H. R. 4881 
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 into trust for the Pascua Yaqui 
Tribe of Arizona certain land in Pima County, Arizona, 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 ‘‘Old Pascua Community Land 
Acquisition Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COMPACT-DESIGNATED AREA.—The term ‘‘Compact Des-
ignated Area’’ means the area south of West Grant Road, east 
of Interstate 10, north of West Calle Adelanto, and west of 
North 15th Avenue in the City of Tucson, Arizona, as provided 
specifically in the Pascua Yaqui Tribe—State of Arizona 
Amended and Restated Gaming Compact signed in 2021. 
(2) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Pascua Yaqui Tribe 
of Arizona, a federally recognized Indian tribe. 
(3) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’— 
(A) means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other 
organized group or community, including any Alaska 
Native village that is recognized as eligible for the special 
programs and services provided by the United States to 
Indians because of their status as Indians; and 
(B) does not include any Alaska Native regional or 
village corporation. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST. 
Upon the request of the Tribe, the Secretary shall accept and 
take into trust for the benefit of the Tribe, subject to all valid 
existing rights, any land within the Compact-Designated Area that 
is owned by Tribe. 
SEC. 4. APPLICATION OF CURRENT LAW. 
Gaming conducted by the Tribe in the Compact-Designated 
Area shall be subject to— 
(1) the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 
et seq.); and 
(2) sections 1166 through 1168 of title 18, United States 
Code.
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SEC. 5. REAFFIRMATION OF STATUS AND ACTIONS. 
(a) ADMINISTRATION.—Land placed into trust pursuant to this 
Act shall— 
(1) be a part of the Pascua Yaqui Reservation and adminis-
tered in accordance with the laws and regulations generally 
applicable to land held in trust by the United States for an 
Indian Tribe; and 
(2) be deemed to have been acquired and taken into trust 
on September 18, 1978. 
(b) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act shall— 
(1) enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect any right or claim 
of the Tribe to any land or interest in land in existence before 
the date of the enactment of this Act; 
(2) affect any water right of the Tribe in existence before 
the date of the enactment of this Act; 
(3) terminate or limit any access in any way to any right- 
of-way or right-of-use issued, granted, or permitted before the 
date of the enactment of this Act; or 
(4) alter or diminish the right of the Tribe to seek to 
have additional land taken into trust by the United States 
for the benefit of the Tribe. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.