113 S1603 RH: Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act U.S. Senate 2014-06-20 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

ID Union Calendar No. 437 113th CONGRESS2d Session S. 1603 [Report No. 113–590] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 20, 2014 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources September 15, 2014 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To reaffirm that certain land has been taken into trust for the benefit of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatami Indians, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act.

2.

Reaffirmation of Indian trust land

(a)

In general

The land taken into trust by the United States for the benefit of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians and described in the final Notice of Determination of the Department of the Interior (70 Fed. Reg. 25596 (May 13, 2005)) is reaffirmed as trust land, and the actions of the Secretary of the Interior in taking that land into trust are ratified and confirmed. (b)

No claims

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an action (including an action pending in a Federal court as of the date of enactment of this Act) relating to the land described in subsection (a) shall not be filed or maintained in a Federal court and shall be promptly dismissed. (c)

Retention of future rights

Nothing in this Act alters or diminishes the right of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians from seeking to have any additional land taken into trust by the United States for the benefit of the Band.

September 15, 2014 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed