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Union Calendar No. 496 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6032 
[Report No. 117–679] 
To take certain Federal lands located in Siskiyou County, California, and 
Humboldt County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Karuk 
Tribe, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2021 
Mr. HUFFMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
DECEMBER 30, 2022 
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 November 18, 2021] 
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A BILL 
To take certain Federal lands located in Siskiyou County, 
California, and Humboldt County, California, into trust 
for the benefit of the Karuk Tribe, and for other pur-
poses. 
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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 ‘‘Katimiıˆn and 
Ameekya´araam Sacred Lands Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LAND HELD IN TRUST FOR THE KARUK TRIBE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) the Katimiıˆn and Ameekya´araam land is lo-
cated in the ancestral territory of the Karuk Tribe; 
and 
(2) the Karuk Tribe has historically used, and 
has an ongoing relationship with, the Katimiıˆn and 
Ameekya´araam land. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) KATIMIIˆN AND AMEEKYA´ARAAM LAND.—The 
term ‘‘Katimiıˆn and Ameekya´araam land’’ means the 
approximately 1,031 acres of Federal land, including 
improvements and appurtenances to the Federal land, 
located in Siskiyou County, California, and Hum-
boldt County, California, and generally depicted as 
‘‘Proposed Area’’ on the map of the Forest Service en-
titled ‘‘Katimiıˆn Area Boundary Proposal’’ and dated 
August 9, 2021. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
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(c) ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFER.—Administrative ju-
risdiction of the Katimiıˆn and Ameekya´araam land is here-
by transferred from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Sec-
retary, subject to the condition that the Chief of the Forest 
Service shall continue to manage the component of the Na-
tional Wild and Scenic Rivers System that flows through 
the Katimiıˆn and Ameekya´araam land. 
(d) LAND HELD
IN TRUST.—The Katimiıˆn and 
Ameekya´araam land is hereby taken into trust by the Sec-
retary for the benefit of the Karuk Tribe, subject to— 
(1) valid existing rights, contracts, and manage-
ment agreements relating to easements and rights-of- 
way; and 
(2) continued access by the Chief of the Forest 
Service for the purpose of managing the component of 
the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System that 
flows through the Katimiıˆn and Ameekya´araam land. 
(e) SURVEY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
provide to the Secretary a complete survey of the land taken 
into trust under subsection (d). 
(f) USE OF LAND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Land taken into trust under 
subsection (d) may be used for traditional and cus-
tomary uses for the benefit of the Karuk Tribe. 
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(2) GAMING.—Class II and class III gaming 
under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 
2701 et seq.) shall not be allowed on the land taken 
into trust under subsection (d). 
(g) WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section affects 
the status or administration of any component of the 
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, including 
any component that flows through the land taken into 
trust under subsection (d). 
(2) MEMORANDUM
OF
UNDERSTANDING.—The 
Secretary of Agriculture shall enter into a memo-
randum of understanding with the Karuk Tribe, con-
sistent with the obligations of the Secretary of Agri-
culture under subsection (c), to establish mutual goals 
for the protection and enhancement of the river values 
of any component of the National Wild and Scenic 
Rivers System that flows through the land taken into 
trust under subsection (d). 
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