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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 698
To provide for and approve settlement of certain land claims of the Wyandotte 
Nation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 11, 2003
Mr. MOORE (for himself and Mr. YOUNG of Alaska) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for and approve settlement of certain land claims 
of the Wyandotte 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. SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS OF THE WYANDOTTE 
NATION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Wyandotte Nation has a valid interest 
in certain lands located in the Fairfax Business Dis-
trict in Wyandotte County, Kansas, that are located 
within the Nation’s reservation established pursuant 
to an agreement between the Wyandotte Nation and
the Delaware Nation dated December 14, 1843, 
which agreement was ratified by the Senate on July 
25, 1848. 
(2) The Wyandotte Nation filed a lawsuit, Wy-
andotte Nation v. Unified Government of Kansas 
City and Wyandotte County, Kansas, U.S. D.C. 
Kan., Case No. 012303–CM, against certain land-
owners within the Fairfax Business District to as-
certain and adjudicate ownership of lands that were 
once owned and held in trust by the United States 
for the benefit of the Wyandotte Nation but were 
not conveyed to the United States by the Wyandotte 
Nation pursuant to the Treaty of January 31, 1855. 
(3) The Lawsuit also contends that certain 
major roads in Kansas City encroach upon a certain 
parcel of land, known as the Huron Cemetery, which 
was reserved for the Wyandotte Nation in the Trea-
ty of January 31, 1855. 
(4) The pendency of this Lawsuit has resulted 
in severe economic hardships for the residents of the 
Fairfax Business District of Wyandotte County, 
Kansas, by clouding title to much of the land within 
that District. 
(5) Congress shares with the residents of the 
Fairfax Business District of Wyandotte County,
nesota Avenue located within Kansas City, Kansas, 
which the Wyandotte Nation claim in the Lawsuit 
were included within the Huron Cemetery under the 
Treaty of January 31, 1855. 
(2) LAWSUIT.—The term ‘‘Lawsuit’’ means 
Wyandotte Nation v. Unified Government of Kansas 
City and Wyandotte County, Kansas, U.S. D.C. 
Kan., Case No. 012303–CM. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(4) SETTLEMENT LANDS.—The term ‘‘Settle-
ment Lands’’ means the following parcel of real 
property located in the City of Edwardsville, Wyan-
dotte County, Kansas and more particularly de-
scribed in Quit Claim Deed filed for record as Parcel 
I.D. 944806, Book 3190 at Page 198 and Book 
4408 at Page 789 in the Wyandotte County, Kan-
sas, Register of Deeds Office. 
(5) UNIFIED GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘Uni-
fied Government’’ means the Unified Government of 
Kansas City and Wyandotte County, Kansas. 
(6) WYANDOTTE NATION.—The term ‘‘Wyan-
dotte Nation’’ means the Wyandotte Nation, a feder-
ally-recognized Indian tribe.
(d) EXTINGUISHMENT OF LAND CLAIMS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion and as part of the settlement of the Lawsuit and the 
Wyandotte Nation’s land claims asserted therein, the Sec-
retary shall take and hold title to the Settlement Lands 
in trust for the benefit of the Wyandotte Nation pursuant 
to and within the scope and meaning of section 
20(b)(1)(B)(i) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 
U.S.C. 2719(b)(1)(B)(i)). Any and all claims which the 
Wyandotte Nation has or could have asserted in the Law-
suit shall be extinguished upon—
(1) the Secretary accepting title to the Settle-
ment Lands in trust for the Wyandotte Nation; and 
(2) publication in the Federal Register of a no-
tice of approval of tribal-State compact between the 
Wyandotte Nation and the State of Kansas pursuant 
to section 11(d)(3)(B) of the Indian Gaming Regu-
latory Act (25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(3)(B)). 
(e) SHRINER PROPERTY.—Congress confirms that 
the United States acquired title to the Shriner’s Property 
in trust for the benefit of the Wyandotte Nation effective 
July 15, 1996. Notwithstanding the trust status of the 
Shriner’s Property, the Wyandotte Nation shall have no 
rights to conduct gaming on the Shriner’s Property upon–
(1) the Secretary accepting title to the Settle-
ment Lands in trust for the Wyandotte Nation; and 
(2) publication in the Federal Register of a no-
tice approval of a tribal-State compact between the 
Wyandotte Nation and the State of Kansas pursuant 
to section 11(d)(3)(B) of the Indian Gaming Regu-
latory Act (25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(3)(B)).
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