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(36) a reason for the decline is that in 1870, a 
Methodist circuit rider, Joseph Mastin, secured funds 
to purchase land and construct St. Stephens Baptist 
Church for the Rappahannocks living nearby in Caro-
line County; 
(37) Mastin referred to the Rappahannocks dur-
ing the period of 1850 to 1870 as ‘‘Indians, having 
a great need for moral and Christian guidance’’; 
(38) St. Stephens was the dominant tribal 
church until the Rappahannock Indian Baptist 
Church was established in 1964; 
(39) at both churches, the core Rappahannock 
family names of Bird, Clarke, Fortune, Johnson, Nel-
son, Parker, and Richardson predominate; 
(40) during the early 1900s, James Mooney, 
noted anthropologist, maintained correspondence with 
the Rappahannocks, surveying them and instructing 
them on how to formalize their tribal government; 
(41) in November 1920, Speck visited the 
Rappahannocks and assisted them in organizing the 
fight for their sovereign rights; 
(42) in 1921, the Rappahannocks were granted 
a charter from the Commonwealth of Virginia for-
malizing their tribal government; 
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(43) Speck began a professional relationship 
with the Tribe that would last more than 30 years 
and document Rappahannock history and traditions 
as never before; 
(44) in April 1921, Rappahannock Chief George 
Nelson asked the Governor of Virginia, Westmoreland 
Davis, to forward a proclamation to the President of 
the United States, along with an appended list of 
tribal members and a handwritten copy of the procla-
mation itself; 
(45) the letter concerned Indian freedom of 
speech and assembly nationwide; 
(46) in 1922, the Rappahannocks established a 
formal school at Lloyds, Essex County, Virginia; 
(47) prior to establishment of the school, Rappa-
hannock children were taught by a tribal member in 
Central Point, Caroline County, Virginia; 
(48) in December 1923, Rappahannock Chief 
George Nelson testified before Congress appealing for 
a $50,000 appropriation to establish an Indian school 
in Virginia; 
(49) in 1930, the Rappahannocks were engaged 
in an ongoing dispute with the Commonwealth of Vir-
ginia and the United States Census Bureau about 
their classification in the 1930 Federal census; 
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(50) in January 1930, Rappahannock Chief 
Otho S. Nelson wrote to Leon Truesdell, Chief Stat-
istician of the United States Census Bureau, asking 
that the 218 enrolled Rappahannocks be listed as In-
dians; 
(51) in February 1930, Truesdell replied to Nel-
son saying that ‘‘special instructions’’ were being 
given about classifying Indians; 
(52) in April 1930, Nelson wrote to William M. 
Steuart at the Census Bureau asking about the enu-
merators’ failure to classify his people as Indians, 
saying that enumerators had not asked the question 
about race when they interviewed his people; 
(53) in a followup letter to Truesdell, Nelson re-
ported that the enumerators were ‘‘flatly denying’’ his 
people’s request to be listed as Indians and that the 
race question was completely avoided during inter-
views; 
(54) the Rappahannocks had spoken with Caro-
line and Essex County enumerators, and with John 
M.W. Green at that point, without success; 
(55) Nelson asked Truesdell to list people as In-
dians if he sent a list of members; 
(56) the matter was settled by William Steuart, 
who concluded that the Bureau’s rule was that people 
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of Indian descent could be classified as ‘‘Indian’’ only 
if Indian ‘‘blood’’ predominated and ‘‘Indian’’ iden-
tity was accepted in the local community; 
(57) the Virginia Vital Statistics Bureau classed 
all nonreservation Indians as ‘‘Negro’’, and it failed 
to see why ‘‘an exception should be made’’ for the 
Rappahannocks; 
(58) therefore, in 1925, the Indian Rights Asso-
ciation took on the Rappahannock case to assist the 
Rappahannocks in fighting for their recognition and 
rights as an Indian tribe; 
(59) during the Second World War, the 
Pamunkeys, Mattaponis, Chickahominies, and Rap-
pahannocks had to fight the draft boards with respect 
to their racial identities; 
(60) the Virginia Vital Statistics Bureau in-
sisted that certain Indian draftees be inducted into 
Negro units; 
(61) finally, 3 Rappahannocks were convicted of 
violating the Federal draft laws and, after spending 
time in a Federal prison, were granted conscientious 
objector status and served out the remainder of the 
war working in military hospitals; 
(62) in 1943, Frank Speck noted that there were 
approximately 25 communities of Indians left in the 
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Eastern United States that were entitled to Indian 
classification, including the Rappahannocks; 
(63) in the 1940s, Leon Truesdell, Chief Statisti-
cian, of the United States Census Bureau, listed 118 
members in the Rappahannock Tribe in the Indian 
population of Virginia; 
(64) on April 25, 1940, the Office of Indian Af-
fairs of the Department of the Interior included the 
Rappahannocks on a list of Indian tribes classified by 
State and by agency; 
(65) in 1948, the Smithsonian Institution An-
nual Report included an article by William Harlen 
Gilbert entitled, ‘‘Surviving Indian Groups of the 
Eastern United States’’, which included and described 
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 exec-
utive order of the Governor of Virginia; 
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(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 pottery 
and artisans company, operating with other Virginia 
tribes; 
(71) in 1980, the Rappahannocks received fund-
ing 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. 
