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(25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) or under any regulations thereunder 
promulgated by the Secretary or the National Indian Gaming 
Commission. 
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), 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 identified in the 
United States census; 
(10) from 1930 through 1931, numerous letters from 
Monacans to the Bureau of the Census resulted from the deci-
sion of Dr. Walter Plecker, former head of the Bureau of Vital 
Statistics of the Commonwealth 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 asterisk attached 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, 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’’;
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(15) in 1979, a Federal Coalition of Eastern Native Ameri-
cans 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; 
(17) the Mattaponi-Pamunkey-Monacan Consortium, estab-
lished in 1981, has since been organized as a nonprofit corpora-
tion that serves as a vehicle to obtain funds for those Indian 
tribes from the Department 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-exempt status 
as a nonprofit corporation from the Internal 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 member’’ means— 
(A) an individual who is an enrolled member of the 
Tribe as of the date of enactment of this Act; and 
(B) an individual who has been placed on the member-
ship rolls of the Tribe in accordance with this title. 
(3) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Monacan Indian 
Nation. 
SEC. 503. FEDERAL RECOGNITION. 
(a) FEDERAL RECOGNITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Federal recognition is extended to the 
Tribe. 
(2) APPLICABILITY OF LAWS.—All laws (including regula-
tions) of the United States of general applicability 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 enactment 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 delivery of Fed-
eral services to tribal members, the service 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 governing 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—
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(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 docu-
ments 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 acquired by the Tribe 
on or before January 1, 2007, if such lands are located within 
the boundaries of Amherst 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 Amherst County, Virginia, and those parcels 
in Rockbridge County, Virginia (subject to the consent of the 
local unit of government), owned by Mr. J. Poole, described 
as East 731 Sandbridge (encompassing approximately 4.74 
acres) and East 731 (encompassing approximately 5.12 acres). 
(b) DEADLINE FOR DETERMINATION.—The Secretary shall make 
a final written determination not later than 3 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 determina-
tion 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 reservation of the Tribe. 
(d) GAMING.—The Tribe may not conduct gaming activities 
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. 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. 
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 two 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 family, a Norfolk County 
Englishman married a Nansemond woman;
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(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 two Nansemond sections appeared in Vir-
ginia Colony’s census of Indian bowmen; 
(6) in 1677, Nansemond Indians were signatories 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 Iroquois; 
(8) Virginia represented those Indian tribes in the final 
Treaty of Albany, 1722; 
(9) in 1711, a Nansemond boy attended the Indian 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 privileges 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 certificate of 
Nansemond descent to William Bass; 
(12) from the 1740s to the 1790s, the traditionalist section 
of the Nansemond tribe, 40 miles 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 Commonwealth 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 directly back to the early 
18th century elder in a traditionalist 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 Methodist congregation 
with Nansemond members; 
(18) in 1901, Smithsonian anthropologist James Mooney— 
(A) visited the Nansemonds; and 
(B) completed a tribal census that counted 61 house-
holds 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 anthropologist 
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 rec-
ognition.
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SEC. 602. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of the Interior. 
(2) TRIBAL MEMBER.—The term ‘‘tribal member’’ means— 
(A) an individual who is an enrolled member of the 
Tribe as of the date of enactment of this Act; and 
(B) an individual who has been placed on the member-
ship rolls of the Tribe in accordance with this title. 
(3) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Nansemond Indian 
Tribe. 
SEC. 603. FEDERAL RECOGNITION. 
(a) FEDERAL RECOGNITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Federal recognition is extended to the 
Tribe. 
(2) APPLICABILITY OF LAWS.—All laws (including regula-
tions) of the United States of general applicability 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 enactment 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 delivery of Fed-
eral services to tribal members, the service area of the Tribe 
shall be considered to be the area comprised of the cities 
of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, 
Suffolk, and Virginia Beach, Virginia. 
SEC. 604. MEMBERSHIP; GOVERNING DOCUMENTS. 
The membership roll and governing documents of the Tribe 
shall be the most recent membership roll and governing documents, 
respectively, submitted by the Tribe to the Secretary before the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 605. 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 docu-
ments of the Tribe. 
SEC. 606. 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 acquired by the Tribe 
on or before January 1, 2007, if such lands are located within 
the boundaries of the city of Suffolk, the city of Chesapeake, 
or Isle of Wight 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