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. 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 
accept on behalf of the United States, after consulting 
with the Attorney General of the United States, all or any 
portion of the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Vir-
ginia described in subsection (a) upon verification by the 
Secretary of a certification by a tribe that it possesses the 
capacity 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 Indi-
ans— 
(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 
century sermon book still owned by the Chief’s fam-
ily, a Norfolk County Englishman married a Nanse-
mond 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; 
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(5) in 1669, the 2 Nansemond sections ap-
peared in Virginia Colony’s census of Indian bow-
men; 
(6) in 1677, Nansemond Indians were signato-
ries to the Treaty of 1677 with the King of Eng-
land; 
(7) in 1700 and 1704, the Nansemonds and 
other Virginia Indian tribes were prevented by Vir-
ginia Colony from making a separate peace with the 
Iroquois; 
(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 non-Whites) 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 certifi-
cate of Nansemond descent to William Bass; 
(12) from the 1740s to the 1790s, the tradi-
tionalist section of the Nansemond tribe, 40 miles 
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west of the Christianized Nansemonds, was dealing 
with reservation land; 
(13) the last surviving members of that section 
sold out in 1792 with the permission of the Com-
monwealth of Virginia; 
(14) in 1797, Norfolk County issued a certifi-
cate stating that William Bass was of Indian and 
English descent, and that his Indian line of ancestry 
ran directly back to the early 18th century elder in 
a traditionalist section of Nansemonds on the res-
ervation; 
(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 advan-
tage 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 
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(B) completed a tribal census that counted 
61 households and was later published; 
(19) in 1922, Nansemonds were given a special 
Indian school in the segregated school system of 
Norfolk County; 
(20) the school survived only a few years; 
(21) in 1928, University of Pennsylvania an-
thropologist Frank Speck published a book on mod-
ern 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. 
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(3) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Nansemond Indian Tribe. 
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 ap-
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 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 
service area of the Tribe shall be considered to be 
the area comprised of the cities of Chesapeake, 
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lands are located within the boundaries of the city 
of Suffolk, the city of Chesapeake, or Isle of Wight 
County, Virginia. 
(b) DEADLINE
FOR DETERMINATION.—The Sec-
retary 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 para-
graph shall, upon request of the Tribe, be considered part 
of the reservation 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. 
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SEC. 608. 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 
accept on behalf of the United States, after consulting 
with the Attorney General of the United States, all or any 
portion of the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Vir-
ginia described in subsection (a) upon verification by the 
Secretary of a certification by a tribe that it possesses the 
capacity to reassume such jurisdiction. 
TITLE VII—EMINENT DOMAIN 
SEC. 701. LIMITATION. 
Eminent domain may not be used to acquire lands 
in fee or in trust for an Indian tribe recognized under this 
Act. 
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