I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 929 
To take certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the benefit 
of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2023 
Mr. KILMER (for himself and Ms. STRICKLAND) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To take certain land in the State of Washington into trust 
for the benefit of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 
Reservation, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Puyallup Tribe of Indi-
ans Land Into Trust Confirmation Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. LAND TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT 
OF THE PUYALLUP TRIBE OF THE PUYALLUP 
RESERVATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The approximately 17.264 acres 
of land owned in fee by the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 
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Reservation in Pierce County, Washington, and described 
in subsection (b) is hereby taken into trust by the United 
States for the benefit of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puy-
allup Reservation. 
(b) LAND DESCRIPTIONS.— 
(1) PARCEL 1.—Lots 1 to 4, inclusive, Block 
85, Map of Tacoma Tidelands, as surveyed and plat-
ted by the Board of Appraisers of Tide and Shore 
Lands for Pierce County, according to Plat filed for 
record on September 14, 1895, in the Office of the 
County Auditor, in Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash-
ington. 
(2) PARCEL 2.—Lots 5 to 9, inclusive, Block 
85, Map of Tacoma Tidelands, as surveyed and plat-
ted by the Board of Appraisers of Tide and Shore 
Lands for Pierce County, according to Plat filed for 
record on September 14, 1895, in the Office of the 
County Auditor, in Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash-
ington. 
(3) PARCEL 3.—Parcel A of City of Tacoma 
Boundary 
Line 
Adjustment 
MPD2011– 
40000166230, recorded October 12, 2011, under 
Pierce 
County 
Auditor 
Recording 
No. 
201110125009, as corrected by Affidavit of Minor 
Correction of Map Recorded September 25, 2012, 
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under 
Pierce 
County 
Auditor 
Recording 
No. 
201209250440. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—Land taken into trust under 
subsection (a) shall be— 
(1) part of the Reservation of the Puyallup 
Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation; and 
(2) administered in accordance with the laws 
and regulations generally applicable to property held 
in trust by the United States for the benefit of an 
Indian Tribe. 
(d) ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the United States shall not 
be liable for any environmental contamination that oc-
curred on the land described in subsection (b) on or before 
the date on which that land is taken into trust under sub-
section (a). 
(e) GAMING PROHIBITED.—Land taken into trust 
under subsection (a) shall not be used for any class II 
gaming or class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Reg-
ulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) (as those terms are 
defined in section 4 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)). 
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