Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act

Bill: 118-s-5273
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2024-09-25
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations

Indian lands and resources rights

Land transfers

Washington State
Latest action: action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-09-25
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act</strong></p><p>This bill administratively transfers approximately 72 acres of specified lands in Washington from the U.S. Forest Service to the Department of the Interior. Interior must take this land into trust for the benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation. Land taken into trust shall be part of the tribe's reservation.</p><p>The bill prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.</p><p>The bill requires Interior, for purposes of taking the land into trust, to meet the disclosure requirements for hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants, without otherwise being required to&nbsp;remediate or abate those hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants.</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5273 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 25, 2024 Ms. Cantwell (for herself and Mrs. Murray ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs A BILL To take certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act . 2. Land taken into trust for the benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation (a) In general Subject to valid existing rights, the approximately 72 acres of land located in the State of Washington and generally depicted as Allotment 1157 on the map entitled Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act and dated February 2, 2024, shall be administratively transferred from the Forest Service to the Department of the Interior and taken into trust for the benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation. (b) Land part of reservation; Administration The land taken into trust under subsection (a) shall be— (1) part of the Quinault Indian Reservation; and (2) administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the laws and regulations generally applicable to property held in trust by the United States for an Indian Tribe. (c) Gaming prohibited The land taken into trust under subsection (a) shall not be eligible for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ( 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. ). (d) No impact on treaty rights Nothing in this Act affects treaty rights under the Treaty between the United States and the Qui-nai-elt and Quil-leh-ute Indians, done at the Qui-nai-elt River July 1, 1855, and Olympia January 25, 1856 (12 Stat. 971) (commonly known as the Treaty of Olympia ). (e) Hazardous materials For purposes of the taking of land into trust under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior— (1) shall meet disclosure requirements for hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants under section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9620(h) ); and (2) shall not otherwise be required to remediate or abate those hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants.