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Union Calendar No. 302 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1240 
[Report No. 118–369] 
To transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands from the 
Army Corps of Engineers to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take 
such lands into trust for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 28, 2023 
Mr. FEENSTRA (for himself, Mr. FLOOD, Mr. NUNN of Iowa, Ms. DAVIDS of 
Kansas, and Mr. SMITH of Nebraska) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
JANUARY 30, 2024 
Additional sponsors: Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. BACON, and Mrs. HINSON 
JANUARY 30, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 28, 2023] 
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A BILL 
To transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal 
lands from the Army Corps of Engineers to the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs, to take such lands into trust for the 
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Winnebago Land Trans-
fer Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. LAND TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to all valid existing rights, 
all right, title, and interest (including improvements and 
appurtenances) of the United States in and to the Federal 
lands described in subsection (b), those Federal lands— 
(1) are declared to be part of the Winnebago Res-
ervation created by the Treaty between the United 
States and the Winnebago Tribe in 1865; and 
(2) shall be held in trust by the United States for 
the benefit of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska subject 
to the same terms and conditions as those lands de-
scribed in the Treaty with the Winnebago Tribe, 1865 
(14 Stat. 671). 
(b) FEDERAL LANDS DESCRIBED.—The Federal lands 
described in this subsection are the following: 
(1) That portion of Tract No. 119, the descrip-
tion of which is filed in the United States District 
Court for the Northern District of Iowa (Western Di-
vision), Civil Case No. 70–C–3015–W, executed May 
11, 1973, said tract being situated in Section 8 and 
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the accretion land thereto, the Southwest Quarter of 
Section 9, the West Half of Section 16, the East Half 
of Section 17, Township 86 North, Range 47 West of 
the Fifth Principal Meridian, Woodbury County, 
Iowa, lying Easterly of the Nebraska/Iowa State Line 
and Southerly of the Easterly extension of the North 
line of the Winnebago Reservation. 
(2) Tract No. 210, as described in Schedule ‘‘A’’ 
of the ‘‘Declaration of Taking, Legal Description of 
Tract 210 and Judgment on Stipulation and Order 
of Distribution’’, filed in the United States District 
Court for the Northern District of Iowa (Western Di-
vision), Civil Case No. 70–C–3015–W. 
(3) Tract No. 113, as described in the ‘‘Judgment 
on Declaration of Taking and Legal Description of 
Tract 113’’, filed in the United States District Court 
for the District of Nebraska, Civ. No. 03498. 
(c) GAMING PROHIBITION.—Class II and class III 
gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) shall not be allowed at any time on 
the land taken into trust under subsection (a). 
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Union Calendar No. 302 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1240 
[Report No. 118–369] 
A BILL 
To transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain 
Federal lands from the Army Corps of Engineers 
to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take such 
lands into trust for the Winnebago Tribe of Ne-
braska, and for other purposes. 
JANUARY 30, 2024 
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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