Title: Samish Indian Nation Land Conveyance Act of 2017
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
Samish Indian Nation Land Conveyance Act of 2017
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to take into trust for the benefit of the Samish Indian Nation specified land owned by the tribe in Skagit County and San Juan County, Washington. Gaming is prohibited on this land.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2320 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 3, 2017

    Mr. Larsen of Washington (for himself, Mr. Cook, Mr. Cole, Mr. 
 Cartwright, Mr. Cardenas, 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

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                                 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 Representatives 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 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 Indian Nation, a 
federally recognized Indian Tribe.

SEC. 3. LAND INTO TRUST.

    (a) Action by the Secretary of the Interior.--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 boundaries of the parcels described in 
        the Map and designated for the Tribe and submit the survey to 
        the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
            (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 Indian Affairs shall complete 
                a review of the survey, and provide the Tribe with 
                notice of concurrence 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 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 additional land 
        in trust under applicable Federal law and regulations.
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