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.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means 
the organization possessing the legal name Rap-
pahannock 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 appli-
cability 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 inconsistent 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 In-
dian tribes without regard to the existence of a res-
ervation for the Tribe. 
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(2) SERVICE AREA.—For the purpose of the de-
livery of Federal services to tribal members, the serv-
ice area of the Tribe shall be considered to be the area 
comprised of King and Queen County, Caroline 
County, Essex County, Spotsylvania County, Stafford 
County, and Richmond County, Virginia. 
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 ac-
cordance with the election procedures specified in the 
governing documents of the Tribe. 
SEC. 406. RESERVATION OF THE TRIBE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon the request of the Tribe, the 
Secretary of the Interior— 
(1) shall take into trust for the benefit of the 
Tribe any land held in fee by the Tribe that was ac-
quired by the Tribe on or before January 1, 2007, if 
such lands are located within the boundaries of King 
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and Queen County, Stafford County, Spotsylvania 
County, Richmond County, Essex County, and Caro-
line County, Virginia; and 
(2) may take into trust for the benefit of the 
Tribe any land held in fee by the Tribe, if such lands 
are located within the boundaries of King and Queen 
County, Stafford County, Spotsylvania County, Rich-
mond County, Essex County, and Caroline County, 
Virginia. 
(b) DEADLINE FOR DETERMINATION.—The Secretary 
shall make a final written determination not later than 
three years of the date which the Tribe submits a request 
for land to be taken into trust under subsection (a)(2) and 
shall immediately make that determination available to the 
Tribe. 
(c) RESERVATION STATUS.—Any land taken into trust 
for the benefit of the Tribe pursuant to this paragraph shall, 
upon request of the Tribe, be considered part of the reserva-
tion of the Tribe. 
(d) GAMING.—The Tribe may not conduct gaming ac-
tivities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or under 
the authority of any Federal law, including the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) or under 
any regulations thereunder promulgated by the Secretary 
or the National Indian Gaming Commission. 
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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. 
SEC. 408. JURISDICTION OF COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commonwealth of Virginia 
shall exercise jurisdiction over— 
(1) all criminal offenses that are committed on; 
and 
(2) all civil actions that arise on, 
lands located within the Commonwealth of Virginia that 
are owned by, or held in trust by the United States for, 
the Tribe. 
(b) ACCEPTANCE OF STATE JURISDICTION BY SEC-
RETARY.—The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to ac-
cept on behalf of the United States, after consulting with 
the Attorney General of the United States, all or any por-
tion of the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Virginia 
described in subsection (a) upon verification by the Sec-
retary of a certification by a tribe that it possesses the ca-
pacity to reassume such jurisdiction. 
TITLE V—MONACAN INDIAN 
NATION 
SEC. 501. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
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(1) in 1677, the Monacan Tribe signed the Trea-
ty of Middle Plantation between Charles II of Eng-
land 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), 
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 fam-
ilies; 
(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, 
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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 resulted 
from the decision of Dr. Walter Plecker, former head 
of the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the Commonwealth 
of Virginia, not to allow Indians to register as Indi-
ans for the 1930 census; 
(11) the Monacans eventually succeeded in being 
allowed to claim their race, albeit with an asterisk at-
tached to a note from Dr. Plecker stating that there 
were no Indians in Virginia; 
(12) in 1947, D’Arcy McNickle, a Salish Indian, 
saw some of the children at the Amherst Mission and 
requested that the Cherokee Agency visit them because 
they appeared to be Indian; 
(13) that letter was forwarded to the Department 
of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Chicago, Illi-
nois; 
(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’’; 
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(15) in 1979, a Federal Coalition of Eastern Na-
tive Americans established the entity known as ‘‘Mon-
acan 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; 
(17) the Mattaponi-Pamunkey-Monacan Consor-
tium, established in 1981, has since been organized as 
a nonprofit corporation that serves as a vehicle to ob-
tain funds for those Indian tribes from the Depart-
ment of Labor under Native American programs; 
(18) in 1989, the Monacan Tribe was recognized 
by the Commonwealth of Virginia, which enabled the 
Tribe to apply for grants and participate in other 
programs; and 
(19) in 1993, the Monacan Tribe received tax-ex-
empt status as a nonprofit corporation from the In-
ternal Revenue Service. 
