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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2320 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to place certain lands in Skagit 
and San Juan Counties, Washington, into trust for the Samish Indian 
Nation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 3, 2017 
Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself, Mr. COOK, Mr. COLE, Mr. CART-
WRIGHT, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. DENHAM, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 
Mr. JONES, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. AGUILAR, 
Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, and Mr. POLIS) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to place certain lands 
in Skagit and San Juan Counties, Washington, into trust 
for the Samish Indian Nation, 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 ‘‘Samish Indian Nation 
Land Conveyance Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) PARCELS.—The term ‘‘parcels’’ means the 17 
parcels of approximately 97 acres of land owned by the 
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Tribe, located in Skagit County and San Juan County, 
Washington, and depicted on the Map. 
(b) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map titled 
‘‘the Samish Indian Nation Land Conveyance Map’’ dated 
July 25, 2013. 
(c) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the 
Secretary of the Interior. 
(d) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Samish In-
dian Nation, a federally recognized Indian Tribe. 
SEC. 3. LAND INTO TRUST. 
(a) ACTION
BY
THE SECRETARY
OF
THE INTE-
RIOR.—The Secretary shall take the land described in the 
Map into trust for the benefit of the Tribe in accordance 
with the regulations of the Department of the Interior for 
implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) that are applicable to trust 
land acquisitions for Indian tribes that are mandated by 
Federal legislation. 
(b) SURVEY.— 
(1) RESPONSIBILITY FOR SURVEY.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Tribe shall conduct a survey of the bound-
aries of the parcels described in the Map and des-
ignated for the Tribe and submit the survey to the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs. 
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(2) APPROVAL OF SURVEY.— 
(A) Not later than 90 days after the date 
on which the survey is submitted under this 
subsection, the Director of the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs shall complete a review of the sur-
vey, and provide the Tribe with notice of con-
currence of the survey. 
(B) Not later than 120 days after the date 
on which concurrence is provided to the Tribe, 
the Secretary shall submit a copy of the survey 
to the appropriate committees of Congress, and 
make the survey available to the public at the 
appropriate office of the Secretary. 
SEC. 4. HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, AND GATHERING. 
This Act shall not grant or diminish any hunting, 
fishing, trapping or gathering treaty right of any Indian 
tribe. 
SEC. 5. GAMING PROHIBITION. 
The Tribe may not conduct on any land taken into 
trust pursuant to this Act any gaming activities— 
(1) as a matter of claimed inherent authority; 
or 
(2) under any Federal law (including the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) 
and any regulations promulgated by the Secretary or 
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the National Indian Gaming Commission pursuant 
to that Act). 
SEC. 6. EFFECT OF ACT. 
Nothing in this Act shall limit— 
(1) the existing rights or claims of the Tribe; or 
(2) the eligibility of the Tribe to acquire addi-
tional land in trust under applicable Federal law and 
regulations. 
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