SEC. 502. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) TRIBAL MEMBER.—The term ‘‘tribal mem-
ber’’ means— 
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(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.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Mona-
can Indian Nation. 
SEC. 503. 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 appli-
cability 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 inconsistent 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 In-
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dian tribes without regard to the existence of a res-
ervation for the Tribe. 
(2) SERVICE AREA.—For the purpose of the de-
livery of Federal services to tribal members, the serv-
ice area of the Tribe shall be considered to be the area 
comprised of all land within 25 miles from the center 
of Amherst, Virginia. 
SEC. 504. 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. 505. 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 ac-
cordance with the election procedures specified in the 
governing documents of the Tribe. 
SEC. 506. RESERVATION OF THE TRIBE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon the request of the Tribe, the 
Secretary of the Interior— 
(1) shall take into trust for the benefit of the 
Tribe any land held in fee by the Tribe that was ac-
quired by the Tribe on or before January 1, 2007, if 
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such lands are located within the boundaries of Albe-
marle County, Alleghany County, Amherst County, 
Augusta County, Campbell County, Nelson County, 
and Rockbridge County, Virginia; and 
(2) may take into trust for the benefit of the 
Tribe any land held in fee by the Tribe, if such lands 
are located within the boundaries of Albemarle Coun-
ty, Alleghany County, Amherst County, Augusta 
County, Campbell County, Nelson County, and 
Rockbridge County, Virginia. 
(b) DEADLINE FOR DETERMINATION.—The Secretary 
shall make a final written determination not later than 
three years of the date which the Tribe submits a request 
for land to be taken into trust under subsection (a)(2) and 
shall immediately make that determination available to the 
Tribe. 
(c) RESERVATION STATUS.—Any land taken into trust 
for the benefit of the Tribe pursuant to this paragraph shall, 
upon request of the Tribe, be considered part of the reserva-
tion of the Tribe. 
(d) GAMING.—The Tribe may not conduct gaming ac-
tivities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or under 
the authority of any Federal law, including the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) or under 
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any regulations thereunder promulgated by the Secretary 
or the National Indian Gaming Commission. 
SEC. 507. 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. 
SEC. 508. JURISDICTION OF COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commonwealth of Virginia 
shall exercise jurisdiction over— 
(1) all criminal offenses that are committed on; 
and 
(2) all civil actions that arise on, 
lands located within the Commonwealth of Virginia that 
are owned by, or held in trust by the United States for, 
the Tribe. 
(b) ACCEPTANCE OF STATE JURISDICTION BY SEC-
RETARY.—The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to ac-
cept on behalf of the United States, after consulting with 
the Attorney General of the United States, all or any por-
tion of the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Virginia 
described in subsection (a) upon verification by the Sec-
retary of a certification by a tribe that it possesses the ca-
pacity to reassume such jurisdiction. 
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TITLE VI—NANSEMOND INDIAN 
TRIBE 
SEC. 601. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) from 1607 until 1646, Nansemond Indians— 
(A) lived approximately 30 miles from 
Jamestown; and 
(B) were significantly involved in English- 
Indian affairs; 
(2) after 1646, there were 2 sections of 
Nansemonds in communication with each other, the 
Christianized Nansemonds in Norfolk County, who 
lived as citizens, and the traditionalist Nansemonds, 
who lived further west; 
(3) in 1638, according to an entry in a 17th cen-
tury sermon book still owned by the Chief’s family, a 
Norfolk County Englishman married a Nansemond 
woman; 
(4) that man and woman are lineal ancestors of 
all of members of the Nansemond Indian tribe alive 
as of the date of enactment of this Act, as are some 
of the traditionalist Nansemonds; 
(5) in 1669, the 2 Nansemond sections appeared 
in Virginia Colony’s census of Indian bowmen; 
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(6) in 1677, Nansemond Indians were signato-
ries to the Treaty of 1677 with the King of England; 
(7) in 1700 and 1704, the Nansemonds and other 
Virginia Indian tribes were prevented by Virginia 
Colony from making a separate peace with the Iro-
quois; 
(8) Virginia represented those Indian tribes in 
the final Treaty of Albany, 1722; 
(9) in 1711, a Nansemond boy attended the In-
dian School at the College of William and Mary; 
(10) in 1727, Norfolk County granted William 
Bass and his kinsmen the ‘‘Indian privileges’’ of 
clearing swamp land and bearing arms (which privi-
leges were forbidden to other nonwhites) because of 
their Nansemond ancestry, which meant that Bass 
and his kinsmen were original inhabitants of that 
land; 
(11) in 1742, Norfolk County issued a certificate 
of Nansemond descent to William Bass; 
(12) from the 1740s to the 1790s, the tradition-
alist section of the Nansemond tribe, 40 miles west of 
the Christianized Nansemonds, was dealing with res-
ervation land; 
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(13) the last surviving members of that section 
sold out in 1792 with the permission of the Common-
wealth of Virginia; 
(14) in 1797, Norfolk County issued a certificate 
stating that William Bass was of Indian and English 
descent, and that his Indian line of ancestry ran di-
rectly back to the early 18th century elder in a tradi-
tionalist section of Nansemonds on the reservation; 
(15) in 1833, Virginia enacted a law enabling 
people of European and Indian descent to obtain a 
special certificate of ancestry; 
(16) the law originated from the county in which 
Nansemonds lived, and mostly Nansemonds, with a 
few people from other counties, took advantage of the 
new law; 
(17) a Methodist mission established around 
1850 for Nansemonds is currently a standard Meth-
odist congregation with Nansemond members; 
(18) in 1901, Smithsonian anthropologist James 
Mooney— 
(A) visited the Nansemonds; and 
(B) completed a tribal census that counted 
61 households and was later published; 
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(19) in 1922, Nansemonds were given a special 
Indian school in the segregated school system of Nor-
folk County; 
(20) the school survived only a few years; 
(21) in 1928, University of Pennsylvania an-
thropologist Frank Speck published a book on modern 
Virginia Indians that included a section on the 
Nansemonds; and 
(22) the Nansemonds were organized formally, 
with elected officers, in 1984, and later applied for 
and received State recognition. 
SEC. 602. 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.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Nansemond Indian Tribe. 
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SEC. 603. 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 appli-
cability 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 inconsistent 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 In-
dian tribes without regard to the existence of a res-
ervation for the Tribe. 
(2) SERVICE AREA.—For the purpose of the de-
livery of Federal services to tribal members, the serv-
ice area of the Tribe shall be considered to be the area 
comprised of the cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, New-
port News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia 
Beach, Virginia. 
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(b) DEADLINE FOR DETERMINATION.—The Secretary 
shall make a final written determination not later than 
three years of the date which the Tribe submits a request 
for land to be taken into trust under subsection (a)(2) and 
shall immediately make that determination available to the 
Tribe. 
(c) RESERVATION STATUS.—Any land taken into trust 
for the benefit of the Tribe pursuant to this paragraph shall, 
upon request of the Tribe, be considered part of the reserva-
tion of the Tribe. 
(d) GAMING.—The Tribe may not conduct gaming ac-
tivities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or under 
the authority of any Federal law, including the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) or under 
any regulations thereunder promulgated by the Secretary 
or the National Indian Gaming Commission. 
SEC. 607. 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. 
SEC. 608. JURISDICTION OF COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commonwealth of Virginia 
shall exercise jurisdiction over— 
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(1) all criminal offenses that are committed on; 
and 
(2) all civil actions that arise on, 
lands located within the Commonwealth of Virginia that 
are owned by, or held in trust by the United States for, 
the Tribe. 
(b) ACCEPTANCE OF STATE JURISDICTION BY SEC-
RETARY.—The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to ac-
cept on behalf of the United States, after consulting with 
the Attorney General of the United States, all or any por-
tion of the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Virginia 
described in subsection (a) upon verification by the Sec-
retary of a certification by a tribe that it possesses the ca-
pacity to reassume such jurisdiction. 
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Union Calendar No. 50 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1385 
[Report No. 111–104] 
A BILL 
To extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy 
Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe- 
Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, 
the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan In-
dian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe. 
MAY 12, 2009 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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